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Watch what Artexis managers take away from an OOO-day with Demoucelle, accompanying them after their merger with Evenementenhal NL.

On March 20th 2014, the TV program ‘Koppen’ (VRT) broadcasted a very moving and inspirational coverage on Patrick and Anne-Marie. In the video, the Demoucelles talk about how they stay positive, in spite of Parkinson’s. And how they use their personal experience to help people and teams to become more positive.

Instead of breeding undifferentiated, average ‘homo corectus’, wouldn’t it be better to encourage the development of outstanding and complementary ‘homo distinctus’?

What happens when 2 members of a Leadership Team don’t get along? Two ExCo members having opposite views or positions. Two functional heads that think of each other as incompetent. Two n-3 ambitioning the same and unique n-2 job.

Is there a way leaders can combine ‘no compromise on the ambitions’, with ‘no burning self or team members’? In our experience, there is a high road to sustainable peak performance: making sure to ‘ask’ and ‘give’ enough. With regards to self and others.

What if, notwithstanding all your efforts, the collaboration with a colleague or with your boss turns out to be very difficult – and doesn’t produce the desired results? In this newsletter we share one of the most powerful leadership phrases to successfully handle such situation.

After the six generic steps to handle dysfunctional behavior, here are some typical cases that require specific actions. Here is your user’s guide – not to say your safety net or your antidote – to handle the 16 most common and typical dysfunctional characters.

The meeting is supposed to start now. Yet half of the participants are not present. And the present half is more busy with finding coffee, chatting or checking their emails. Latecomers at their worst, distractors at their best. Mild dysfunctional behavior? Mild maybe but repetitive and costly! And then, in the middle of your well-thought process, one stands up and things you should be doing differently, putting your process into question and suggesting alternative ways to proceed. And another starts telling an endless story about how it has been done in the past. Process interferes at short, storytellers at length. Serious dysfunctional behavior? Serious and damaging…

True achievers often struggle with the idea of ‘becoming more detached’. Because achievers don’t want to lose their drive. Losing their drive would be losing their identity… or not living up to ‘what they are made for’… Here’s the 5 steps we use in our coaching to help manage the drive more effectively.

‘If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll end up some place else’. This statement proves very true for executive presentations, business meetings, … but also for life as a whole. Clarity provides power. It allows to notice the right opportunities, to choose the right actions and to achieve what otherwise … wouldn’t even have been on your radar screen. Here are a few suggestions as ‘what to dream about’ and how to make it happen…