I am Stefan and I am a very happy man. My daily life becomes more and more filled with love and happiness. Lately, it happens that I even cannot sleep at night because of the feeling of sincere joy. The enormous energy that I have is simply overwhelming.
Read MoreExactly one year ago I quit my job as a management consultant at McKinsey to enter the whole new world of executive coaching. I didn’t want to be like every other coach. I wanted to come up with a brand new concept: 48 hour executive retreats. This is what I learned one year into the journey.
Read MoreAfgelopen donderdag ben ik samen met vijf andere CEO’s , twee begeleiders en één chef-kok via www.48hoursunplug.com begonnen aan een digitaal detoxprogramma van 48 uur zonder gsm, mail, televisie of krant. Het werden twee onvergetelijke dagen en nachten, twee etmalen die tot de mooiste van mijn nochtans al rijk gevulde leven behoren.
Read MoreIn een nieuw boek denken psychiater Dirk De Wachter en filosoof Ignaas Devisch mee na over de omgang met werken en vrije tijd. "We zijn onszelf gaan beschouwen als een kleine onderneming die heel veel moet realiseren. Akelig."
Read More“To be an adult is to know what you want and to do it,” my therapist said to me at the end of a session one day. Then he added: “Blessed is the person who knows what she wants.” There’s something subversively simple about his adage about being an adult. How many of us know what we really want and are able to live in concert with our heart’s longing, uncluttered by the ways in which the world makes that difficult?
Read MoreDeep thought is often a casualty of the high-pressure and high-stakes C-suite environment. CEOs who do make time to reflect, however, say that it is time well spent.
Read MoreIt's widely accepted that your brain needs you to switch off and disconnect from time to time. But what happens if you fail to do that? We look back on our interview with research psychologist Max Blumberg...
Read MoreCompanies hate losing their star workaholics, so J&J is triple-teaming them with a dietitian, a physiologist, and an executive coach.
Read MoreThe article describes how under Milton Friedman's theory leadership focus has narrowed to shareholder value maximisation and how it is now broadening again to People, Planet and Profit. Focus of the article is on the potential benefits of a higher focus on People, wether it's employees, customers or other stakeholders, for today's companies.
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