For the benefit of 12 senior executives of a large multinational company, Jo Krill, partner at Insights Learning and Development, and I brought together our specific expertise to help develop their leadership capabilities. Jo’s model, based on C. G. Jung’s personality types, identified preferred styles among delegates. My contribution was…
The Europe think tank is one of the most interesting and rewarding projects that I have ever had the honor to lead. A group of 30 thinkers, business leaders, authors, professionals in a variety of disciplines convene. Then things start to happen. It is in this framed-free-form that new ideas…
On this event we explored critical aspects of leadership, entrepreneurship and governance and their interplay in this period of transition on our continent. The diverse group, consisting of delegates to the Annual Dutch Labour Relation’s Journeys, members of the Europe Think Tank and faculty from the University of Amsterdam, along…
When I turned 50, I realised that some things had changed and that there was no going back. From that day, more or less, I was to approach my time on Earth differently. Reaching 50, things may be as real as they are in essence. I had the impression that,…
AMSTERDAM, 15 APRIL 2010, BOOK PRESENTATION AT ENVY IN AMSTERDAM. Together with Ed Hagedorn, De Baak, Pim van Tol, Business Contact, and Titia te Dorsthorst, Het Financieele Dagblad I hosted the presentation of my book, De essentie van vrouwelijk leiderschap. It was well attended, with about 100 women from Dutch…
Article published in ODE International, July/August 2010 What do Dante and female leaders have in common? The ability to lead others by first understanding themselves.