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Use Failure as Fuel : construct an Anti-Bio
Article 03/09/12 The failed start-up. The lost job. The botched client pitch. The college rejection letter. Most missteps along our career path make us cringe and want to put the experience out of sight and out of min
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Lydia Duijvestijn
Blog 19/02/12 After having read an article about Ionica Smeets, one of the two 'math-girls'. I got intrigued and bought the book 'Ik was altijd heel slecht in wiskunde', that she wrote together with the other math
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In the spotlight: Stefania Usai, beleidsmedewerker NWO
Video 11/07/11 LEAP is about connecting and inspiring. Watch this film in which Stefania Usai shares her life motto with us! It will most certainly inspire you and make you proud of her courage to step forwar
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Diversity 05/09/09 We are convinced that a balanced mix of female and male skills contributes towards our firm’s success.
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Gender disparities in US's STEM
Liesbeth van de Garde
Blog 26/09/11 Anna Holmes in the Washington Post about the gender disparities in the United States' STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics): Technically, science will be less lonely for women when
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In the spotlight: Liesbeth van de Garde, Senior policy advisor HRM, NWO
Video 27/06/11 LEAP is about connecting and inspiring. Watch this film in which Liesbeth van de Garde shares her life motto with us! It will most certainly inspire you and make you proud of her courage to be t
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5 killer tips for a confident presentation
Article 13/08/12 Everyone has sat through at least one horrible presentation. Sometimes it’s bad because the subject matter is irrelevant or poorly researched. Other times, the presenter lacks a successful publi
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Erica Van Ooyen
Blog 04/04/11 Self Leadership - Values - Authenticity - what does it take?
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New Leadership: The Values Film impression
Video 14/06/11 For those of you who were there: a nice souvenir. For those of you who missed it: get a taste of what happened and who was there.
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Count to ten: the pregnant pause
Article 24/07/12 Emotional intelligence (EQ) is a key driver of success in the workplace, perhaps the most important driver. Studies show that those at the high levels of emotional intelligence earn $29,000 more per y
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Work Life balance: it's about setting boundaries
Article 04/07/12 Like true love, clean energy, and world peace, the notion of a perfect balance between work and life is a wonderful idea, but one that seems elusive and impractical. Yet, all hope is not lost. Therapi
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Leadership lessons (not) learned at the playground
Article 11/06/12 I have reached the stage of my life where my friends are becoming parents daily. We often discuss how they plan to raise their kids and the lessons and values that they hope to instill in their childr
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Why Vulnerability Can Be Your Biggest Strength
Article 15/05/12 In her executive coaching practice, Henna Inam meets a lot of strong and smart women leaders whose success has come from always proving that they are smarter and more competent than those
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In the Tiara spotlight: Gabrielle Kalkwijk
Article 23/04/12 A lot of LEAP-members have enjoyed coaching sessions from Tiara. Recently these exceptional women's coaches have put Gabrielle Kalkwijk in the spotlight in their Tiara Spotlight series. Read all a
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Are Men the Real Winners with the Rise of Female Breadwinners?
Article 09/04/12 Female breadwinning is often seen as primarily benefitting women. We think of the wins for her – negotiating power in the relationship, freedom to leave a potentially bad match and the pro
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Sponsor or Mentor? You need both
Article 26/03/12 Some thought leaders argue that sponsorship is more of a semantic difference than a practical one when compared with traditional mentorship. Yet many diversity experts emphasize that the roles are qui
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7 steps to make difficult conversations easier
Article 05/03/12 Coach Henna Inam shared some very useful tips that will make a difficult conversation easier in a recent blog for theglasshammer. Many situations you find yourself in call for conservations to be had.
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To Attract talent business culture should resonate emotional intelligence
Article 28/02/12 According to an article by Terry Murray people misinterpreted Darwin’s theory of evolution. It isn’t survival of the fittest, it is those that are most adaptive that survive. W
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Emotion Analytics: The Missing Ingredient in Risk Management
Article 13/02/12 We have all heard it a thousand times: “take the emotion out of it.” We have heard it from our bosses, our friends, and certainly from our financial advisors. Yet as far as investments go,
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Article 16/01/12 Why is passion so important for leaders? Because it’s a lot easier to get people tot follow you when they believe in you en can share your enthusiasm.
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Learning about effective leadership by rappelling waterfalls
Article 03/10/11 Are you a horizontal leader? Read Laura Berger’s interesting article on the parallels of waterfall rappelling and leadership and learn how to navigate the rock face of your career.
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Echt leiderschap vraagt grondige zelfkennis
Article 11/07/11 Het kind in de leider.. In elke volwassene schuilt een kind. Daarvan zijn verreweg de meeste mensen zich wel bewust. Vrijwel elke psycholoog houdt rekening met de invloed van jeugdervaringen op het la
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Why are we bad at picking good leaders?
Article 04/07/11 We complain about our leaders. So we eventually get rid of them and we move on to the next one with the hope that it will be different this time. But it’s not. And we’re back where we star
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Get your own personal leadership values report for free!
Article 19/06/11 The Australian based consultancy and coaching firm Values Grid invites you to explore your values and fully realise your leadership potential. It offers you, free of charge, your own personal v
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Peter Molengraaf, CEO Alliander: De wet van compassie
Article 06/06/11 De wet van compassie is een leidend principe in het leven van Peter Molengraaf, CEO van Alliander. Respect voor een ieder waarmee je een relatie hebt, of dat nu zakelijk of privé is, staa
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LEAP New leadership event: The Values
Article 17/05/11 Meet the Leaders, get inspired, get connected! A linear world is changing to a complex and chaotic one where, networks and systems thinking
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Article 09/05/11 It's common wisdom these days that you should follow your passion. But executives can hurt their careers when they care about something too much. Here are four reasons to think twice before &l
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Scheepbouwer wordt Zakenvrouw van het jaar 2011
Article 11/04/11 “Het is bijzonder om als vrouw zo’n soort bedrijf te hebben, in een echt mannenbolwerk. Maar ook heerlijk”, zei Thecla Bodewes tegen dagblad De Telegraaf. Thecla Bodewes
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Designerjurk in de uitverkoop? Je achternaam bepaalt!
Article 14/02/11 Designerjurk in de uitverkoop? Je achternaam bepaalt of je hem te pakken krijgt. Heet je Abels? Dan heb je minder kans op het bemachtigen van een product of dienst waarvoor
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Authenticity at work: oxymoron?
Article 14/02/11 Many of us would like to be ‘authentic’ but in reality authenticity at work is a risky proposition. That is because we define authentic as being emotionally transparent. If we
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Chocolate will be the future caviar
Article 20/11/10 Over the weekend Sinterklaas made his annual traditional arrival per steamer in Holland. The entire country now anxiously anticipates the yearly Sinterklaas festival on December 5. But how
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