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Throw your box overboard!

It is time to start thinking outside your box. Thinking outside your box is not enough in itself, the boxes need to be erased. Instead, focus on the purpose, the why of your company. Be prepared to change so that you can lead yourself and your company in the direction of the purpose.

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Do you see it?

Often we are so caught up in the madness of the day that we do not really have a view of what is really going on, especially when we are under pressure. That is why we advise you to always ask for honest feedback from your team, colleagues and leaders so that you can always improve. Not all feedback will be true, but all feedback is relevant! You will first have to see it (knowledge) to own it (attitude) and

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Pioneering

Being a pioneer means breaking through walls and barriers, you need perseverance! But the great euphoria when you succeed, that’s what we do it for!

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Unavoidable change

“Over time I have learned two important lessons: 1) all personal feedback is relevant and 2) change rarely happens until the pain of staying the same exceeds the pain of changing.” – Ford Taylor (Transformational Leadership)

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Leadership

Try something new!

Today I came across this post. It struck a chord, sometimes we overestimate our professional opinion. Be open to something new!

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Go for leadership with an eye for future generations

Leaders who are more concerned with their own reputation and personal glory often fail to prepare the company for success in the next generation. – Jim Collins (adapted) LYDIA Connect argues that this world is in a leadership crisis: many of our current leaders are more concerned with themselves and their image than with those who follow them. Our TL training focuses on addressing this crisis. This unique training strengthens mutual relationships and removes blockages, resulting in clear goals and

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Let the truth be heard!

Many of us feel that the truth is not allowed to be expressed. As leaders, we must create a culture where truth can be spoken. How do we achieve this? Where truth is heard, freedom comes!

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Your role as leader

As a As leader, you will function more effectively (and with much more fun!) when you create an environment in which you bring together all the ingredients you need. Challenge yourself to step outside your comfort zone and expect the unexpected!

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Leadership

Why is our company called LYDIA Connect?

Do you know that feeling? Stuck in a situation where what you need is missing? Then it’s time to consider what changes you want so that you can be an authentic leader! As a merchant, a woman named Lydia from Thyatira, who lived around 50 AD, decided to move to Philippi, a Roman colony and trading city in Macedonia. The reason for doing so was marketing; the Roman emperor had decreed that only high-ranking Roman officials were allowed to wear

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Leadership

Good intentions!

We all know that feeling on January 1st, after we have done “too much”: too much food, too much staying up, too much drinking… Enough! We want to improve our lives! Do you recognize this? I do! So we start with good intentions. Diet, exercise and many more plans; being strict with ourselves. Around this time, mid-January, chances are that we have already broken some of these good intentions. And by the end of the quarter we feel like we

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