“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye”
“Learning is experience. Everything else is just information”
Animal Leadership Experience
Animal Leadership Experience is the result of my passion for dogs, more than 20 years’ experience in the professional world and my curiosity of self-improvement. During these years I have seen that dogs are much more than man´s best friend, they have a lot to teach us and this is what I would like to share with you.
Lucky, an Animal Assisted Therapy dog (AAT), has helped a person talk again after various months of silence, she thinks and learns new complex exercises in a few minutes without any orders. She detects the emotional states of humans and is always there when you need her. The pure nature of dogs touches us in different ways and helps us reconnect with our essence.
Our aim, is to help people find the leader within, to reconnect with their essence of relationships, confidence, motivation and perseverance through the intimate relationship between dogs and humans. Dogs help us redirect our attention from ourselves towards the others. They makes us better leaders and better people.
Self-Awareness
Through this workshop the participant gets prepared through their self-awareness and the changes of paradigms to explore new possibilities.
Leadership Styles
In this workshop we explore the different leadership styles depending on the motivation, competencies of our team and the results we are aiming for.
Team Work
Here we will work our creativity, team work, resolution of problems, patience, flexibility, motivation and lots of smiles!
Vivian Eleftheriou, founder of Animal Leadership Experience started her professional career in New York in 1994, as a Marketing Associate at the Head Quarters of Pepsi-Cola International, then continued with PriceWaterhouseCoopers as a strategic and marketing consultant and finally moved to Barcelona in 2000 continuing her collaboration with PWC. Her last position in Barcelona was that of the Marketing Director of BIC Iberia.
She holds a BSc in Marketing Management from the American College of Greece and an MIB (Masters in International Business) from Pepperdine University, California, Trainer of Dale Carnegie, Organizational Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC), Certified Dog Trainer, Certified Guide Dog Team in: Animal Assisted Therapies, Animal Assisted Education and Animal Assisted Activities from the center of Els Tres Pins. She participates with her therapy dog, Lucky, a Golden Retreiver, in schools with educational programs and in nursing homes with therapies and activities.
Xavier Oriol, started his professional career in New York as a Regional Sales Manager for Hockman-Lewis Limited, one of the most respected exporting companies in the oil industry. He then moved to Spain where he became the General Manager of Weber-Stephen Iberia and of other multinationals.
He holds a Degree in Business, a Masters in International Business from UCLA, he is a certified Executive Coach of CTI, a Dale Carnegie Trainer, a Master Practitioner in NLP, works as an instructor/consultant and coach in France and Spain. Together with his business partners Laurent Buonanno and Vivian Eleftheriou he conducts Leadership programs based in the most powerful models of the market, incorporating the workshops of the Animal Leadership Experience.
Xavier collaborates with Caritas Catalonia and Pole Emploi France, helping people, who have been unemployed for long periods of time, to reintegrate in the job market and also offers courses for adolescents, accompanying them through a successful passage to their adult life.
Enric Bruch, founder of Els Tres Pins, has 35 years experience in the passionate world of dogs. He has participated in almost every aspect of this world: Dog trainer, breeder, animal assisted therapy interventions, author of the book "How to train the Search and Rescue Dogs with the ERCBULLI method", director and trainer of the Red Cross Search and Rescue Dog Group, professor of the Real Sociedad Canina of Catalonia, professor of the Els Tres Pins School and Judge of the Beauty and Good Citizen competitions of the Real Sociedad Canina of Catalonia.
Owner of Molly de Drei Mast, an Animal Assisted Therapy dog (AAT) with whom he has formed a team that reached the highest level possible - a level II- awarded by the DELTA SOCIETY group of USA. At the time Molly and Enric were the second team of AAT in the whole of Europe and they managed to achieve this level in just their first attempt of the exam.
Professor of one credit of the ESO special education in the School of Special Education Jeroni of Moragas of Manresa (1998-1999) and in the Special Education School of Llar Santa Maria of Queralt of Berga (2001-2002).