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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 […]

As a leader you experience those days where you as a leader, are working very hard, with your employees, your team within business and it seems that it doesn’t make a difference at all. As a result of that you can get dispirited and give up. It takes a lot of courage to stay on […]

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 […]

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 […]

Are you leading a crisis or a transformation? An interesting question out of a session by Jitske Kramer, a Dutch cultural anthropologist, about the collective culture shock we are in right now with the world. Covid- 19 askes all of us to lead our businesses and lives during uncertainty, and bottom line there are 2 […]

Do you want to make more use of the genius around you to enjoy work and get better results? Yes, I guess, that sound great! And it is possible. The global research of Liz Wiseman shows that the result of different leadership behaviour can lead to 2 times more utilization of the ‘genius” of others. […]

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 […]

Leadership is a choice, not a formal position. Anyone who takes more control in their work and life is a leader. Are you a leader? Do you recognize that there is a lot to do to be successful as a leader? Being authentic, which means staying by yourself…and being able to switch to different behavioral […]

Leadership is a choice, we can all choose to take leadership! This is an important base of the Being on Mission method. It does not matter if you are a manager or like to become one, an entrepreneur or an (independent) professional. You are welcome to discover how you can lead your life and take […]