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Wouter Glaser's contrarian advice for growth: 'Say goodbye to customers who don't suit you'

Growing while maintaining corporate culture seems like a split. But according to Wouter Glaser, founder of public relations agency Glasnost and scaleup studio Go Delphi, it is the key to success. "Consistently acting on your core values is essential.

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Sustainable impact on People & Culture with B Corp certification

3 years as B Corp: We put sustainability at the heart of HR, create equity and drive growth for well-being. How VIE People drives sustainable growth and well-being in HR.

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More people, more output! Or ... surely not?

Organic growth causes output pressure, stress and stagnant results. Structure needed for effective information and team cohesion.

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Scientific insights with Anna Noorda: discovering and understanding

We regularly talk to entrepreneurs about their formula for success. We test those against recent scientific findings. Have they done what science shows to be a success method? Today we talk to Anna Noorda, General Manager of GoodZo, IT partner of companies and organizations. They have been training empathetic people to become consultants who help companies and organizations search for the ideal IT solution since 2013. They grew rapidly to 135 employees.

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Pride Month: Beyond the boxes

I have never had to feel uncomfortable about my sexual orientation. Okay, here I have to correct myself: no one should ever have to feel uncomfortable about their sexual orientation, so let me rephrase: The fact is that I have never felt uncomfortable about my sexual orientation. I have never asked myself during a job interview whether it was convenient to say that I have a girlfriend. Why should I?

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Immune to fake news

Can you vaccinate yourself against fake news and make yourself immune?

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Preparing and conducting performance appraisals for employers.

Crucial preparation of performance appraisals for employers

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A life with flow

With his book 'DRIVE,' Olympic champion Mark Tuitert put the stoic mindset on the map: a mindset that, according to him, allows you to always stay sharp and relaxed - even in difficult times. In his second book 'FLOW: The stoic mindset for a richly flowing life' he goes further. Like a stoic coach, Mark shows you how many forms philosophy has in practice.

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How do you distinguish real from fake in the world of AI and deepfakes, and should you really?

Manipulation, influence and disinformation are of all times. Today it is easier and more credible than ever before. The big challenge now is: how do we distinguish real news from fake news and how can we keep control of this information society as AI makes more and more possible?

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The best strategies for generational diversity

Generational diversity is another new word that I feel is suddenly becoming established. New generations in the workplace is nothing new. The newest generation enters the job market with a different view of the world than their predecessors. Where previously a new generation entered the job market with a different worldview, today's new generation also enters the market with very different skills and ways of communicating.

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From aggression to progression

How nice it is when two guests from previous episodes of the Work Professor decide to write a book together. Caroline Koetsenruiter has been a guest twice before and Hans van der Loo once. Together they wrote the book "Toxic Hassle in the Workplace - From Aggressive Behavior to Social Safety. We are champions of aggression in the workplace, a title we should not be proud of. Have I become the matchmaker for your book? Or did you bump into each other through another avenue?

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Intervene in collaboration beyond your own hassles

You are on the moors with your team and you are working very hard with the best of intentions. You have a wonderful team day but in the long run you see no effect of that beautiful day on the heath. Team coaches do not break the unconscious underlying patterns. Dependence on the team coach perpetuates an underlying pattern. You remain dependent on an external leader, a protocol, a structure of help us work better together. As a team coach, you feel the team is looking to you, they want leadership. How to deal with that and what your role is as a leader and or team coach, we discuss today with Jobbeke de Jong. Jobbeke wrote the book "Master You! - Intervening in collaboration beyond your own hassles.'

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Defining your company's core values in 3 steps

Discover the importance of defining core values in your business: the essence of your identity. They define decisions, relationships and customers.

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Take your organization to the next level with top sports mentality

Are you ambitious and want to become the Olympic champion in your workplace? In my book Scale-ups & Downs I describe the importance of winners in the organization. Achieving your dream goals is not done without a struggle. Our guest today at the Work Professor, former top athlete Pauline Mulder knows all about that. She played tennis at the top level and also coached her daughter to the top in the Netherlands. She wrote the book 'Ace - Achieve your dream goals with a top sports mentality'.

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Confronting different generations in the workplace

Two young founders experience generational differences in workplace when hiring first employee. Conflict over work-life balance and norms leads to challenges.

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Grow your organization sustainably through B Corp

Companies are increasingly expected not only to make profits but also to be socially responsible. Not only environmental movements such as Extinction Rebellion, Environmental Defense and Greenpeace but also more and more citizens are demanding responsible policies. To demonstrate that companies are doing things right for the world, they can choose to get a certification or seal of approval. One of the prominent examples of this is the B Corp certificate. But becoming a B Corp is not so easy. That is why Mark de Lat, together with Aldo van Duivenboden, wrote the book Better Business Models, a Better World! The first Dutch-language B Corp workbook.