Rebel Leader with a Heart

Every time we reach a new level of personal growth in our lives, there always seems to come to a new challenge to throw you off. We feel uncomfortable faced with these challenges and we hate the twisted feeling in our body that comes with it. Today, I wanted to talk about using these unpleasant feelings and use them as strengths to grow further as a leader, but also as a human. RELEVANT LINKS REBE...

I had a great conversation with international keynote speaker, coach, and author Rik Vera where we talked about tips to reinvent your organization and what type of leader you should become to successfully do that. We talk about handling turbulent times with new approaches and strategies and rejecting older business models that you might use but aren’t relevant anymore. Tune in to find out what the...

In 2020, life, as we knew it, changed drastically and it had a huge impact on workers. People work more, poor mental health emerged for a quarter of workers and 26% of the deadlines were missed each week. Working remotely has had its toll, yet some remote teams manage to thrive thanks to one crucial element: empowerment. In this podcast, I will give you tips to boost empowerment in your team and g...

I wanted to increase empowerment and autonomy in my organization, but at first, stress and burnout increased. Because of the freedom and autonomy, people got more motivation and wanted to work harder and deliver better results. I asked myself the question: “How can you stop working harder and reach even better results?”   Through experience and trial and error, I learned the key ingredients to ans...

In this podcast, I will share with you my simple success formula for fast, digital, and uncertain times. I learned this one through trial and error and to be frank, the formula is quite simple. However, implementing it in your life isn’t the easiest, that’s why I will also share the mistakes that are easily made and how you can avoid them. RELEVANT LINKS QILEADER COURSE   |    Leading authenticall...

Do you recognize this situation? Your boss comes to you with high expectations and asks you to deliver a project you know you can’t deliver with the time and resources you have. Yet, you still want to prove that you are driven and you can deliver in high-pressure situations, or you simply don’t want to disappoint. So you say yes to the request, even though it might suck the energy out of you and m...

Today’s podcast is about the transformation journey of Elizabeth. She works in finance at Nestle and will share the challenges, but also the relief and positive change she noticed from following the QiLeader course. RELEVANT LINKS QILEADER COURSE   |    Leading authentically in digital times https://www.qileader.com/qileader-course/ FREE MASTERCLASS   |   The 3 secrets to empower your (remote) tea...

I’ve managed teams for over 15 years now, and for the last four years, I’ve helped other leaders transform themselves, their teams, or their organization. In today’s podcast, I wanted to share one particular thing that I always do to empower my teams in order to solve problems more efficiently, while working less and having a great impact. RELEVANT LINKS FREE TEST   |   How empowered is your team?...

To engage and motivate remote teams, there is a crucial element many articles forget to talk about that will make all the difference. Besides improving communication, bringing back the informal, or doing regular check-ins, I will share with you the one factor to engage and motivate remote teams in this podcast! RELEVANT LINKS FREE TEST   |   How empowered is your team? www.qileader.com/empowerment...

You have a job that you really like (or you don’t), but at the end of the day, you still feel unsatisfied or unhappy. Why is it that people become unsatisfied with the jobs they like and lose their motivation? Today, I had a great conversation with my friend and fellow leader Valérie Van Geel to answer these questions. RELEVANT LINKS: People Mantra   |  Valérie’s course https://www.peoplemantra.or...

2020 has been a crazy year for many of us, while some have found more balance for themselves or their families, others have had a really hard time adapting to working online. Everyone wants to be fulfilled at work and still be able to spend time with their family, so in this podcast, I will talk about the biggest mistake killing your work-life balance and how you can avoid it to thrive at home and...

2020 was our best year so far, but it didn’t start out this way.  So in this episode, I went back in time to share with you how our year went professionally; what challenges we had and how we faced them, but also what I think we did great. I’ll also share some events of my private life and I will finish the podcast by talking about what we have planned for 2021 to help you find more impact, meanin...

Happy New Year! Do you have resolutions for 2021?  Unfortunately, research shows that less than 10% of New Year’s resolutions are kept. In this podcast, I will tell you why this is and how you can improve your chances tremendously to keep this year’s resolutions and become a more focused and impactful leader. RELEVANT LINKS: QiLeader year review : --- link in the shownote of the episode REBEL LEAD...

Hey there! In today’s podcast, I am talking with Tim Vermeire and Rudi Francken about living lighter and working smarter. We are talking about five principles you should use as a guide to develop a growth mindset, manage your energy, and find a balance between your work and personal life. RELEVANT LINKS: Tim Vermeire | Linkedin Profil https://www.linkedin.com/in/tivermeire/ Rudi Francken  | Linked...

In today’s podcast, I had a great conversation with Fred Wauters. We talk about the power of storytelling, vulnerability, and managing your energy. If you want to improve your storytelling abilities and learn about the importance of managing your energy in times of stress or illness, be sure to check out the podcast! RELEVANT LINKS: Frédéric Wauters  |  Linkedin Profil https://www.linkedin.com/in/...

With so many of us still working from home, we are getting used to it. But there are still a lot of things about working online we have not figured out. Not being able to talk to each other face to face can make it hard to have proper conversations with your colleagues.  In this podcast, I will talk about how to have difficult conversations with a team member or colleague.  RELEVANT LINKS: Downloa...

In March 2020, COVID-19 hit us pretty hard. Most of us ended up working from our homes and in the beginning, this was nice. No more traffic, more time to spend with your family or yourself, and getting more autonomy. But quickly, we realized that this wasn’t always so great… We started forgetting when to take breaks because it was so hard distinguishing work from home. But one of the biggest negat...

This podcast episode is for all people out there who realize that in these fast-changing times, you need to slow down and pause. I know, I know… it’s really hard to pause. That is exactly why I wanted to make this podcast for those who find it so difficult to do that while you know how important it is. Today, we’ll talk about why it is so important to pause and what you can do to manage your pause...

Hey there! Four years ago, when I had just quit my job as a CEO, I started meeting a lot of senior leaders, because I was very curious about the challenges they were facing and about how they tackled them. We talked about a lot of different subjects, but in today’s podcast, I’d love to tell you about leading an organization with your heart and creating space for humanity within the organization. W...

Have you noticed the more things you have to do, the more stressed you are? Whatever you want to buy or to do something, you must choose between so many opportunities. We live in a world of choices. We get triggered from everywhere, our phone, our computer, at work, at home. The more you have, the more you need to work, the more stress you have, … I realize that I needed more space for time, for c...

Hey there! In the last couple of years, it has become clear that customer experience has become very important in an organization. Many organizations are shifting towards more customer-centered decision-making but are facing many difficulties while making this transition.  In this podcast, I am joined by fellow podcaster and cx consultant Amelie Beerens. Together we talk about the challenges of th...

Have you ever taken a moment to look back at what your school life was like?  There are many things that we learned in school that is making life become overwhelming for us.  There are habits they teach that end up standing on our way to success. In this episode, we’ll be addressing bad habits you learned in school that you should unlearn. RELEVANT LINKS: Free leadership quiz with personalized les...

While reading Tony Robbins’ book about Unlimited power, I came across the idea of the seven beliefs. Tony Robbins is a successful coach and he decided to analyze the most successful people in the world to try to find out if there were common beliefs shared among them. Tony found that the most successful people share seven beliefs that make them highly successful.  In today’s episode, I hope to enc...

I started my online business two and a half years ago after quitting my job as a CEO almost four years ago. I wanted to share my wins and struggles because I think it might interest you. Whether you are an entrepreneur or whether you are a leader, you might recognize a lot of things that I’m going to talk about.  In today’s episode, I fulfill my purpose of helping leaders build meaningful lives an...

Have you found that your organization is very traditional? What about the leaders or management within the organization, are they still working traditionally, not embracing these fast-changing digital times? This can often leave you feeling frustrated by the decisions that are imposed on you. In today’s episode I hope to help you solve this problem and ease your frustrations. In this episode, I sh...