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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We don’t need a contract, we need trust

Can you have a successful collaboration without trust? I mean any collaboration: with another company, with a colleague, inside a team, with your boss or with your subordinates. Can these […]

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A positive mindset is a joy forever

While at breakfast in a hotel last week, I overheard a conversation from another table. I had not much choice; the breakfast room was relatively empty, and they were quite […]

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Ready for your next collaboration? Take a walk!

While catching up on email after a week of walking the Camino with my son, I had a short email conversation which gave me the nagging feeling that someone thought […]

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Quality time: What are you doing this summer?

What comes to your mind when you think about the summer? I know, it is still May, but sometimes it is good to think ahead. When I think about the […]

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Leaders are made, they are not born

It was a warm Sunday afternoon and the streets of Rome were filled with all kind of tourists who meekly followed their guide. They’d all come to visit and behold […]

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Is your collaboration due for its regular maintenance?

Last week my trusted Volvo was due for its regular maintenance. It was the kind of maintenance that I could not do by myself, hence I brought the car to […]

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That's all!

That's all!