What if you have a difficult boss?

 -  Durable / Leadership
It’s not always easy to manage up. Some bosses seem unrealistic in their expectations. Others never show satisfaction with the work done. Still others seem to think you would never do the right things without their guidance or control. And then there’s the ones who don’t realize you are already putting an overload of pressure on yourself and your teams.

5 tips for when you are ruminating

 -  Durable / Leadership
Once people start to ruminate, they often find it quite difficult to ‘stop it’. We tend to tell ourselves ‘stop ruminating’ – only to notice that it’s hard to control these unwelcome thoughts. Here’s 5 tips you might find useful.

How shared is your team vision (according to your team)?

 -  Durable
Ever spent a lot of time defining a compelling vision for your company or team, polishing it until it was a true ‘pearl’, sharing it at key meetings – yet still hearing comments in the corridors (or in surveys) that the vision is not clear? Or facing a blank when one team member cannot express it? A frustrating experience… shared by so many leaders…

KOPPEN: Positief vs. Parkinson

 -  Positif
On March 20th 2014, the TV program ‘Koppen’ (VRT) broadcasted a very moving and inspirational coverage on Patrick and Anne-Marie. In the video, the Demoucelles talk about how they stay positive, in spite of Parkinson’s. And how they use their personal experience to help people and teams to become more positive.