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‘Soft?’ I repeat in a faltering voice, my heart skips a beat and I instinctively hide behind my hoodie so you can’t see me for a moment. It’s a drizzly Tuesday, the kind of day when you’d rather meet in a warm café. That’s not possible right now, so during a walk through the dunes […]

The other day, I heard someone say: “The right person in the right place”… We are all familiar with this statement and we know what it means. But still it made me think, because you can look at it from two sides: – The right person; – The right place; In our Being on Mission […]

When it’s about personal development, you often will be indicated at the importance of self-reflection. But how reliable is the image that I have of myself? How do I know that my self-image is correct? Our self-image Having a correct self-image is more difficult than you think. Of course you can send your friends and […]

What can we learn from small kids? Small kids don’t see danger; they just do and say whatever they like. They look at the world with an open mind, like I did in this picture about 50 years ago. No worry, struggle or fear to see in my face, just happiness and joy and living […]

Disappointment or wrong expectation? In these times of Corona I notice that being happy, being healthy, suddenly is more important than ever before. We are much more conscious on these themes now we are being confronted with our vulnerability and whether or not your life’s manufacturability. That gave me the insight that everyone handles anger […]

In our previous blog we asked the question: Where are you now? Are you in the no longer or in the not yet? Now that we have more interaction with virtual leaders and their teams, it becomes even more clear. Where you are now and where you are going is, first of all, an individual […]

In Nicole’s last blog we talked about reflexes and paradigm shifts. Reflex on what there is, and that’s a lot at the moment, and at the same time we experience there’s nothing at all. Nicole also talked about the paradigm shift which requires us to look at current reality from a different angle. Reflex could […]

In this special period, we like to share more than ever before. Therefor a very personal blog this time. Would you like to share your personal thoughts on leadership and change? Feel free to contact us, we might publish your story. Something invisible and bigger than all of us together is taking over the world. […]

Last week a participant entered a course I also attended. He immediately impressed me with his apparent serenity. I learned his name was Ravi (without the oli he said) ;). A very funny guy from London with roots in India, father of three grown-up kids and with a sort of buddhist inner peace. In the […]

The last six months I facilitated a team in their development and I would like to share my experiences in this with you. This team came from a situation of bad leadership, lack of trust and they were clearly ‘damaged’. After the first exploratory conversations it became clear that there were several themes that needed […]