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COMBINED EXPERIENCE

We have the know-how you need.

”A person who won’t read has no advantage over someone who can’t read.” Mark Twain.

Link: Versão em português

Mission

We are a small company that aims to know its clients, maintaining contact with them after their vacation with us.

We choose to work with universities, business schools, gyms and sports clubs in whom we trust.

Put simply, our Mission is to focus on making YOUR dreams and goals come true, not ours.

Christopher Hawley

Professional Courses

Inlingua Idiomas Diploma: Dec 1990- May 1993

São Paulo, Brazil and Rimini, Italy.

"Teaching English the Inlingua Way"

Surrey Language Centre, Farnham, Surrey, England.

1988

"Teaching English as a Foreign Language"

Wesleyan University, Connecticut, U.S.A.

Coaching Graduation:

"Career Decisions: From Vision to Impact" 2019

Wesleyan University, Connecticut, U.S.A.

"Explaining the Psychology of Memory" 2018

Stanford University, U.S.A.

'"The Use of Language in Communication."

New Teacher Center & Silicon Schools, U.S.A.

"Blended Learning: Personalizing Education for Students."

Subjects: Flipping, Classroom Technology,

Modern v Out-Dated Teaching,

Blended Learning Methodology.

Darden School of Business.

"Design Thinking for Social Good."

Coopers.

"Design Thinking"

McMaster University &

University of California San Diego.

"Learning How to Learn: Powerful Mental Tools to Dominate Difficult Subjects"

Subjects: Focused Thinking, Diffuse Thinking, Deep Learning and Active Learning

"Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Find Your Hidden Potential"

Subjects: Lifelong Learning, Meta-Learning, Pomodoro Technique for English Language Learning.

Yale University, U.S.A.

"The Science of Well-Being" (still studying)

The Psychology of Happiness in Your Career, Social Life and with Yourself." Subjects: Income and Happiness. Miswanting. Mindfulness.

Short Courses

Gies College of Business, Illinois University.

"Global Challenges in Business: COVID-19" iMBA

Harvard Business School.

"Crisis Management for Leaders."

Penn University, U.S.A.

"Building and Leading High-Performing Teams"

Duke University, U.S.A

"Sports & Society."

Toronto University, Canada.

"Urbanism: The City and You. Find Your Best Place."

(Still studying)

Academic Qualifications

Royal Society of Arts, England.

"Advanced Accounting"

Orange County Business College

Anaheim, CA. U.S.A, 1989.

BSc "Sociology and Geopolitics in the West and Behind the Iron Curtain".

International Professional Experience

1990-93: Three-year Diploma course with Inlingua Idiomas (Switzerland) in Morumbi, São Paulo and Rimini, Italy.

1993-94: Business English teacher and trainer at Inlingua Idiomas, Rimini, Italy.

Manchester English 4 Professionals: A school on Rua 7 de Abril, São Paulo from 1996 to 2000.

Manchester English 4 Professionals in João Pessoa, & English 4 Kids in Sumé, Serra Branca & Monteiro in Paraíba State between 2000 and 2010.

Administered English courses at the following companies and institutions:

Palácio dos Bandeirantes (Governor Geraldo Alckmin).

Consulado Comercial da Espanha (The Spanish Ambassador for Commerce at the Commercial Council, W.T.C in São Paulo, Dr Gilberto).

In Italy and Brazil: Chirichi, Citibank, HSBC. Century Link. Grupo Fleury. Grupo Newcom, Credicard, ABN/AMRO Bank, Banco Brascan, L.D.C, Banco Safra, Morning Star, Editora Abril, Bank Safdie, Banco Espirito Santo, Banco Itau, Banco Bradesco, Votorantim, Wish Magazine, Fininvest, Equifax.

U.K. Professional Experience.

Full-time and short-term projects at the following companies from 1983 until 1994:

1983-86 Hawley Videos: entrepreneur.

1987-88 Commercial Union Trust Managers: investment process manager.

1990 National Grid: process innovator and process writer.

1992 English 4 Professionals, Aldershot: Owner.

1993 Harrison Adicom: credit control assistant consultant.

1994 Siemens Nixdorf: accountant & business liaison writer.

1995 Daico Engineering: process innovator.

Social Projects.

2000 until today. Manchester Table Tennis Club in Sumé, PB.

Owner, coach, and sponsor.

Voluntary project: 120 children from disadvantaged backgrounds in the semi-arid region of Cariri, Paraíba State.

State champions 3 times: 2001, 2002, and 2003.

Regional champions 19 times: 2000 until 2018.

Girls' team: 3rd place in Nov, 2002 Brazilian Championship.

Christopher Hawley

Course Designer.

Author of 21 didactic books.

Author of two books: fiction.

Principle teacher for Business English & Interview Technique.

Career Counsellor: Wesleyan University, Connecticut, U.S.A.

Design Thinker: Coopers & University of Virginia, U.S.A.

"I am passionately invested in the subjects of Mindshift, the Psychology of Memory, The Science of Well-Being, Diffuse Thinking, Mastery Learning, Blended Learning, Career Impact and, in particular, the English language as a tool for continuous learning."

Professional References