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I recently sat down with 2 founders to discuss their 2025 strategy. Things are not going well. We are constantly bogged down in operations. We have no time to think. We are constantly putting out fires. Filling cash holes with temporary contracts. Fortunately, a lot is going well. We make beautiful products. Real quality. Meanwhile,…

We want to move from ‘gatekeeper to Business Partner’. “Then why?” Was my question to the client. Because, as a team, we have a facilitative, legal function, but are currently only called in when it is (almost) too late. Then we regularly say “we can’t do that” or “that’s going to be really difficult” and…

I was recently asked to coach a self-managing team that had been ‘stuck’ for years. Stuck in the same patterns, making effective collaboration far from a reality. A friendly facade At first sight I found a friendly team. Friendly to me and friendly to each other. Friendly was a good description of the facade they…

I dare say that 80% of misunderstandings, miscommunications and conflicts between team members are based on assumptions. As a team developer, I often start a team development project with the concept of perception; each person’s subjective interpretation. After all, we are all ‘baked’ and raised differently. We have different experiences and perspectives. This combination makes…

The labour market has become so tight that many professions are experiencing staff shortages. In this labour market, team leaders are struggling to find qualified staff and many organisations are understaffed. The negative effects of understaffing are mainly seen in terms of efficiency and loss of quality. There is also concern that employees will leave…

You’ve probably seen it: a flock of starlings dancing in the evening sun. The fluid wave motion is a beautiful spectacle. The starlings don’t collide. They don’t even touch. Of the thousands of starlings, not one collides because it loses sight for a moment. They move together in an elaborate system in which every bird…

The last year has seen many changes. I started Wirework Consulting with new assignments and clients, complex issues and enjoyed working with professionals as an independent leadership/team coach. I still treasure the valuable experiences from my time at Insights Benelux. One of these was our learning from collective leadership; a mindset and way of working…