3 golden rules to retain great employees On a regular basis we hear in the news how vacancies are difficult to be filled. Employees are easily lured away by competitors with better conditions. Only recently a Belgian company offered a recruitment bonus to the right candidate. It is now more than ever important [...]
7 tips to leave work behind during holidays Do you find it hard to resist the temptation to 'quickly' scroll through your mailbox on your smartphone? Quickly send the text to your colleague or answer an email? This way holidays aren't really relaxing. While really they are necessary to top up your batteries [...]
The impact of a simple 'hello, how are you?' in cross-cultural communication Cultural differences are not always experienced at a fair distance from home. They can be observed as soon as we drive through the next village, city or county. Over long periods of time societies have developed their own norms and values [...]
CASE : How to communicate more clearly while solving problems? Clear and effective communication is one of the most common learning questions and is therefore often the objective to enrol in a Start2BU training "Communication with impact". “How can I communicate in such a way to make people listen and engage with what [...]
Teamwork in an organisation, avoiding the upstairs-downstairs mentality Teamwork is not only important within a team. All departments within an organisation need to be able to work together as one team in order to achieve the organisation's common goal. The upstairs, downstairs mentality as an obstruction to teamwork In organisations people often unconsciously [...]
Understanding your personal communication style - why it is important Understanding your personal communication style will help you communicate more effectively, be heard and listened to. Whenever I ask leaders in organisations what they find most difficult about leading an organisation and leading people, it often comes down to “communication”. This is why [...]
Self-management, an essential quality for leaders Leaders need to be able to apply self-management in order to be credible. Here are some tips how to handle bad days. Are you having some days where you feel more highly-strung ? It doesn’t take much for you to lose control of yourself. Words may inadvertently [...]
Adaptability, an essential quality for leaders We see it daily on the news, leaders not responding appropriately to people's emotions. Of course leaders are constantly dealing with difficult matters. They need to make important decisions. Their attention is dispersed over many issues at the same time. Yet they underestimate how they are being perceived by the [...]
Why PLAY and EXPLORING are important in organisational development There seems to be a paradox in business that play is only for children, not for adults and most certainly not appropriate within a serious business environment. Nothing could be further from the truth. Every adult still has a desire to play whether consciously [...]
Signs to be mindful about as a line manager during feedback Feedback is not always crystal clear in the way we expect it. There’s all sorts of interpretations to be made and feedback can be explicit as well as implicit. The way how people respond to feedback is very personal. Often the feedback [...]