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  • Blogs

High Performance Leadership

Research from Radboud University Nijmegen shows that your leadership has a direct impact on your organization's performance. So the question is not whether leadership is important, but what makes your leadership effective. Your style must fit the culture, the people and the work you do together. A trait that seems awkward in one situation may actually provide security in another. Think risk avoidance in the military or in the operating room. High Performance organizations consciously choose a style that produces better results in the long run.
two people high-five each other because a win-win deal has been struck
  • Blogs

The positions and interests in negotiation

Consciously or unconsciously, we negotiate all day long. So do you. Far more often than you think. With clients, colleagues and at home. In every…
Sailing man giving direction to a boat. Metaphor for Sailing man giving direction to a boat. Metaphor for personal leadership
  • Blogs

Personal leadership, a life choice!

How do you live the life you envision? How do you avoid being lived by others? Personal leadership requires clarity about what you find important…
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Acting assertively: this is how you take charge

One reacts fiercely and takes a dominant stance. The other turns in on himself and waits. In challenging consultations or spirited conversations, this difference is…
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The effect of good feedback

Professionals who receive daily feedback feel more valued, develop faster and experience that targeted feedback actually helps them move forward. Yet recent research shows contradictory…
  • Blogs

From resistance to commitment

A new department head, a reorganization or a merger brings tension. Employees sometimes feel too little involved in decision-making, so changes are perceived as something that happens to them. They do not feel heard and experience it as something that is rolled out from the top down. The question is how to recognize and break through resistance to change.
Man doing a handstand. A positive imbalance creates customer loyalty.
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Create a positive imbalance to build stronger customer loyalty

How do you retain customers in a market full of alternatives? Customer-focused organizations aim for one goal: provide an experience strong enough to trigger repeat…
Libra symbolizing that the tasks that must and the tasks you want must be balanced
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Want or need: where does your motivation come from?

The difference between “wanting” to do a task and “needing” to do a task often determines how much energy you have for it. Two theories…
  • Blogs

The impact of effective leadership

Every manager has his or her own style of leadership. Understanding your approach helps you understand its effect on others and consciously choose behaviors appropriate to the situation. Research shows that leaders who master multiple styles achieve better results. Broadly, six leadership styles are distinguished:
fingers crossed is a form of body language
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When your body language tells the real story

Body language rarely lies. Many people believe that words form the core of communication. But is that really the case? Body language largely determines how…
  • Interview

In conversation with Jochem Uytdehaage

Erik van Gend talks to people who know how to get the full potential out of themselves. What drives them? How do they manage to…
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Leadership, a game of chess!

From a Gallup Organization survey study of 80,000 managers, Marcus Buckingham concluded one distinguishing characteristic of strong leaders: they play chess. Chess vs. checkers In…
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