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Is een topmanager bijgevolg ook een topsporter en omgekeerd ?

Om die vraag te beantwoorden organiseerde vMA gisteren een debat. Vijf experten, met elk een eigen idee over de link tussen sport en management, vormden het panel van de avond en deelden hun mening over een vijftal stellingen. In het … Continue reading

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Leadership thought 12: Leadership and authority aren’t the same thing, but both need power.

We made with Heifetz the distinction between ‘authority’ and ‘leadership’. This distinction comes close to ‘transactional’ and ‘transformational’ leadership as explained by Bass & Riggio [i]. Authority or transactional leadership is based on a negotiation and an agreement between the ‘leader’ and … Continue reading

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Leadership thought 10: leadership is personal

Leadership starts with the personal choice for making change happen, not only change in others, but also change in one’s own self. Leadership is making a personal stand. Some people stick to their comfort zones, avoid risks, change only if … Continue reading

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Leadership thought 9: Fools rush in where angels fear to thread (A. Pope)

Each situation has it’s own challenges and rules and leadership adapts to it. “Leadership is like a chameleon”, spoke Dr. Peter Piot as he received the leadership award in 2010 from the Flemish Management Association. “Chameleons adapt to the environment, … Continue reading

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Over shared leadership, identiteitsontwikkeling & “Moeten er nog managers zijn?”

“Hebben we nog managers nodig?” was de titel van het VMA-debat gisterenavond op de boekenbeurs. De titel was gekozen toen Jos “Bullshit Management” Verveen nog aangekondigd was. In zijn afwezigheid maakte Jo Sanders elegant en doeltreffend komaf met Verveens provacatieve ideeën over … Continue reading

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Leadership thought 7: “In sameness we connect, in diversity we grow.” (Virginia Satir)

Psychologists and sociologists agree: people connect through similarities and dislike differences. Organisations and teams always tend to become more homogeneous over time, because we just don’t like ‘other things’. They disturb us. “Management teams are clone machines”, concluded Vanwitteloostuijn his … Continue reading

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Leadership thought 6: “Leadership is acknowledging the elephant in the room.”

‘Put the elephant on the table,’ was the motto of the successful team of Philippe Gilbert, the no. 1 in the world in cycling of 2011[i]. Wouter Torfs says the same thing about the success of his company: “We have … Continue reading

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Bevrijd de ambtenaar… op een slimme manier.

Een eenvoudige rondzendbrief in augustus maakt een einde aan de onzekerheid van een aantal leidende Franstalige ambtenaren. Ja, rookpauzes kunnen beschouwd worden als niet-werktijd. En dus mogen ze hun medewerkers verplichten om hun rookpauzes te tikken. De vakbond maakt er een … Continue reading

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Leadership thought 4: “Leadership exists when people still follow you regardless of your title and position.”

Heifetz[i] makes an important distinction between authority and leadership. Authority is the conferred power to perform a service. It is given and can be taken away. It is part of an exchange. Authority relationships are to a certain extent conscious … Continue reading

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The X-factor of leadership – Source V: “Be an expert.”

One of the most thought-provoking psychological experiments ever, took place 50 year’s ago. Stanley Milgram* tried to understand why ordinary and decent people could be driven to commit the most atrocious acts. About 2/3 of the participants in his experiment … Continue reading

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