The midterm reflection moment

Greetings from the Camino de Santiago! Just last week on Tuesday it was the middle of the year. We had an equal amount of days behind us in 2019 as […]

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Achieving Personal Mastery

The last set of leadership competencies in Marshall Goldsmith’s global study is about Continuous Change. This set comprises of the following three competencies: Achieving Personal Mastery Anticipating Opportunities Leading Change […]

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Boundaryless inclusion in alliance management

In previous articles we’ve seen how communication and collaboration are among the 15 leadership competencies as defined in the global study by Marshall Goldsmith. The third group of leadership competencies […]

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Collaboration is also a leadership competence

The second group of 3 competencies in Marshall Goldsmith’s 15 most important competencies for leaders, is all about working together with others. It is the group of competencies around engaging […]

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Communication is a leadership competence

Last week I mentioned the global study on which Marshall Goldsmith identified the 15 most important competencies for leaders. These 15 competencies are divided into 5 groups of each 3 […]

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Leadership, culture and performance

According to research, 35% of an organization’s performance is determined by the company’s culture. This is significant: one single factor drives over one third of an organization’s performance! As such, […]

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Fail more, learn more.

The general feeling about failure is a negative one. The first response to an internet search on failure gives: “lack of success”, which emphasizes the negative feeling. However, when you […]

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Two tips for increased communication and better relationships

Communication might be the most difficult element in relationships. If you take a look at your own relationships, in your personal life as well as your business life, I am […]

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Stop – Start – Continue

The road to a better version of yourself is not just paved with things you should stop doing. There are also new behaviors you should add and there are behaviors […]

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What is slowing you down?

When we talk about personal development, we often focus on the new things. The skills we need to learn, the behaviors we need to improve. However, many people don’t need […]

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Stakeholders

When we talk about stakeholders, there is often the notion that they are people who are somewhat involved in what you do and that you need to keep them happy, […]

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Bad Communication

Last week I was asked to name a collaboration I have been in, a collaboration that worked best and why it worked best. Immediately I had to think about a […]

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That's all!

That's all!