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How organisations get stuck. How people grow. What leadership really demands. We share what we learn: from practice, grounded in psychology, always with our own view.
Why leadership development starts with self-knowledge
In our practice we see it time and again: leaders who invest in strategy, in team development, in processes, but rarely in understanding the...
Read more →How do you recognise a stuck team?
A team that isn't functioning isn't always visible. Sometimes the conflict is loud, but more often it's quiet: avoidance, deeper currents, a...
Read more →The difference between a selection assessment and a development assessment
Two assessments, two purposes. But in practice they are regularly confused, with awkward consequences. Selection assessment: does this perso...
Read more →Where trust grows, real collaboration follows
Collaboration sounds self-evident. But in practice it rarely is. Teams with engaged, knowledgeable people regularly experience that everyone...
Read more →Whose ambition, or: who polishes afterwards?
Can you have an ambition for someone else? Recently I caught myself wanting my teenage son to keep a regular sleep rhythm, my friend to exer...
Read more →No white bread, just wholemeal: why you got more than you asked for
A housing corporation wants to grow and perform better for its tenants. The reflex: buy a leadership training. Manage more results-oriented,...
Read more →Look at yourself first
A team gets the leader it deserves. And a leader gets the team they deserve. It sounds provocative, but there is a deep truth in this observ...
Read more →Leadership in balance with the Quinn model
Leadership today demands balance more than ever. Balance between people and results, between innovation and structure, between freedom and r...
Read more →Psychological safety doesn't need harmony, it needs courage
Psychological safety is a term that sounds more often in organisations. But what does it really mean? The answer isn't what most people expe...
Read more →From friction to growth: how leaders counter polarisation and pressure
At AVOP we like to share insights from our projects. Recently I noticed that social-sector organisations, housing corporations, schools, hea...
Read more →But what if everything is going well in the boardroom?
Collaboration runs smoothly. There is mutual respect. The atmosphere is pleasant. What do you do then as a board member? Is reflection still...
Read more →From doubt to direction with career coaching
"I want something different, but I don't know what." "I feel stuck, without understanding why." These are sentences we h...
Read more →Get more out of your assessments
Assessments offer an excellent opportunity to gain insight into employees' qualities and direct their professional development. But many org...
Read more →Improving organisational effectiveness? Look at the whole system first
Many organisations that want to become more effective reflexively reach for a leadership training or management development programme. The u...
Read more →Leadership for new managers: navigating a changing work reality
The workplace has fundamentally changed. Hybrid working is the norm, younger generations have different expectations, and the leader's role ...
Read more →Learning in a learning organisation: my internship at AVOP
As a master's student of Social and Organisational Psychology at Leiden University, I thought I knew how organisations worked. The theory on...
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