{"id":4957,"date":"2021-03-22T14:29:27","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T14:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tpcleadership.com\/fr-en\/uncategorized\/the-beginnings-of-partnership-celebrating-tpcls-20th-anniversary\/"},"modified":"2025-03-06T14:17:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T14:17:05","slug":"the-beginnings-of-partnership-celebrating-tpcls-20th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tpcleadership.com\/fr-en\/tpcl-news-views\/the-beginnings-of-partnership-celebrating-tpcls-20th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"The beginnings of partnership – celebrating TPCL\u2019s 20th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

To celebrate TPCL\u2019s 20th anniversary, we\u2019re catching up with colleagues around the world. In this blog, we hear from Italy and the Netherlands. <\/em><\/p>\n

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Ten years ago, TPC Leadership went global. New offices in Italy and the Netherlands were the first foray beyond British borders, an exciting step for a company seeking new horizons. It was a big step for all involved \u2014 a moment that, a decade later, we look back on fondly.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not to say there wasn\u2019t some uncertainty. TPCL CEO and managing partner TPCL the Netherlands, Annelieke Jense had one big question in those early days: \u2018Where to start?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember the sort of, \u2018what am I going to do today\u2019 feeling. I could do millions of things, but what shall I do first?\u201d<\/p>\n

Joining Frouke Horstmann, managing partner for the Netherlands, and Andrea Cardillo, managing partner for Italy, for a virtual get-together to mark the 10-year anniversary, Annelieke recalled an urgent need to get a team together, and get to grips with what the company could offer clients.<\/p>\n

Learning on the job<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI remember two thoughts really clearly,\u201d says Annelieke. \u201cI need a team \u2013 people able to do the work \u2013 and I need to know what the hell we\u2019re selling.\u201d<\/p>\n

To wrap her head around these issues, Annelieke knew a trip to the UK was vital.<\/p>\n

\u201cI needed to walk beside the British team, and go with them to clients, observe progress, to know what it is they\u2019re selling. Because there was no Google Drive, there were no shared folders, there was no partner contract. There was nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n

In short, there was an awful lot of learning on the job \u2014 \u201can MBA in real life,\u201d as Annelieke puts it.<\/p>\n

For Andrea, being invited by managing partner Charles Brook to set up an office felt like a call to purpose.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt felt to me like many different things were just coming together. The opportunity gave me the chance not only to explore more deeply what I want to do as a consultant but also to create a team around me and choose the people I wanted to work with.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a member of the TPCL family, Andrea realised he could go far beyond where he had reached as an individual consultant \u2014 an exciting epiphany that only got better when Charles and Annelieke first visited him in Italy.<\/p>\n

Part of the family<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is among his \u201cmost beautiful memories,\u201d Andrea says, conducting the country\u2019s first development center, and getting to meet colleagues in-person that he\u2019d only ever interacted with online.<\/p>\n

Frouke agrees. When she joined Annelieke for a coffee in Amsterdam in 2014 there was an instant click \u2014 and when, a few weeks later, she was invited to join a development center, she knew she\u2019d landed on something special.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone invited me in, it was such a lovely welcome. I didn\u2019t know anyone but there was really a feeling of \u2018we trust you, you must be perfect for TPC Leadership because Annelieke sent you.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

This warm embrace and culture of encouragement permeates the company\u2019s interaction with clients too, says Frouke.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really feel we hold the same values as our clients. It\u2019s nice that we earn some money through it, but it\u2019s really the quality that comes first.\u201d<\/p>\n

People power<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a mentality that keeps close to TPCL\u2019s guiding principles \u2014 a commitment to harness the best in people through the power of leadership, and to contribute to charitable causes and global sustainability goals.<\/p>\n

Of course, each of the firm\u2019s global offices has its own flare; the Italians are particularly keen on PowerPoint and website aesthetics, jokes Frouke, while the Dutch \u2018bother less\u2019 in their visual tastes.<\/p>\n

That being said, one of Andrea\u2019s most rewarding moments was collaborating with Annelieke on the first coaching Open Programme in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen there was an Italian Dutch company and I remember working with the board and having a training program for all the senior management, the CEO, and so on.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter the first three days we were together they said, \u2018We have never spoken in ten years the way we have spoken in the past three days.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

And that, in a nutshell, is one of TPCL\u2019s enduring aims \u2014 to bring leaders together in vision, getting the best out of them in the process. To learn more about how to cultivate this in your own organisation, get in touch<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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