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You are invited to join our Expert Talk: Multilinguals' Journey to the Netherlands
Presented by Dirk Meeuws COO & CTO at OnRecruit & our own expert Emmanuèle van Houdenhoven - Collard - Sales & Recruitment Manager at Undutchables

We take great pleasure in inviting you to join our 3rd Expert talk. This webinar will be about; Multilinguals' Journey to the Netherlands; in which we will show the multilingual candidates positioning in the Dutch labour market. Where do they come from, what drives them, which skills do they have and what is important to them during their job search in the...]]> Fri, 03 Jul 2020 11:52:11 +0200
How to Learn from Successful Leaders

“Who is your role model?” is a popular interview question candidates encounter during a job interview. Interviewers can determine a lot though this question by looking at the attributes and characteristics that inspire a candidate in their career; typically, one may describe a mentor, friend or supervisor who has the desirable qualities such as determination, intelligence, good work ethic and kindness. In a lot of cases, these values are taken from successful leaders and can help one to shape themselves in their own path to success. This is true, even for those who do...]]> Mon, 16 Apr 2018 14:05:08 +0200
Leadership is essentially a process by which individuals influence the behaviours, attitudes and thoughts of others. Leaders set the direction by helping others see what lies ahead of them and rising to the challenges. They encourage everyone to fulfil their potential and they inspire them in the process. Leading by example is a trait of true leaders and when lacking, a group can quickly degenerate into conflict because everyone has a different perspective and will naturally lean toward different opinions and solutions.

Leaders are often seen in the face of those who guide nations or businesses. They can use their...]]> Fri, 02 Feb 2018 05:49:27 +0100
Business environment characterizes itself for being a highly complex, ever-changing and competitive space, where companies need to evolve at a high pace if they want to survive. In this context, it is the mindset of great leaders and their crucial set of skills that will determine the necessary innovation and the consequent success of their organizations.

Dutch business culture is no exception to this reality, with the particularity that their structures reflect the egalitarianism and openness that characterises Dutch society in general. Many Dutch companies, thus, show horizontal hierarchies, where a managing director and employees are considered co-workers. In this...]]> Mon, 01 Jan 2018 12:01:15 +0100

Creativity is often associated with artists, musicians, and scientists. It is rarely recognized as belonging to the sphere of everyday life or with work – like being tied to business and economics. However, when defined as the tendency to generate or recognize ideas, alternatives, or possibilities that may be useful in solving problems, creativity can easily be applied to most aspects of our lives. There are three main reasons why people are motivated to be creative. The first one is the need for novel, varied, and complex stimulation. The second is the need to communicate ideas and values. And the...]]> Mon, 02 Oct 2017 10:40:10 +0200 Are individual members of your team performing worse than you had hoped? Failure to get to the root of poor performance can have adverse effects on a company's commercial success. Research has shown that on almost all commercial measures, including net income and growth in revenue, the companies that perform the best also have the most effective performance management programs. For example, employees whose managers are adept at people development perform 25% better than managers who are less competent in this area. So what can be done?

The first step is to recognize poor performance and act quickly. Failure to...]]> Mon, 03 Apr 2017 12:40:20 +0200 Many growing companies find themselves in a situation when there are clearly two (or more) different cultures within one firm, and no one has the slightest idea how it could have happened. Everyone agrees that it has surely to do with communication, or the lack of it, but no one seems to know how to fix it. When crucial information fails to be delivered between different departments, it does take its toll on your productivity and, inevitably, your bottom line and the growth you were so proud of. Here are some simple but efficient ideas on how to avoid a...]]> Mon, 06 Mar 2017 13:09:47 +0100 In a fast paced and competitive world companies are in constant need of change. Many seek competitive advantage over their rivals and a means of maximising their resources to move ahead in the marketplace. This does not come for free, however. Goals must be outlined and people must be motivated to achieve those goals, using the company’s resources in the most efficient manner. This is where management is required. This part of a company is responsible for setting strategy and coordinating the efforts of its employees to accomplish objectives, through the application of the company’s resources such as financial, technological,...]]> Sun, 05 Feb 2017 21:39:39 +0100 Often, we think of leaders as the managers in our work environments. While we hope that our managers make good leaders, it isnot always the case that a manager and a leader are the same person. The best leaders are people who just understand what it is that their team needs at that moment, whether that is a hand to hold or a drill sergeant. There are different types of leaders that are needed for different goals or situations, and each has its strengths and pitfalls.

The Pacesetter- This leader, does so by example. They set the threshold and expect...]]> Wed, 11 Jan 2017 15:51:58 +0100 Many commentators and researchers often overlook the function of middle management within an institutional hierarchy. However, middle managers are often vital to the success of a company.Theymake many important decisions, often in a context in which they do not set the overall strategy themselves. Understanding the importance of this intermediary level, and its function in implementing the strategic and organizational goals of a company, is a necessity.

Middle managers are responsible for implementing policies and plans decided by top-level management, as well as the organization’s general strategic objectives, in the most efficient way possible. According to Mary C. Niles, their...]]> Mon, 05 Dec 2016 12:34:48 +0100 If you are a manager, you probably have a clear picture about what kind of person your employee should be, what qualities and skills they should posses and how they should perform their tasks. In the end, that is what you put in the job ad. Expectations are a two-way street, though, and although rarely advertised, there is such a thing as “qualities your employee seeks in you” or even “things your employee wants from you”. Unfortunately, the first time you are likely to hear about them is when your best talents hand in their notice.

Among many personal skills...]]> Mon, 31 Oct 2016 13:40:50 +0100

Many modern managers want their team to communicate openly for its beneficial effects on learning and performance. Their ambition is supported by findings in business and science. For example, a large study at Google on the effectiveness of their work teams pointed to one critical factor explaining the performance of teams: psychological safety. In high performing teams, the participants equally contributed in conversations and were able to intuit what others were thinking and feeling from non-verbal cues.

So, open communication where people share valid verbal and non-verbal information seems a good idea. Why then, do we often experience situations where...]]> Tue, 06 Sep 2016 09:48:15 +0200

MBA candidates bring a myriad of good things to a company looking to hire. Amongst them, is that it shows a company’s commitment to have quality personnel. Not only does it look good for other businesses and customers you are working with, but also to future employees. MBA graduates learn a great deal in school that can be beneficial for a company. They are able to provide teams with crucial business skills such as leadership, critical thinking and contacts.

While anyone can be a boss or a manager, not everyone can be a leader. It requires an understanding of team...]]> Mon, 01 Aug 2016 13:45:30 +0200
We are faced with many problems in our life and work, and very often we take some “advice” from a friend, a family member, a coworker, or we can read some tips in a book or online about problem-solving methods or techniques. But sometimes problems keep piling up so fast that, instead of solving the core of each of them, we take shortcuts and continuously get trapped in a never-ending cycle, where it seems very difficult to find the real resolutions.

In the work environment, problem-solving and engaging employees in it, is one of the essences of what leaders exist...]]> Tue, 07 Jun 2016 12:01:43 +0200 As a company or a business grows larger and expands, it becomes increasingly necessary and essential to define an organizational structure that establishes the rules in terms of authority, policy making, responsibility and general communication throughout the organization. Put simply, these rules determine who’s in charge of whom, who take leadership and how do they interact with the rest of the company. Most commonly an organization takes up either a hierarchical (pyramid) structure or a non-hierarchical (flat) structure. Let’s explore the reasons why.

Non-hierarchical
A ‘flat’ organization means that the organizational structure contains few or no levels of management between...]]> Tue, 01 Mar 2016 11:46:02 +0100 Today, most of industrialized countries connect their hopes for a long-term sustainable economic growth with the transition to an innovative path of development. A great choice of different practices and instruments are offered to companies that can manage the innovation processes. However, we should not forget that so many external and internal factors are defining and shaping the same practices. Therefore, an important task of innovation management is placed in the hands of leaders where they have to select the best ways to use new technologies most efficiently in accordance with specific economic conditions and company resources. Currently, an increasing...]]> Tue, 05 Jan 2016 11:13:31 +0100 In this day and age, businesses have to deal with an increasing amount of internal and external factors that evoke the need to continuously adapt to an ever-changing environment. There are new technologies being developed almost every day, and people are not restricted anymore to stay at one place for their whole life but can travel all over the world which gives new opportunities as well as challenges to businesses regarding their recruitment practices. Customer expectations are different now than they were some years ago, and fast growing start-ups face various problems in order to keep up with their competitors....]]> Mon, 30 Nov 2015 12:46:35 +0100 Titus Flapper on Leadership:  An HR Director’s Perspective on How to Be a Good Team Leader

Meet Titus Flapper
Titus Flapper has worked for many years as HR manager and director in various organisations including Festo and OctoPlus. He is currently the director of his own consultancy firm called TF Business Support. However, he hasn’t always been in this line of work.
“I studied mathematics once,” Titus recalls. “I was a teacher for many years, and then I changed to HR, and now for the last 13 years, I work for myself.” He says that the career switch was “more...]]> Tue, 03 Nov 2015 09:23:19 +0100 Freerk Faber, director of World Trade Center (WTC) Twente says the organisation has seen great growth and it is providing a range of international trade services to local and international investors

“I became the director during the period of economic crisis and it was a hard time to start,” recalls Freerk Faber, director of WTC Twente. Though Faber took the reins in 2009 during the economic downturn, under his careful direction, WTC Twente has developed tremendously over the past six years offering a range of trade services for regional and international investors.

Faber says that WTC Twente has a fixed staff...]]> Thu, 11 Jun 2015 12:45:12 +0200 The Hague is known as a region for international business in The Netherlands. Kelly Rodrigus, COO of WTC The Hague, says that she and her team are committed in promoting international trade and building a “business community” for local and international organisations “The WTC is not just office buildings but it so much more than that,” says Kelly Rodrigus, chief operations officer of The World Trade Center (WTC) The Hague.
WTC The Hague is more than just the location that offers office space as Rodrigus pointed out. It comprises myriad services and facilities catered towards businesses such as conference space, an...]]> Tue, 03 Feb 2015 13:56:51 +0100