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Healthy, transformational organisations that have a positive and lasting impact
Monique (trainer, consultant) is a certified Transformational Leadership (TL) trainer. She graduated as a political scientist in 2009 and by doing various projects and international trips for orientation, she eventually discovered a concept about leadership from the business world (TL).
This excursion into leadership within companies was an important addition to what she had learned about political leadership. Ultimately, it brought her to the foundation and heart of what leadership is.
She mobilises and inspires leaders to bring about transformation within their organisation, with leadership itself as the starting point. After all, an organisation cannot grow beyond its leaders!
Tiemen (CEO, consultant) is a visionary leader with a passion for discovering and visualising the potential in people and organisations. His goal is to get the best out of people and situations; ‘doing the right things with the right people’.
He has a strong team lens and focuses on unity, diversity, strength and self-reflection. He is skilled in creating new ideas and solutions, including the designs and plans to realise them. His strength lies in building high-performing teams.
Tiemen has more than 25 years of experience as an executive, interim manager, change manager, management consultant and program manager in large multinationals; including CMG, NAM and 11 years at Shell. He has a degree in science with further qualifications in Business Management, Program Management and Organisational Change.
Making a positive difference.
Building a new compelling vision.
Not forgetting the past, building a bridge between generations.
Connecting people to what they were created for, not settling for less!
We get that question a lot. And we think it’s good to explain. See below for two historical views!
Traditionally, traders always had the risk of being cheated. The composition or weight of the gold or silver you were paid with could be tampered with. Trading was time-consuming and reserved for experts who could determine the weight and composition. Trading with gold or silver as a medium of exchange was therefore rare.
Around 650 BC, the very first coins were issued by the Kingdom of Lydia. Although the shape was somewhat irregular, the weight and composition were fixed. Coins with the Lydia mark soon became widely accepted by retailers. Even Greece adopted the system of retail and coinage. More and more cities developed lively markets, which was unprecedented and revolutionary at the time.
The Kingdom of Lydia was famous for its merchants, their leader probably foresaw how they could win by using coins. After the issuance of coins, the principle of multiplication took on a whole new meaning. The system of trading products at a fixed value expressed in currency was adopted and transferred from one merchant to another. Together, traders formed a market. The market was where everyone, both buyers and sellers, knew how things were going. Classical structures fell away, there was no ruler who dominated everything. The market was a haven for creativity and multiplication.
The kingdom of Lydia tells a story about organisational leadership. A leader who makes the difference by creating coins. The difference you want to make with your organisation may sound incredibly revolutionary. But how great would it be if others would join your idea. Imagine, your team multiplies your idea and infects the entire organisation and society at large!
What if your “tribe” came together to form a haven for creativity and together make a positive impact on all stakeholders? Making a difference, shifting the focus from making money to truly appreciating each other and each other’s products or initiatives. Then money is turned into a way of appreciating each other and creating freedom.
As a merchant, Lydia from Thyatira, who lived around 50 AD, decided to move to Philippi, a Roman colony and trading city in Macedonia. The reason for this was marketing; the Roman emperor had decreed that only high-ranking Roman officials were allowed to wear purple. In order to sell the precious purple of her city of Thyatira, she decided to move to Philippi, the place where she could directly reach her customers, the high-ranking Roman officials.
Philippi was a Roman colony on the main east-west trade route, the Egnation Highway, between Rome and Asia. Many merchants traveled behind the Roman army on the Egnation Highway, bringing products to Rome and further into the Roman Empire.
Lydia made a very strategic choice to settle in Philippi and soon sold her purple to the Roman court and developed friendly relations with people from the Roman court. In addition to spatial boundaries, she also went beyond personal limitations, attending gatherings where she met new people and was exposed to new ideas and beliefs.
We believe Lydia was a woman of exceptional leadership, who intentionally developed generational activities.
We want to share this LYDIA leadership with you, healthy leadership, providing good solutions, being a force for good and ensuring continuity for generations to come.
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