How doing less can lead to better results

On the Camino to Santiago de Compostela back in 2013, I walked 900 km in 28 days. This weekend I just returned from walking 275 km on the Camino in […]

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High performance leaders take ownership

Recently I had three conversations in one week that made me think about the topic of high performance leaders a bit more. The first conversation was about high performance organizations […]

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My daily success habits

Last week I wrote about success. I hope it inspired you to rethink about what success means to you! Recently in a conversation, I was asked what daily success habits […]

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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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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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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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That's all!

That's all!