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January 23, 2017

By Antwerp Management School

"Yes, we can", 8 years of Obama

Human Resources

“Yes we can”. These words sound familiar to every human being currently living on this planet and belong to the 44th president of the United States of America. Obama was born in 1961 in Hawaii and moved to America to attend law school. He was elected president on 4 November 2008 and

January 19, 2017

By Antwerp Management School

How to start leading: 4 pointers for young leaders

Human Resources

Whilst they can bring a fresh, new outlook, young leaders are also having to ask themselves, how can I effectively lead older employees? After all, it is not always easy for younger people to gain the support and, crucially, the respect of their senior colleagues, many of whom may have

January 19, 2017

By Koen Marichal

How to: 5 survival tips for leaders in 2017

Human Resources

2016 was a year of significant insecurity and increasing tension. How do you navigate this as a leader and how do you adapt your leadership? Thought Leader Koen Marichal shares five resolutions for leaders to work towards.

Opinion

January 19, 2017

By Antwerp Management School

Jesse Segers rolls out the yoga carpet for CEOs

Human Resources

Jesse Segers, co-director of the Expertise Center Leadership at Antwerp Management School presented his ideas on power, authority and the leaders of tomorrow in an interview with De Morgen. He states that, in the future, we will need leaders who know how to share their power. We are

Opinion

January 5, 2017

By Jeroen De Flander

Coaching is more than a fashion trend

Human Resources

Strategy implementation consists of a great many individual efforts – an endless list of tasks that different people carry out at different times. Coaching supports this process. It creates the necessary commitment from the people involved. In other words, coaching creates the commitment

December 19, 2016

By Judith Buysse

CLeP: an opportunity to develop medical leadership

Human Resources

In “Leadership Training Program for Medical Staff in Belgium”, a recent article published by Sciedu Press in International Journal of Higher Education, Neree Claes and Valérie Brabanders address the problem that little to no attention is given to leadership training in medical school,

December 19, 2016

By Koen Marichal

Leadership lab: “Values are a blurry mess.”

Human Resources

Kathleen Vangronsvelt began her story with that comment during the last leadership lab of this year. She is working on her PhD at the KU Leuven and writes about how people deal with values, how they can be measured and what effect they have on things like 'performance', for example. “In

December 13, 2016

By Antwerp Management School

8 books for beneath the Christmas tree

Sustainable Transformation Human Resources Strategy & Innovation

In this blog post our thought leaders’ favorite books are featured. They all have written about a book they think other people should read. The works mentioned are divergent: from works of poetry to philosophical literature. We hope to inspire you with this list for Christmas and New Year

November 29, 2016

By Antwerp Management School

82% less car rides due to flexible working

Sustainable Transformation Human Resources

Not enough Flemish people make use of the growing possibilities of working independently of time and location (TPOW). Flexible working can nevertheless contribute significantly to the reduction of structural traffic jams. To further integrate this way of working into businesses, the FIM

November 29, 2016

By Peggy De Prins

Hot topic: Feasible (or is it flexible?) work

Human Resources

Feasible and flexible work is high on the agenda of the minister as well as the social partners at the moment. The social dialogue is no longer only about the salary and labor conditions, but it now also focuses on the content of the work. A striking example of this is the white fury[1].

November 29, 2016

By Antwerp Management School

10 lessons on time- and place-independent work (TPIW)

Human Resources

Teleworking, home working, flexdesk work, flexible work arrangements, … are all forms of time- and place-independent work (TPIW). In this Whitepaper, the Competence Center Next Generation Work wants to report what makes TPIW succeed or fail. You can download the Flex with Flew whitepaper,

November 4, 2016

By Antwerp Management School

How do participants of the Leader Gathering experience their Leadership?

Human Resources

The long-awaited Leader Gathering took place on Friday 21 October. As of 12 noon, the managers and leaders of small, medium-sized and large companies, specialists, consultants, HR officers, AMS students and professors as well as pupils and teachers of the Koninklijk Atheneum Antwerpen