Insights
We share with you our look at the critical factors defining successful leadership.
113 insights found
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22 April 2024
Leadership (struggles) in scale-ups
We all know that leadership makes the difference between success and failure. Good leadership can accelerate your growth. Bad leadership... -
11 April 2024
How can a mentor help you find your purpose?
“Purpose comes up sooner or later in almost every mentoring process. That ‘flash-forward’ moment – what legacy do I want... -
11 January 2024
The importance of self-awareness
Awareness is the ability of the individual to make sense of themselves and, consequently, of the world around them. Self-awareness... -
11 November 2023
Webinar: De impact van wat je eet op je leiderschap (met Joke Van Nieuwenhove)
Onregelmatig eten, snelle lunch voor de pc, zakelijke diners tot 's avonds laat, een maaltijd overslaan wegens geen tijd, snel... -
24 April 2023
Leiderschap is sales - Webinar met Ambits Mentor Thierry Moreau
Leiderschap en sales, leiden en verkopen, een contradictie? Andere kanten dan wel dezelfde kanten van verschillende melkwegstelsels? Totaal verschillende doelstellingen... -
31 March 2023
The elephant in the room
Have you ever been in a meeting or a discussion where there's an obvious issue no one wants to address... -
27 February 2023
Bring yourself to work. Leading others without draining yourself.
Many leaders struggle with the constant burden and stress that their job brings. We are ‘always on’, struggling with our... -
23 February 2023
Promoting the expert to manager: why this is not the best idea
People are frequently promoted into people leadership roles based on their strong individual performance. Still, they often lack interpersonal skills... -
23 February 2023
Stuck in day-to-day operations
One of the biggest pitfalls of managers is getting bogged down with day-to-day operations. But why is that? And what... -
21 February 2023
Do you know the five leadership problems EVERY company has?
In over two years, we have mentored more than 200 (senior) managers in more than 65 different companies. It was... -
12 February 2023
Ambits Golf: Play, Meet & Learn
Ambits organizes 4 unique golf tournaments in four different locations. We bring mentors, mentees, clients & prospects together to play... -
06 February 2023
Leading in hybrid times: what digital nomads can teach us about location-independent work
Company leaders shout out that their middle managers are in crisis! They feel their middle managers are not able anymore... -
23 January 2023
Learn how to to do performance reviews
A manager can learn how to conduct evaluations in several ways. -
17 January 2023
Stepping down as a manager
Depending on the circumstances, stepping down as a manager can be a positive career move. You might choose to step... -
09 January 2023
Core talents
I recently took a Core Talents assessment, which is very different from traditional profiling via personality tests in its methodology... -
02 January 2023
How to increase self-awareness
Fill in online questionnaires: structured questions encourage introspection and reflectionLose your self-limiting Gremlins, the soulless remnants of a judging family... -
13 December 2022
Does the opportunity cost of your employees also increase by 10% in January?
As we know, in Belgium, we apply a wage indexation system. In other words, when inflation increases, wages also increase... -
01 December 2022
What's your leadership goal? Do you need a coach or a mentor?
Gaining new perspectives can be a valuable leadership goal, as it can help you to understand different viewpoints and approaches... -
29 November 2022
Stinky fish
Hearing my colleagues acknowledge this first made it much easier for me. We were in for some hard conversations and... -
29 November 2022
Non-violent communication
Psychologist Marshall Rosenberg invented the NVC method and used two distinct animals to represent either end of the communication spectrum... -
15 November 2022
Your brain is a liar: leading with or without illusions?
Our view of the world seems unique, fair, and true to reality. Based on that view, we act daily. Whether... -
11 November 2022
Debunking the myth of Mentor: he was a wuss
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25 October 2022
Accountability, the secret to every entrepreneur's success
Accountability is the obligation to accept responsibility for one's actions and the consequences of those actions. It is the willingness... -
10 October 2022
Why you don't dare to give feedback
Getting truthful, honest feedback is a powerful way to improve every area of your business. The gains are exponential if... -
05 October 2022
Hiring your first co-worker?
Every business wants to hire passionate people. Look for these seven characteristics: ❤️🔥 Self-motivation a strong internal drive that pushes... -
01 October 2022
Feedback - kind frankness
Here's my 3-step process for using considerate directness in feedback to improve working relationships.Step 1️⃣: Talk tough without plunging into... -
30 September 2022
The importance of feedback
Feedback is an essential part of the learning and development process. It helps individuals understand how they are performing, identify... -
12 September 2022
Coaching versus mentoring: let's make it clear once and for all
In our interactions with the market, we notice that there is still a lot of confusion about the difference between... -
01 September 2022
Don't let mentoring burn you out
Mentoring can potentially lead to burnout if not appropriately managed. Mentoring requires a significant time and energy investment, and it... -
23 August 2022
Feedback is not a dirty word
Scientific studies have proven the strong correlation between a leader’s ability to give & receive feedback and employee engagement ánd... -
14 July 2022
Does your brand care?
Isabel Verstraete worked both on the corporate side of the fence and the agency side in France, The Netherlands, and... -
03 June 2022
Get the true leadership stories & make your first steps on the golf court
Interested to test whether golf could be your cup of tea? Ambits and Brabantse Golf join forces and organize a... -
30 May 2022
The ultimate ROI of talent management & leadership development
Two weeks ago, I participated in a mentoring session with one of our mentors Jos Deslee. The question for Jos... -
03 May 2022
Are you a feedback magnet?
It is generally agreed upon that influential leaders seek and value feedback from their team members and stakeholders. Receiving feedback... -
13 April 2022
Feedback or feedforward?
Feedback is essential to grow, become better, and move on,... Yeah, we all know that. Giving & receiving feedback is... -
28 March 2022
51%
In 2016, Securex organized a study among employees and employers. The most important thing we remembered from this is that... -
25 March 2022
Book webinar 'The Fast Track'
Join us on the 3rd of May from 12.00 until 13.30 for an interesting book webinar with David van der... -
08 March 2022
Basics of psychology and human dynamics that every leader should know
When talking to leaders, when starting mentoring, we often notice that leaders do not always know the basics of psychology... -
07 February 2022
Good leaders are great storytellers
Not only the fact that they are both millionaires or they are both interested in conquering space. They both forbid... -
17 January 2022
Your retention stats are directly related to the quality of your leadership
When talking about the challenges companies have nowadays, talent retention is typically one of the things mentioned. As talent retention... -
01 January 2022
Building trust
Trust is a crucial element in any workplace. When employees trust their colleagues, supervisors, and the overall organization, they are... -
24 November 2021
Mentor speeddating: 20 minute impact
True to ADM's mission, 'Share and Connect,' ADM youngsters met Ambits business mentors for 2x 20-minute mentoring sessions about their... -
20 October 2021
Lessons from entrepreneur and daredevil Hans Leybaert
📈 Yesterday, I attended a fascinating lunch session at ETION where Hans Leybaert, CEO of Unified Post, was a guest... -
19 October 2021
Book review: Shift Makers by Bart Van der Herten
📖 Over the weekend, I started reading the recent book Shift Makers by Bart Van der Herten.In chapter 3, Bart... -
05 October 2021
Never underestimate the impact of frustrated leavers
😡 The case of Frances Haugen, who left Facebook, illustrates one of the risks that most companies still completely underestimate... -
01 October 2021
Dreams versus excuses
A couple of weeks ago, I saw this poster.Spot on, isn’t it? -
29 September 2021
Unbossing Organizations event of ETION
Do you know what the biggest asset of your company is? Of course, you do!🦹♂️ Your people, no doubt.Correct, but... -
28 September 2021
Ambits Team Assessment
Thanks to the Predictive Index Behavioral Assessment, we know our leadership style. But we also wanted to understand who we... -
02 September 2021
Feedback exercise with our new collegague Hans Swaeb
🔖 Sales is not about selling 🔖That’s the key message we got from our new colleague Hans.🎓 After three weeks... -
02 September 2021
Book webinar 'Humanizing strategy'
The end of the summer approaches, time to start again with the Ambits book webinars.We kick-off with Geert Vercaeren, author... -
16 August 2021
Workshop The Logical Levels
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12 August 2021
Book review: Extreme ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin
📖 Extreme Ownership: leadership is simple but not easyA must-read leadership book by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin.🏹 Learn the... -
05 August 2021
The most challenging leadership skill, even for C-level
An essential activity of every ambitious manager or leader is networking. Most leaders suck at strategic networking. Research proves that... -
19 July 2021
Summer Tour 2021
During the Summer of 2021, we toured Flanders to meet up informally with our mentors.We had to compensate for almost... -
12 July 2021
The Ambits top 10 must-reads for the summer of 2021
The internal Ambits team presents its Top 10 must-reads for leaders. -
22 June 2021
Customer delight and self-managing teams: the story of managing director Christa Jouck
Christa Jouck is an entrepreneur at heart. For her, entrepreneurship is about being curious, seeing opportunities and trying incredibly hard... -
22 June 2021
Parenting & leadership
A series of short videos about the parallels between parenthood and leadership. Many challenges as a parent can also be... -
13 June 2021
The Belgian Red Devils as inspiration for your leadership (culture)
The link between sports and business is not new, and the road to success in both sports and business has... -
07 June 2021
How to become a connecting and servant leader: tips for new leaders
Two weeks ago, we published an interview with Anthony Duffeleer, CEO of Augment, about connecting and servant leadership. In this... -
07 June 2021
A good mentor is humble, full stop
Recently, I wrote that the power of mentoring comes from the intrinsic motivation of our mentors to help people. Another... -
02 June 2021
Scale-up leadership pitfalls: founder versus CEO
At Ambits, we often work for scale-ups that realize leadership is essential in their race for the moon. They have... -
28 May 2021
The Ambits Code of Conduct: The Compass of the Ambits Mentor
Based on the experience built over the past year, we have written our Ambits Code of Conduct. The Ambits Code... -
25 May 2021
Connecting and servant leadership: the vision of Anthony Duffeleer
Anthony Duffeleer became CEO of the Parisian scale-up Augment in mid-2020. Looking at his track record, this is, without doubt... -
18 May 2021
External CEO in a family business: a real-life case
Gil Dumarey has been recently appointed external CEO at Fermette Food Group. We are curious about his experiences and advice... -
17 May 2021
When are you NOT ready for mentoring?
You have read several of our articles and LinkedIn posts on mentoring. You have thought about it, and you want... -
06 May 2021
Testimonial mentee Laurent
Laurent is a manager at a well-known food production company in Belgium. He decided to take a mentor under his... -
01 May 2021
The most considerable risk of 2021? The return to the workplace
In the spring of 2020, we had to switch to home working. Undoubtedly this was very stressful for many people... -
27 April 2021
Book review: Ego is the enemy by Ryan Holiday
🏆 This book has changed my view of the world; a must-read!⛷️ I still remember very well the day I... -
22 April 2021
Workshop Basics NLP (door Nathalie De Winter)
Heb je een leidinggevende rol en worstel je met communicatie zowel naar boven als naar beneden toe?Ben je op zoek... -
20 April 2021
Testimonial Hassan Makhloufi van Belfius
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19 April 2021
Is your team a master mind alliance? Do the test!
Effective teams are more than just a collection of talented members. To be effective, a team has to combine the... -
13 April 2021
The Imposter Syndrome: leading with a diaper on
"You don't know shit, you're worthless, and any day now, people will see what you are: a fraud." Sounds familiar... -
12 April 2021
The scale-up rocket risk
🚀 Do you know what the scale-up rocket risk is? 🚀When we meet up with successful scale-ups, we see some... -
07 April 2021
Book review: The 3rd Alternative by Stephen M. R. Covey
🔮 A hidden treasure in the world of leadership books: The 3rd Alternative by Stephen M. R. Covey 🔮Everybody... -
15 March 2021
Toxic leadership: a vicious circle and how to break it
A couple of weeks ago, we posted a video on toxic people in organizations. We received a lot of comments... -
04 March 2021
Authentic leadership
🆘 Help! My boss thinks his leadership style is the only one that works 🆘Do you recognize this?⭕ You... -
02 March 2021
Webinar: Stakeholder management with user personas
🎐 You've heard it through the grapevines: your stakeholders will leave you high & dry 😳 Sounds familiar?💣 Right before... -
22 February 2021
Testimonial mentee Cynthia
Proces management expert Cynthia recently joined a large insurance company as team manager. Together with mentor Natacha, they work on... -
10 February 2021
Internal mentoring programs: too often a missed opportunity
I know many corporates where they have implemented, or at least tried to implement an internal mentoring program. In essence... -
03 February 2021
How to deal with toxic people in your company
You see toxic people at all levels in the organization, not only at C-level what we typically think. They have... -
31 January 2021
Change fatigue at middle management: the biggest bottleneck in lots of corporates
When talking to middle managers in large corporates, one striking observation comes back: change fatigue. Lots of corporates have big... -
30 January 2021
Leaders need to know about psychological safety
Recently, we held a Round Table-discussion with several ICT managers about the challenges of today's' ICT leaders. One of the... -
27 January 2021
Tips for mentors
Be truly interested in your mentee and his/her caseRefrain from selling yourself: if you are trying to sell someone you... -
25 January 2021
The low ROI of Learning & Development programs
Some observations we do when talking to L&D managers in both small and large companies: L&D is still a... -
22 January 2021
The Rise of the Wannabe Coach, part 3
Ambits mentor John Bailey tackles the coaching industry in a three-part series. This article focuses on business-related coaching with the... -
21 January 2021
The Ambitious Entrepreneur Case
This mentoring case is about an ambitious entrepreneur/owner of a restaurant chain with more than 130 employees. A full-blown passionate... -
17 January 2021
CEO mentoring
Sigasi is a fast-growing IT scale-up founded 13 years ago. The company has a lot of growth potential at an... -
17 January 2021
Inside a mentoring session
Curious about what happens during a mentoring session? What do mentor and mentee say to each other? What is NOT... -
15 January 2021
The Rise of the Wannabe Coach, part 2
Ambits mentor John Bailey tackles the coaching industry in a three-part series. This article focuses on business-related coaching with the... -
05 January 2021
The Rise of the Wannabe Coach, part 1
Ambits mentor John Bailey tackles the coaching industry in a three-part series. This article focuses on business-related coaching with the... -
28 December 2020
A story about starting a business during a pandemic
Only a few weeks before the Corona-virus pandemic forced Belgium into lockdown, Gerrit founded Ambits. The introduction of a new... -
23 December 2020
Leadership style: pulling the micro-management plug
Remote working is here to stay. To do this successfully, leadership and collaboration must become explicitly trust-based. But, ... let's... -
11 December 2020
Leadership should be part of everything you do
In the past six months, we have spoken with over 200 managers about their leadership challenges. One striking observation is... -
09 December 2020
Science & Technology mentor Suki Maesen about role modeling for young women
Suki Maesen, one of the Ambits mentors, was interviewed in August 2018 about her role modeling for young women with... -
07 December 2020
Leadership development based on five values
Values are what leaders of organizations stand for. Values determine how one behaves. Leaders should be clear about the behavior... -
03 December 2020
Learn to be authentic by getting mentored
“Authenticity is the degree to which a person's actions are congruent with their beliefs and desires, despite external pressures to... -
25 November 2020
Avoid a crisis with Business Mentoring
In this video, our Business Mentor Daniel Van den Broeck, an experienced transformation and change manager, reminds us that in... -
23 November 2020
How mentoring can help make succession planning successful
Traditionally conceived and executed succession planning, limited to a static list of names positioned for a few top spots, can... -
18 November 2020
Mentoring vs coaching: the differences
Mentoring and coaching are often used interchangeably in a business context. Though they share the same goal of personal development... -
18 November 2020
How to manage your team when working remote
In this video, our Business Mentor Hilde Smets, a seasoned IT executive with a strong coaching and mentoring track record... -
12 November 2020
The essential key to succes: a social IT manager
2020 is the year in which digital transformation and remote working became the norm. It is a no-brainer that Covid... -
06 November 2020
4 tips for 'sandwiched' middle managers
Our Business Mentor Bart Briers kicks off: “Continuous strategic changes, business model transformations, customers demanding service levels, the shift from... -
04 November 2020
The advantages of internal and external mentoring
In today’s fast-changing world, it is critical to learn from the wisdom and mistakes of others as we grow. Mentoring... -
03 November 2020
Leadership tips whilst remote working
Managers and team leaders are under a lot of pressure now. Are they aware their team members:1. feel remote managers... -
16 October 2020
Business Mentoring is the way forward in leadership development
It is a proven fact. Business mentoring is the best technique to support leadership development across different organisations. -
24 September 2020
The impact of being mentored and mentoring
Business Mentor Ronald Hermans shares his personal experience on having a mentor throughout his career and being a Business Mentor... -
24 August 2020
The Successful Transformation Series | Part 3: Transforming leadership with credibility and trust
This final episode to our Successful Transformations Series shares why Business Mentoring is more effective in transforming leadership. -
24 August 2020
The Successful Transformation Series | Part 2: Transformation means transforming leadership
Successful transformation of a business requires the transformation of the business leaders and the reigning culture at the different levels... -
17 August 2020
The Successful Transformation Series | Part 1: Transformations start with knowing a business and the leadership.
In these times of widespread transformations, we hear and read little about effective and successful transformations: genuinely embraced and adopted... -
26 June 2020
This is Ambits: meet our Business Mentors
Last week, we had our first Mentor Board meeting in our office in Antwerp. The meeting had two goals: (1)... -
17 May 2020
How Corona forces managers to step up as true leaders and why this sudden change in management practices might be a blessing
Over the last few years we’ve talked a lot about a VUCA-world: volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous. Those terms define... -
15 May 2020
No one-size-fits-all approach in managing a remote team: situational leadership becomes more important than ever
Last Thursday evening, we had our first virtual round table ‘Going Beyond Micro Management’. Thanks to the people who have... -
14 May 2020
Your retention statistics one year from now will be the best indicator of how you have managed the current crisis
The current crisis we are going through is for organizations a critical moment of truth, not only financially or strategically...
