Ambitious Leader Podcast

This is a Q&A session that relates to the previous episode: "The Thin Line Between Being Ambitious and Holding Yourself Back". You will get answers to practical questions people struggle with, once they walk that thin line.

To get from where you are now to where you want to be, 3 things need to be in place: (a) your ambition needs to be clear, (b) you need to have a clear view of the path to travel, and (c) you need to now exactly where you are right now. When these 3 things are installed, there's nothing to stop you, right? That's what we will be discussing in this episode: what could be "wrong" with these 3 elements (ambition, path, yourself)? and how do you overcome the potential problems you're facing when getting those things right?

The Ambitous Leader Chat starts on our social media channels: every fortnight, we launch a theme and around that central theme you can ask us anything you want. The best questions are discussed in a chat between Karolien and Dennis, the 2 coaches of The Happiness Factory. This week's central theme is: Teamwork.

A summary of the full episode "S2-1. The Talking Stick". In this short version you get the highlights: good as an introduction to the subject, and easy as a reference to fresh things up.

It happens so often that people argue about something, although, in essence, they want to reach the same goal in the end. They're just not aware of it that, in the end, they're striving for the same thing. That mutual understanding could resolve a lot of discussions, and a lot of wasted time, especially in a business context. And there is a pretty easy solution for it: The Talking Stick. Listen to this episode to learn more about the concept, about how it can be used in different situations (and it's certainly not only about conflict management), and to learn about my personal encounter with the Nipissing First Nations, the real source of the talking stick!

The Ambitious Leader Podcast is back! Get ready for season 2, with new episodes!

A summary of the full episode "15. How to make impact with your appearance". In this short version you get the highlights: good as an introduction to the subject, and easy as a reference to fresh things up.

Being perceived as credible for what you do, gives you an enormous head jump in making your impact. In the first contact a lot of that credibility is created by the first impression, and that has a lot to do with your appearance: how you look, your smile, your posture, but also the cloths that you wear, your hairstyle, even the bag that you carry with you and the pencil you write with. In this podcast episode we, Véronique Hoex and I, zoom in on those elements. Véronique talks about various ways of how to fit in and stand out at the same time. Fitting in makes it easier to connect, standing out gives you the impact that you need to reach your goals easier.

A summary of the full episode "13. Why personal growth isn't incremental". In this short version you get the highlights: good as an introduction to the subject, and easy as a reference to fresh things up.

Personal change and growth isn't reached by incremental steps! It all starts with a big and resolute breakthrough change. This is a bold statement that is different than building upon insights. By combining the Lean terminology Kaikaku and Kaizen, with the 'hero's journey', I show you how real transformative change and growth comes into life.