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How do you prepare yourself for a successful career in tech?

In the last decades, women have made almost no progression as it comes to gender equality. An extra effort is still needed. In this article you can find tips for a career in tech.

Marianne Slotboom

June 9, 2021

Corporate learning

Practicing with a professional actor does boost your negotiation skills!

This article will reveal (unexpected) key elements of successful negotiations and we will explain how we practice with a professional actor/trainer in our Negotiation Work-out to boost your skills.

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Inclusive cultures

8 Steps towards an inclusive workplace

Why do some tech companies attract diverse, talented people easily and others not? One of the reasons that job seekers consider an inclusive workplace an important criterion for their decision.

Marianne Slotboom

Inclusive cultures

Why are programs for Women in Tech important?

Tech is still dominated by men and it requires certain skills and strategies to grow in your position. Here you can read my personal story and motivation to do these workshops.

Marianne Slotboom

Inclusive cultures

4 Guidelines for Creating an Inclusive Culture at Work

Diversity matters! That's what we know from investigations carried out over the last decades. Diversity leads to more ideas, innovation and better results. But how to manage this constructively?

Marianne Slotboom

Bright leadership

How to implement social distancing at work? Six tips to do this fluently.

Read six brain-based tips on how to introduce the social distancing rules in your company in a way that people get used to it smoothly.

Marianne Slotboom

Corporate learning

How to create a development culture and make your people stay?

When young tech talent is asked to describe their employer-of-choice, they consistently cite development opportunities as a key characteristic.

Marianne Slotboom

Team effectiveness

What can you do to avoid collaboration overload?

Do you ever feel like you just aren’t getting enough done at work? If so, you are probably a victim of collaboration overload. Learn some strategies to handle it.

Marianne Slotboom

Bright leadership

How to prepare your brain for disrespectful behavior?

Some people seem to recover very quickly after being confronted with disrespectful behavior, how do they do that? Read some research and tips on this.

Marianne Slotboom

Bright leadership

Agile leadership: How agile are you?

Read about the main characteristics of agile leadership and check how agile you are in leading your team.

Marianne Slotboom

Corporate learning

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. But what if there’s a better way of doing things?

How to use the neuroplasticity of your brain and use the growth mindset to continuously improve.

Marianne Slotboom

Bright leadership

Is it important, or just urgent?

Bouncing from one activity to the next? Feeling stressed? These smart time management tips help you to keep yourself on track and are taken from the bestseller of Sháá Wasmund.

Marianne Slotboom

Team effectiveness

What are the soft skills tech companies need to look for?

Soft skills are highly important to make an organization successful, even more in tech companies. We present you the most important soft skills to look for while hiring.

Marianne Slotboom

Bright leadership

How to keep your brain fit for agile leadership?

In this article we describe the 7 ingredients of the Healthy Mind Platter (David Rock), a framework for managing your time and life with a healthy brain.

Koos Vos

Corporate learning

Want to make behavioral changes that last? Play by your brain’s rules.

Using the knowledge of your brain is essential to reach durable behavioral changes. In this article you find practical tips.

Marianne Slotboom

Team effectiveness

How to strengthen your feedback to create powerful teams?

In this article you find 5 tips to establish strong and powerful connections with your coworkers, an indispensable source for high performing teams.

Koos Vos

Bright leadership

Where to find time to be a good people manager?

It is sometimes amazingly simple to be a good people manager, once you choose the right things to do.

Marianne Slotboom

Inclusive cultures

5 characteristics of successful international organizations

Cultural intelligence is an important indicator for successful international organizations. Find out how to promote this in your organization.

Marianne Slotboom

Inclusive cultures

How to disagree constructively in international teams?

“Yes” might mean “no” in some cultures and that can be confusing. Learn about the differences in this article.

Marianne Slotboom

Inclusive cultures

How to improve cross cultural understanding in international teams?

Do you work in an international environment? Avoid finding out the hard way to decode the cultural collaboration styles! This article will give you some tips.

Marianne Slotboom

Bright leadership

How do you keep your brain fit for leadership?

In this article you will find 11 tips to keep your leadership brain fit, based on research and neuroscience insights.

Marianne Slotboom

Bright leadership

5 tips to maintain focus in our digital world, the key factor to success

In our digital and innovative age, focus is the new challenge. But how can you do this? Experts from Harvard developed some tips for us.

Marianne Slotboom

Bright leadership

Don’t treat your co workers the way you want to be treated!

There is one “golden” rule that many of us have learned when we were young. It seemed like a logical one, but the opposite is true. Read why.

Koos Vos

Bright leadership

Is total transparency at work always positive? When to be cautious with it?

How do you handle transparency? As a leader, to manage it well, you need to know when to share and when to hold back. This article gives you some insights.

Marianne Slotboom

Bright leadership

While leading people, how can you use empathy correctly?

Empathy is one of the most important skills a leader can have, but many of them use it the wrong way! What does neuroscience learn us?

Marianne Slotboom

Team effectiveness

You think your team could perform better?

Experts could help you with this and it is probably less complicated than you think. In the mean time here are some tips to make your team perform better.

Marianne Slotboom

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