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The Art of Facilitating for Internal Change Makers

Facilitating is an art that you can learn. From design, mapping and engaging stakeholders, developing the skills needed to let a group discover direction and providing guidance simultaneously. Are you an intrapreneur, creating movement in your organisation or guiding change processes? Would you like to learn how to design, facilitate and make these processes internally sustainable? Are you driven by a desire to create more connection and meaning? Then this development course is for you.

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#Podcast with the ILA - Inclusive. Invested. Immersive. These are our guiding principles.

In this podcast with the International Leadership Association, our CEO Annemarie de Jong discusses her view on leadership, our current societal challenges, and how we support businesses to become future proof.

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Creating Lasting Health Change - Limited Edition Leadership Journey

What if investing in your own leadership also contributed to a bigger impact in an inclusive and immersive way? Our Impact Leadership Journeys invite you to do just that. Spending, together with humans from different walks of life, a week developing yourself personally through a local collaboration health project in a foreign country, while immersing yourself in a different environment and culture. Confronting, inspirational and life changing! It is a win win win: good for you, good for your organisation, and good for the world.

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What makes people tick, an interview with Lesley Cordial

In this interview we get to grips with what Lesley Cordial's personal drive is to push these leadership programmes forward within FrieslandCampina. We talk personal missions, the intrinsic needs of human beings, and the need for sustainable businesses.

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The power of empowering people

Our work goes beyond an average excel sheet. Transformation of beliefs, values and world views within an organisation is led by people. That’s why we focus on humans; the individuals who can realise long-term, sustainable change. We spoke to Betty van der Molen, Global Talent & Leadership Development Manager at FrieslandCampina, about our longstanding collaboration to design LEAP; why she chose to work with us; how this leadership programme helped her become a better leader; and what she hopes for the future.

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Our Work: The impact of long-term collaboration

Since 2015 we have worked together with FrieslandCampina. Together we have taken more than 250 young talents to over 10 countries across Africa, Asia, and Europe. Where they have worked together with 10 different social partners to vastly increase their positive impact on society; discover their reason of being; and become better leaders within their organisation. All this takes place during LEAP; the leadership development programme that unlocks the full potential of FrieslandCampina employees.

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#Masterclass: Missiegedreven Leiderschap

De masterclass Missiegedreven Leiderschap van Annemarie staat online op www.futureness.nl. Ze neemt je mee in het verhaal en de aanpak van Better Future. Hoe doe je dat, missiegedreven leiderschap? En hoe kan jij, morgen al verschil maken en je team en organisatie daarin meenemen? Van breed en groot naar klein en praktisch.

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Why one woman is raising her voice

Lucy von Sturmer is the founder of The Humblebrag, an impact-driven thought leadership agency committed to business as a force for good. She is dedicated to help change-makers, game-changers and creative innovators to raise their voice, and in a one hour phone conversation, we talked about her deep connection with nature, the consumption generation, and the importance of having bold and brave leaders to help save life on Earth. 

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Why one woman became a business activist

In 2008 Annemarie de Jong, now owner and CEO of Better Future, jumped ship. With 15 years of experience in leadership and working at De Baak, we’re curious what inspired her to become the business activist she is today.

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Een betere toekomst

Een betere toekomst creëren, dat wil iedereen wel. Maar hoe doe je dat? Bij Better Future doen we dat door leiderschapsteams uit het bedrijfsleven en uit de not-for-profit sector bij elkaar te brengen. Samen een week op pad om te werken aan strategische uitdagingen waar de organisaties voor staan. In die week brengen we de Theory U aanpak tot leven, in de praktijk en in ongewone settings, uit het klaslokaal en in de echte wereld.

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Van silo naar samen: een interview met Roel Cals en Wilma Haanappel

Dat een goed functionerend management team essentieel is voor een bedrijf is bekend, maar dat er meer bij komt kijken zien we weleens over het hoofd. In 2016 stelde Roel Cals (MD van Ubbink Centrotherm Group) de vraag: Ons managementteam functioneert nog niet optimaal, en we moeten onszelf heruitvinden in een business die sterk afhankelijk is van gas in een wereld waarin we van het gas afgaan. Kunnen jullie ons helpen? We gingen aan de slag, op zoek naar antwoorden

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Van Ego naar Eco

Welk leiderschap is nodig om een duurzamere wereld te creëren en verwezenlijken? Better Future en Port of Amsterdam organiseerden een dialoog voor leiders uit het bedrijfsleven. Bekijk dit filmpje om een impressie te krijgen van de middag.

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Toekomstperspectief, de morele plicht van leiders

In een overvol Dauphine interview ik op een dinsdagochtend in januari Jo Caudron, gekend internetondernemer en digitale bedrijvendokter bij het Belgische Scopernia (voormalig Duval Union Consulting). Hij praat over zijn nieuwe boek: De wereld is rond. Het vervolg op zijn eerdere boek over digitale transformatie waarmee hij zich op het bedrijfsleven richtte. Nu strekt zijn boodschap verder.

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SDG & Me Journey 2020

The second SDG & Me journey kicks off in April 2020; a programme that takes participants to the Gambia where they focus on personal reflection. By working together with other Dutch managers and Gambian change makers of the World Food Program, Buzz Women and Green-up have positive impact on local communities.

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