Christopher von Baeyer
Toronto, Canada
Regions
- Canada
Summary
Chris is deeply committed to helping individual leaders and teams achieve excellence in the human-to-human communication skills that allow large businesses to be successful. Over the course of his 30+ year career, he has coached thousands of men and women in the art of leadership presence, emotional intelligence, and interpersonal connection. His unique and trusted approach to executive coaching and facilitation is deeply influenced by his former career as a professional performing artist, his devoted commitment to being a father, and over two decades as a practitioner of meditation and mindfulness.
Training Experience
Chris has designed and delivered programming and executive coaching for an extensive list of leaders and businesses across numerous industries and sectors, including:
- Boston Consulting Group
- Procter & Gamble
- KPMG
- Capital One
- Harvard Executive Education
- Queens Smith Business School
- KKR
- Canadian Tire Corporation
- Lonza
- Thyssenkrupp
- Public Health Agency of Canada
- FedEx
- Exxon Mobil Corporation
- Federal Reserve
- Coca-Cola
Business Experience
As a founding member of the original Ariel team, he served for 20 years as VP of Client Relations, where he built and managed the firm’s highest revenue-generating clients. As founder and Artistic Director of Toronto Playback Theatre, he managed a successful and popular company for over ten years, serving corporate and non-profit clients and customers. His combined expertise in learning design, classroom facilitation, executive coaching, and business consulting allows him to support leaders in developing the fundamental skills of trust and human connection in the service of growth and profitability. He has served on and chaired numerous non-profit boards, including Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in Alberta, The Centre for Playback Theatre, and The Dharma Center of Canada.
Theater Experience
As a member of Shakespeare & Company in the Berkshires of Massachusetts and a member of Actors’ Equity, Chris performed in and directed numerous professional, student, and community productions, including Richard III, Love’s Labors Lost, The Winter’s Tale, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and The Tempest. He has toured extensively through the US with companies including Geese Theatre Company, performing a unique style of commedia del arte improvisational theatre exclusively for incarcerated populations in state and federal medium- and maximum-security prisons.
Education and Credentials
- Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English and American Literature from Harvard University
- Master of Arts (MA) in Theatre Arts and Vocal Communication from Lesley University Graduate School.
- Executive Coaching Certification from the Berkeley Executive Coaching Institute at University of California Berkeley
Sample Coaching Assignments
- One-year executive coaching for the incoming CFO for a large energy company in Western Canada. Supported them in boardroom presence, difficult conversations with employees, and strategic planning for their team.
- Ongoing executive coaching for a physician serving as Departmental Director for Emergency Psychiatry at a large New England hospital. Supported them in leadership issues with the team, communication with the board, and strategic planning for the department.
- Six-month executive coaching engagement with the Chief Procurement Officer at a major European biotechnology company. Supported them in planning for internal mentoring and coaching relationships, written and oral communication within the company, as well as personal career planning.
