Blog – Leadership
How to create an ecologically responsible organisation
How to create an ecologically responsible organisation Leadership is often dynamic, always instructive and occasionally challenging. And sometimes you wonder what you’re doing it all for. Making a profit is important and even necessary to continue to exist. And social impact is also increasingly at [...]
How do you give feedback to self-organizing teams?
How do you give feedback to self-organizing teams? Nothing is foreign to executives. You too feel before you reason. Think of that employee who is structurally late or that annoying comment from a colleague. That’s normal. Most people are first annoyed by behavior before they [...]
What is value creating leadership & why do you need to get started with it?
What is value creating leadership & why do you need to get started with it? Investments in the arms industry by a pension fund; a Chinese supplier who supplies components for your end product; the expansion plans of Schiphol Airport. At first glance, these issues [...]
How do you develop a socially just organization?
How do you develop a socially just organization? In the old economy, the economic scales were particularly important. Everything revolved around production value and that made the economy predictable. The economy of today and tomorrow is not. This creates room to try new things: as [...]
Making change happen: how do modern leaders do it? [3 tips]
Making change happen: how do modern leaders do it? [3 tips] As a modern leader you probably train yourself silly: you’re not finished with a “Workshop coaching millennials”, or there is an “Inspiration session making impact” and a “Masterclass decisions”. You try to implement the [...]
Why self-direction does not work (and self-organization does)
Why self-direction does not work (and self-organization does) Self-directed teams do not always work out. And that’s a shame. The idea behind it is great: employees who are given more responsibility, think more actively and rise above themselves. This way of working gives satisfaction, makes [...]
This is how you turn self-steering into self-organisation (5 tips)
This is how you turn self-steering into self-organisation (5 tips) Are you already working with self-directed teams? But are they not yet running quite the way you want them to? Then you’re not alone. They are not yet a resounding success in many organisations. In [...]
How do modern leaders hold up? [een 9-stappenplan]
How do modern leaders hold up? [een 9-stappenplan] Modern leaders are expected to be able to cope with everything: targets on multiple levels rapid changes in the marketplace, assertive customers and proactive colleagues. At the same time, those proactive colleagues expect more servant leadership of [...]
Leadership new style: 5 key questions to start with
Leadership new style: 5 key questions to start with Everyone knows the classic leader. The man in a suit who is holed up in his office and can only be reached through his secretary. This type of leader is (thankfully) threatened with extinction. The business [...]