Whether you're a manager talking to a direct report who has a problem, or a friend helping out someone who doesn't know what to do next... there's a simple flow of questions that can help bring focus and call to action. Coaches talk a lot about the GROW model, perhaps the most known - and simple! - ...
How to be a better communicator: be aware.
I'm conducting a series of 4 trainings on communication (although I'm not a full time trainer: it just came out that way). And I'm not an expert on communication or building relationships either. Heck, I would even say that is one of my weak areas. But I guess at a certain stage I decided I ...
Mapping experience
Telling stories is so passe. Mapping is the new way to give back experience. Two insights. 1. Mapping experience is perhaps, the best and easiest way to give back knowledge. Mapping here is used as "translate into a common language" - like step by step algorythms, or "do this - get that" type of schemes. ...
Leadership – moving from chaos to trust
I know, ashes on my head, I haven't written in a while. But it was for good reasons - I've been on an management training. Perfect weather, chilly, windy and rainy; great people, who didn't speak much to each other for the first two days, after which they/we danced frantically in a pub until ...
People Manager vs. People Developer
The other day I had a controverse about the difference between being a people developer and being a people manager. More specifically, about how I dare to want both. As a Human Resources person, I worked in the area of developing the organization. That kind of makes me tick the box near people developer. But I'm also ...
How to Internalize Learning
A friend sends me often inspiring videos or books. He asked me yesterday "But how do you stay with that mindset? How do you keep the inner drive that a good speech or good training gives you?" The simple answer is this. You don't. One of the biggest challenges the training industry faces at the moment is ...
Life Management Workshop – Take 1
I delivered a 3 h Life Management workshop yesterday, to the newies of AIESEC student organization. The whole Prezi of the workshop here. The main ideas : Do you have a fulfilling life? (Of course you do, you're only 21 and your worries are passing exams ...
