Every Friday before diving into the weekend I share my thoughts in my weekly blog. Things that touched me, stuff I learned, people I met, challenges I faced, opportunities I see, dreams I try to put in words.
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The question I continue asking myself is whether female leadership differs from male leadership? Again I was thinking about this today. I was the moderator of 2 panels in one day with leaders in finance this week. Completely different setting and different panels. I must say that I continue believing that leadership is not about […]
How many times throughout my career did people ask me what my focus was? I remember the times it made me feel bad as I thought something was wrong with me. Most of the time the people that asked me to choose the focus in between the different things I was combining, were very successful […]
In the beginning of the week I had the pleasure to speak about the book we recently wrote.It was in an amazing venue in the suburbs of Paris and London.Sounds funny? Well that is exactly what people from NY say when they are visiting Ozark Henry’s studio. Piet explained us that indeed in 1 hour […]
Earlier this week I saw a very nice post from Andy Nijs, the man that helps to turn fears into courageous action. He wrote in a post on Linked in that if we encourage everyone to think outside the box, maybe it is the box that needs fixing? Do we need to fix anything I […]
Ethics seems very simple to apply. It just requires that people follow the rules and do their duty. Right? Seems easy! But are ethics a set of universal things we all agree on? Are ethics not often based on what we were taught, in the first place by our parents and afterwards by other people […]
This is the title of the bestseller I am reading at the moment. One of the books I am reading, because as always I do have many books that I am reading at the same time. It is eye opening to me because I had a brain stroke myself some years ago. The book is […]
This was a week that reminded me more than once about the power of mentoring. I actually never had a mentor myself, maybe I should look for one. I am a mentor in some programs and when I have interns in the company I always prefer the role of mentor rather than ‘boss for a […]
Exploring your own talent is the most beautiful thing you can give to yourself. Your talent should be the air your body and soul need. It is about passion, real passion, the kind of passion that doesn’t cost you any energy and on the contrary fills your lungs with air, the air you need to […]
