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Testimonial by Arvin Willemse (PostNL)
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Trust as an accelerator
“As a CEO, it is my job to empower my Management Team. I wanted to make us work more efficient and cooperative. That starts with Trust!”
Mentoring results
- Raised accountability and transparancy amongst all the our leaders.
- Created personal eyeopeners for everyone in the management team and increased internal trust.
- Started zooming out when needed, to gain crucial insights in running projects.
- Enhance productivity and communication by learning to challenge peers efficiently.
Bio
- Arvin Willemse
- CEO – PostNL Belgium
- Group mentoring - Executive Level
- Mentor: Ilse Vandevyvere
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Three area's of improvement
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“When I first started as CEO at PostNL Belgium, I wanted to test the waters and get to know my management team. And as I'm a big believer in collaboration and shared responsibilities in leadership, I wanted to take our MT to the next level. We had a few areas of improvement where we could focus on so we hired the help of Ambits. Together, we identified three focus points:
- How do we incorporate efficient feedbackloops within our MT?
- How do we enhance our trust and open communication to become a more high-performing team?
- What specific methods and steps should we take to create more accountability in our organization?”
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Mentor Ilse: Hands-on Approach, Result Driven, High-Level Experience
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"Ambits suggested three possible mentors, and we immediately felt a connection with Ilse.
She had an experienced and entrepreneurial profile: she was ideally placed to combine theory and practice to deliver quick and imortant impact in our MT.
We had Workshops with Ilse every couple of weeks, which were very pragmatic and focused. Her experience and match with our company DNA proved impactfull, almost instantly: She taught us to communicate more transparantly, give honest feedback, and trust one another to act in the best interest of the whole company.
The down-to-earth and personal way of working that Ilse (and Ambits) put into our collaboration felt organic, impactfull and pleasant (even though it was challenging at some points)."
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We still revisit exercices, topics and overall insights from our time with Ilse.
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Analysis and Matching
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“It’s fair to say that we've grown as a management team since Ambits and Ilse.
I knew this trajectory was going to be successful... but I didn’t know that the analysis and matching of the whole process was so important for us. Due to this process, we where able to choose the mentor for the job.”
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Are you considering working with a mentoring for your Management Team? Here’s Arvin's 2 cents’ worth:
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- Assess your current Trust Levels within your Management Team.
- Focus on one specific bottleneck that effects the overall productivity.
- Find a mentor or mentors who have experience in these topics.
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