The Social Enterprise is hot! Two decades ago, as a company you were ‘kicking corporate social responsibility’ if you printed on both sides of the paper. Nowadays, an organization needs to share her vision on sustainability and justify her impact on society. A Social Enterprise combines revenue growth and profit-making with the need to respect …
In my first blog I wrote about the hardships of starting your own company and building a website. This time I’m gonna share the adventures of setting up a workshop, aka.. the making of GEMS. Due to amazing jobs such as the Talent & Development role I got acquainted with ‘colour tests’, ergo do you …
I have a more than average interest in culture. “How we do things” is something that fascinates me to no end. As a semi-foodie there were a couple things I noticed while travelling through Utah and Arizona. The average American does not enter the restaurant when he wants to get some fastfood. The place is …
January and September are the best months to recruit employees, In itself there is nothing special about this set of 30 days expect that these are the months most people go on holiday. And.. during time of work, people relax, recharge and reflect. Especially faced with the fact that you need to return to the …
Above all, people are driven to avoid pain and increase pleasure. Thus, Freud’s findings. Although people weigh the impact of the pain-pleasure principle on both the long- and short term, short term effect prevails. No surprise here! The dishes will still need to be washed tomorrow, but the immediate pleasure of watching Netflix wins… …
Laughing is good for you. Even if you crack a fake face, you are still tricking your brain into thinking you are actually happy at that point, generating all sort of (healthy) hormons. Loads of theories underline the importance of having a sence of humor but this one triggered me even more, because it particulary …
“Thanks for everything and good luck in your new job”. Words like these, a bunch of flowers and a handshake from your sour looking manager, often define the so called emloyee offboarding. Although ‘exit’ is marked as a stage in the employee journey, the departing employee often hardly notices the importance of a proper farewell. …
Super proud and happy to kick of another module on Change, Talent Management, Career Development and Mobilty. Such a delight to finally do this face to face with the students.
Finally, the day you knew would come is here! As we speak I am drafting a back-to-the-office action plan. Home working definitely has it’s plusses: no traffic jams, happy pets and a quite some savings on stockings (since you’re legs are never in front of the camera… ) But, homeworking also means the every day …
Today on International Womansday is a great time to probe on a common misunderstanding. For everyone who also assumed that the well known symbol, on let’s say female toilet’s, depict a dress.. gues again..
“We weren’t agile enough” thus Hugo de Jonge on the Dutch vaccination programme. But what do we mean with Agility? The dictionary says “easy to maneuver, to change or turn’. Management books speak of ‘agile organizations’ if they respond quickly and effectively to trends and developments. During the first lockdown in March we saw some …
Last week I participated in a focusgroup of the University of Amsterdam. My take away was that employability increases with the diversity of jobs you held and the numbers of companies you worked for. Offcourse without going overboard and becoming a proper ‘job hopper’. Changing jobs in order to create a sustainable career. In day …
