What’s it like working with Klaus?
“I had the pleasure of working with Klaus Kroyer Madsen as my coach during the 2022 UNICEF Novo Nordisk Healthy Childhood Challenge. His mentoring style was characterized by remarkable patience and attentiveness. This was especially helpful as I was not very familiar with the health sector's project profiles and I don't speak English, which made the process more enjoyable. Klaus provided me with very valuable and strategic suggestions that were key to developing my proposal on healthy school environments, allowing it to qualify for the final stage. His feedback helped me structure my ideas and focus my project in an appropriate way.
Although my proposal was not selected in this edition of the competition, the experience of working with Klaus was extremely positive and allowed me to connect with different people. Beyond the results of the challenge, I was left with an excellent impression of him as a person and as a professional. Because of Klaus’ coaching, I am now able to engage with stakeholders in a different way, and more effectively work with partners from different sectors. Without a doubt, I would recommend his guidance to anyone looking for a dedicated and insightful coach”.
— Aldo González Barrera, Planning and Mobility Specialist, United Nations HABITAT Latin America and the Caribbean Region, and Secretary General, Pedestrian League, Mexico
Klaus is wonderful to work with. He’s knowledgeable, resourceful and brings good cheer to the work. He is always ready to go the extra mile to help make the work successful. He connects like-minded organizations and individuals to find support and opportunities for collaboration and continues to provide guidance throughout the process.
He introduced us to several funding opportunities and partners which made all the difference for our work. As a new initiative in Cities for Better Health - Philadelphia, our work towards restorative justice may not have moved forward without Klaus’ encouragement, guidance, identification of resources and direct connections to potential funders. He’s amazing in how much he cares, who he knows and how creative he can be. He has contacts in the US and other countries and is always willing to connect people who can help inform our work.
The real breakthrough from working with Klaus was him looking at multi-year funding and diverse sector collaborations which positioned our work for success from the very beginning. Now, several years later, we have grown our work, identified other funders with the background and early successes we were able to achieve and have spent several years evaluating our program to both show the benefits and also to advocate for change, based on what we have learned.
If you are considering working with Klaus, I would not hesitate to engage him for his winning personality, friendship and resourcefulness. He’s determined to help you find success”.
— Sandy Sherman, Nutrition Advisor, The Food Trust, Philadelphia
“When Usina da Imaginação, the organization I run, was selected as a finalist for the UNICEF-Novo Nordisk Healthy Childhood Challenge, we had the good fortune to have Klaus Madsen as a coach and advisor. We had submitted a very unorthodox proposal -- using community filmmaking to transform the way that Brazilian indigenous people frame their traditional child-rearing, games, and nutrition — and Klaus gave us the tools to transform good ideas into a format and rhetoric that made sense to the funder. His contributions were essential to our victory in the challenge… but even more importantly, he taught us new ways to describe our work so that it makes sense to many funders.
I admire Klaus’ insight and intellect, his skill at cultivating the seeds of ideas into trees that funders can see and admire. He could hear a quick frase we passed over too fast and see how it could become the center of a convincing argument. But perhaps most important, his kindness, humor, and cultural sensitivity made the process work not just for us in Brazil, but for candidates in Africa and Asia as well. I highly recommend him as a coach, adviser, and human being”
— Kurt Shaw, Diretor Executivo, Usina da Imaginação, Florianópolis, Brazil
“Klaus is first and foremost a kind, bright and reliable fellow. I have know and worked with him for many years now, in an array of work situations.
He is a skilled designer of programs and projects; he has crafted and implemented bold public policy strategies; and he is a master networker and weaver of purposeful relationships.
His sheer likability and terrific sense of humor makes any encounter with Klaus a delight. I’d welcome Klaus in any project”.
— Tyler Norris, Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Former Chief Executive, Well Being Trust and Chief Health Officer, Kaiser Permanente)
“Klaus is is deeply committed to community and population health improvement. I have worked with him on high-level, national projects that he and his staff managed very well. Klaus is very creative and innovative and has excellent interpersonal skills. He is trustworthy, consistent and reliable. He has strong quantitative and qualitative skills. I give Klaus my highest recommendation.”
— Deborah Bohr, Senior Director, HRET / American Hospital Association, Chicago
“Klaus is an extremely knowledgeable health services researcher who was very supportive of me when I was writing an 8.5 million dollar grant proposal. Time after time he guided me when questions occurred. Besides being knowledgeable, he is very successful at special projects deployment. He has a wonderful caring approach with people that sustains business relationships for the long-term. ”
— Mari Tietze, President, Nursing Intelligence (formerly DFW Hospital Council Foundation),
“Klaus Madsen is one of the most dedicated professionals I have had the pleasure to work with. One of his greatest strengths is his vision. Another, his ability to bring the right people to the table to get things done! He is also passionate about issues around health and that passion generates energy and activity.”
— Michelle Smith, State Coordinator, Action for Healthy Kids