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Leadership Development

Leadership at the edge: what the room taught us

Leadership at the edge: what the room taught us On the 24th of March, TPC Leadership Benelux and Polar Experiences brought together over 100 leaders at De Warande in Brussels for an evening built around one question: what does leadership look like when complexity rises and individual performance alone is no longer enough? The panel, […]

Leadership Development

How full is your diamond?

How Full is your Diamond? The first half of the year has been incredibly full. As the summer approaches, many of us are arriving at the finish line stretched thin in at least one area of our lives. When we feel drained, our instinct is simply to ‘rest’. But true recovery requires knowing what is […]

Leadership Development

After regen comes sunshine

After Regen comes Sunshine Written by Tom Van Dyck, Partner at TPC Leadership BeNeLux Earlier this Spring, I got involved with Ten Lives – a festival in Portugal that regenerates soil in Southern Europe, fighting desertification through music. The (brilliant) folks from Ten Lives do it with shovels and beats so that dry soil starts […]

TPCL News & Views

The Invisible Bridge

A reflection by Annelieke Jense, Partner at TPC Leadership Benelux, about a recent delivery in Japan. Zen in the Masses What an opportunity: a chance to deliver a leadership programme in Japan. It’s been at the top of my bucket list, and lucky for me, my husband could also join me. So, we stuffed a […]

Leadership Development

What’s Next in Leadership: The Courage to Converse

Change has been the only constant in 2026 thus far. The political instability, economic volatility, and rapid technological disruptions we are witnessing are creating a collective craving for clarity and control. Ironically, however, what we often most need in such a climate is not a tighter grip, but deeper connection. We believe the antidote is […]

TPCL News & Views

The Shifting Landscape: What Has Changed in Leadership

The Shifting Landscape: What Has Changed in Leadership The definition and execution of leadership is being continuously shaped – here are the changes we noticed in 2025, driven by macro-economic, technological, and cultural forces. Redefining Leadership and Impact Beyond the Title: Leadership is increasingly seen as an activity, rather than a role strictly reserved for […]

Cultural Change, TPCL News & Views

How do you measure the success of a leader?

State of the Heart: Burnout, resilience and the importance of truly sustainable leadership In their 2024 State of the Heart report, Six Seconds revealed a sobering picture of the global workforce – a picture of rising stress, burnout and disengagement since the pandemic, and a fall in emotional intelligence in the workplace. In order to […]

Cultural Change, TPCL News & Views

Is connecting more via technology harming our emotional resilience?

State of the Heart: Is connecting more via technology harming our emotional resilience? In their 2024 State of the Heart report, Six Seconds revealed a sharp decline in global emotional intelligence and a rise in burnout and disengagement at work since the pandemic. While the reasons for these findings are many, one that can’t be […]

Cultural Change, TPCL News & Views

Where does emotional intelligence fall on your list of priorities?

State of the Heart: Vertical leadership development – a pathway to reversing our emotional intelligence decline Last year, Six Seconds released their 2024 State of the Heart Report and with it, their findings that the global workforce has been struggling for several years now. Since 2020, global emotional intelligence, resilience and wellbeing have been in […]

Cultural Change, TPCL News & Views

What does emotional intelligence have to do with leadership?

State of the Heart: leadership’s role in reversing the decline in emotional intelligence The global workforce is struggling. That’s what Six Seconds found when they published their annual State of the Heart report in 2024. Working across 169 countries, Six Seconds found that the emotional intelligence of employees – their capacity to meet, navigate and […]

Leadership Development

How sustainable is your resilience?

How sustainable is your resilience? Written by Berrin Bas, Associate TPC Leadership Türkiye A few months ago, I encountered a thought-provoking post by Dr. Lucy Ryan referencing Michael Ungar’s insightful definition of resilience. Ungar highlights two profound skills for resilience: the ability to navigate a complex world and negotiate for the right resources to support […]

Leadership Development

Vertical development at a glance

What is it?Vertical Development isn’t about teaching leaders a new skill. It’s about transforming how leaders think, impacting their (inter)actions. Simply put:Horizontal Development = More information, skills, competenciesVertical Development = More complex and sophisticated ways of thinking. Some experts compare the different stages of Vertical Leadership to a human being growing up. From a need driven baby […]

Leadership Development

Exploring Vertical Development: Origins and Applications in Personal Growth

Are you still being asked: What is Vertical Development? We think it is worth sharing a personal understanding of this concept that has gained significant attention in the fields of psychology, leadership, and personal growth, and yet it is still a foreign concept to many.

Leadership Development

“Othering” and the impact on teams and organizations

Christian Scholtes, TPCL Global Chair and the partner from the TPCL Romanian office, delves into the complex and often overlooked phenomenon of “Othering” and its profound impact on teams and organizations. Through his insightful perspective, Christian explores how this process not only affects interpersonal relations but also has broader implications for organizational culture and effectiveness. […]

Leadership Development

Without humans (and humanization), no business can hope to thrive

This article is the first part of a series on the importance of humanization in today’s organizations. To find out more, see our articles on how humanization is impacting businesses and why we don’t need CHROs any more. Historically, managers and business leaders have held financial results as the highest priority. But that attitude is […]

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