[the story’s long version … you’re a very patient one, huh?]

But … there is always a but. More often than not, doors are rarely burst open by over-enthusiastic adults.

A pity.

Instead I felt there was a rather frightening amount of flat and listless faces around. Or are we after all doomed to the fact that adrenaline belongs to the fictional world only? Curious, I was eager to figure out how enthusiasm could be generated, so I decided to take up the quest 🙂

The QUEST

As in any other adventure you obviously won’t come back the next day with a hyper-enlightenment.  So the quest took me a lot of time and effort. Going through setbacks, deceptions, taking diversions and plenty of misguided paths. Yet, in the middle of it all, you also get into these spheres of unexpected treats, rewards and real peaks of adrenaline: charismatic people you meet that you wouldn’t think exist, team mates unfolding their super(wo)man power once they’ve become aware of it and now imagine the top of the iceberg, them operating on the same MISSION – you will get an instoppable team. 
#high-performing organisations & individuals

The EXCALIBUR of Skills

Wondering what makes a team invincible, I was for a long time mainly focusing on individual skill-areas. Like when everybody does their best at what they do, it’ll certainly add up. That was exploring how people speak, how they get to a sharp repartee, how people express themselves, the vast treasure chest of acting skills, exploring how every language creates an emotional universe on its own (… which then exist as parallel worlds at the same time but this is a different story), and many more fields. These individual skill areas certainly do involve other people, yet I mainly consider them as ‘individual’ skills. They are great. But the Excalibur – the skill we need to create leadership – is: BUILDING A SUCCESSFUL ENVIRONMENT. 

The GAME of Successful Environments

By environment we understand the relation of you connected with others. Interdependency, group dynamics, team workflows, …, are just some of the terms.

The group brings together personal skills and the skills that only develop in a group. That is, they are invisible until they are suddenly needed – unless you train them. And no special forces team would go on an operation without having played the game before.

There is a lot at stake: your energy, time, revenue, mental and physical health to assert yourself in the game. Instead of just watching others play, it’s your time to take leadership.
#charismatic personalities and organisations taking the lead. 

What is the area you want to build leadership in?