Authentic leadership: the key to exceptional success
My new website is live. You must be thinking: 'Sounds great! But who cares?' Understandable, which is the exact reason why I was hesitant...
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THOUGHTS ON LEADERSHIP
- Jul 27
- 2 min
Literary suggestions for a bright summer
Marketing: as old as... list-making! We humans love to check lists. Especially rankings. I won't bore you with a ranking. But with a...
- Jun 23
- 1 min
Work to live, don't live to work
We spend much of our adult lives working, so it better be good! Make sure that you balance bringing and taking, giving and taking. Only...
- May 30
- 3 min
Communication crisis: How leadership failure ruined Credit Suisse
Shoot the messenger! It seems to be that easy. Well, that's just crazy... Journalist Caroline de Gruyter recently wrote an essay,...
- Apr 20
- 2 min
Why do so many incompetent men become leaders?
Most leaders fail. That has always been the case: the majority of nations, companies, societies and organizations are poorly managed....
- Mar 28
- 1 min
Extremely out of office
Research has shown that nature has a positive effect on your concentration level and overall sense of welfare. Organizations whose...
- Mar 16
- 2 min
Managing your boss... and team members
Right around the time I started my first job, the first version of this article, ‘Managing your Boss’, was published by the Harvard...
- Feb 16
- 2 min
Self-awareness, essential for effective leadership
Willem Vonk, 27 years old and a master's student in psychology, wrote a thesis about his high school romance. Unfortunately, his feelings...
- Jan 19
- 3 min
Harvard Business Review 2022 top 10 management tips!
The well-known lists at the turn of the year. Let me indulge in it for once, as well. With a personal note, for a change. I am not the...
- Dec 20, 2022
- 2 min
A challenging outlook for 2023
In this new era, since Vladimir Putin disclosed his true agenda, everything depends on everything else. End of the year contemplations...
- Nov 17, 2022
- 2 min
What is true diversity?
Diversity, equity and inclusion Earlier this month, I attended a speed dating event organized by the SER in The Hague, smartly branded...
- Oct 27, 2022
- 2 min
Resilient leadership in uncertain times
Recent conversations at my kitchen table have all been about the same topics. Current times are turbulent and unpredictable, and what is...
- Sep 29, 2022
- 3 min
A war recession is not a an economic recession
It doesn’t go unnoticed that the war between Ukraine and Russia has a major impact on western societies. Up to the night before...
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