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Last week I spent time translating TLW — Transforming Leadership from Within — one of the leadership programmes of Companions for Leadership, into Dutch. The reason: we have a growing number of Dutch-speaking clients. And what a wonderful project it was. I love playing with words. Especially when there’s no time pressure. One word has […]

On shifting a limiting belief Recently I wrote a LinkedIn post about the video recording I had made of myself — and about the nerves that came over me in the process. Afterwards, the question stayed with me: what makes this so daunting? Is it the visibility? Or is it actually something else — something […]

We’re obsessed with the destination. The next role. The next milestone. The next version of success. We walk our paths with eyes fixed forward, measuring progress by how far we still have to go. But here’s what astronauts are teaching us. The transformative moment rarely comes from arriving somewhere. It comes from turning around. From […]

Next week I’ll be going on a 4-day walking trip with 3 friends. I know what time and where to board the train, and what needs to be in my backpack (as always). As for where we are going – 2 of us know, the other 2 are along for the ride.  It’s always a […]

Most leaders are running on autopilot. Without knowing it. 88% of the time. “If the path before you is clear, you are probably on someone else’s.” – Joseph Campbell If you can see every step of your path laid out before you, consider this: this is not your path. Your path appears with every step you take. […]