What is success?

What is success? A question with a wide variety of answers, because the question is not a simple one. It should be an extended question: When are you successful as […]

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We need to become a networked organization, or we will no longer exist.

“No company can go it alone.” This is the opening sentence of the book “Alliance Advantage”* by Yves Doz and Gary Hamel, written in 1998. It was a valid statement […]

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Innovation, Collaboration and Intellectual Property: Can they Coexist?

To be successful innovation requires many organizations to collaborate in strategic alliances & partnerships. Is it, in this open business world, still possible to safeguard your intellectual property? On the […]

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Back from vacation? Everything has changed!

Just imagine, upon returning from your vacation, you find out that a couple of elements for the success of one of your projects suddenly changed. A senior executive that used […]

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A short term fix or a long-term investment?

How valuable would it be to be measurably more effective in your work? Your answer might vary, but whatever your job role is, becoming measurably more effective is valuable. Both […]

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Is Less More?

It is mid-summer, and many people are on vacation. My schedule has no external meetings, only many phone conversations, and an enormous task list. It is beautiful weather, and I […]

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Your Personal Investment in Business Collaborations

How personal are your business collaborations?  In this question it might seem that the words ‘personal’ and ‘business’ contradict each other. After all, business collaborations are always between businesses, or […]

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Understanding expectations in a collaboration

When was the last time you were crystal clear to your counterpart about the expectations you had about him/her? I believe that in general, we make too many assumptions in […]

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Unintended offending communication

Last week I wrote about “Effective leadership behaviors” and made the parallel with the leadership behavior in the UK with regards to the Brexit development. In my newsletters and workshops, […]

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Effective leadership behaviors

Over the past ten days, the news has been dominated by the Brexit developments. Whatever the outcome will be, we are witnessing a significant event in history. Countries might have […]

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Leaving your partner gracefully

Everything changes and so do partnerships. When starting with a partnership, you might have a long duration in mind. However, circumstances may change in a way that asks for a […]

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Refocussing the three P’s of work

In my younger days, I sometimes used to say that work needed to have the “3 P’s” to be in balance: it needed to bring Pleasure, to have a level […]

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That's all!

That's all!