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Regardless of whether the books contain an affiliate link or not, I personally love each of these books. So I use them regularly in my work with clients.
In a time when everyone is shouting at each other and opinions are quickly given the same value as facts, the connection is often hard to find. We try to convince the other person that we are right, rather than working together to find real answers. As a result, many of our conversations are more like debates than dialogues. We'd rather talk than listen; we don't have time to ask questions. And admitting that we don't know something is not an option at all. How beautiful would it be if, at any moment and in any situation, you knew how to ask exactly the question that leads to a good conversation?
Elke Wiss (2020 - only in Dutch)
“Most people overestimate what they can do in a day, and underestimate what they can do in a month. We overestimate what we can do in a year, and underestimate what we can accomplish in a decade.” This quote has been attributed to everyone from Marcus Aurelius to Bill Gates and Anthony Robbins.
Matthew Kelly (2014)
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Athletes do it too, who visualize what their goals are. Those see it in front of them. Who start with the end in mind. And step by step they reason back, how hard to push off, where to hold back, how to manage their energy and more importantly how to get their mindset in the right position. This mindset you can train and it helps you:
Mark Tuitert (2021 - only in Dutch)
Anyone who wants to become successful, in their work, as well as in their dealings with friends and family, must know what they want and what they can do for others. Covey consulted the great thinkers on happiness, contentment, meaning and spirituality.
Stephen Covey (2008)
Small changes, big results. Improving your life is much easier than you think. Whether you want to lose weight, sleep more or work on your work-life balance: the secret is to start small. Focus not on that one difficult thing, but on what you can easily change; focus on what you want to do, not on what you have to do.
B.J. Fogg (2021)
RET assumes that it is often not the situations that make you feel a certain way, but your interpretations of the situation. Thoughts and emotions that get in the way of flexible and productive functioning can be changed so that they no longer block. Using many exercises and assignments, you will learn to identify and analyze your irrational thoughts.
Albert Ellis (2004 - only in Dutch)
Since the 1960s, Keith Johnstone has led work on improvisation in theater, schools and universities. His unique ideas, set forth in the classic text, Impro, have now been adopted by practitioners around the world. Impro for Storytellers builds on and extends the groundbreaking earlier work. Keith's techniques specialize in releasing an individual's potential within the context of group work. He became infamous as the acting coach who would shout, "Be duller!" and "Don't concentrate! Keith Johnstone is an inspiring teacher and writer, and Impro for Storytellers will encourage a lifelong study of human interaction.
Keith Johnstone (1999)
It takes more to reach your full potential as a leader and as a human being. You achieve that by making the mind and body work together. Recent research from neuroscience and psychology shows that how we sit and stand affects the way we think, feel and speak. If the body has such an influence on how we function, we can also consciously use it to achieve more with greater ease.
In The Hidden Dimension of Leadership, you will follow the path of the gentle warrior. This method is rooted in mindfulness, Eastern martial arts, leadership embodiment and techniques from elite sports. The practical and powerful exercises align body and mind and help you function optimally, even in challenging situations. For example, you will learn how to recover from stress to flow within seconds in the here and now.
Anouk Brak (2017 - only in Dutch)
Waking The Tiger offers a new and hopeful vision of trauma. It considers the human animal as a unique being, inherently instinctive. It asks and answers an intriguing question: why are wildlife, though routinely threatened, rarely traumatized? Understanding the dynamics that make wild animals virtually immune to traumatic symptoms reveals the mystery of human trauma.
Waking The Tiger Normalizes the symptoms of trauma and the steps needed to heal them. People are often traumatized by seemingly ordinary experiences. The reader is taken on a tour of the subtle but powerful impulses that shape our reactions to overwhelming life events. To do this, the book uses a series of exercises that help us focus on bodily sensations. Through increased awareness of these sensations, trauma can be healed.
Peter Levine (2007)
The book is written on American lines. If you translate the examples to the Dutch networking environment, you are left with more than enough tools to use the book as a networking survival guide.
Diane Darling (2003)
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Networking works is a practical book that will get you started in finding work that really suits you. Using many examples and exercises, you will prepare your networking campaign.
And before you know it, you're busy networking because.... networking is a verb..
Rob van Eeden (2015 - only in Dutch)
According to the authors, the essence of TalentBranding is that you know how to powerfully and authentically distinguish yourself as a professional. Something that will definitely help you in networking. As the title suggests, the focus of this book is on who you are. Knowing who what your brand values are and knowing how to communicate them in the right way.
Huub van Zwieten & Mark van de Grift (2009 - only in Dutch)
Professors Janka Stoker and Harry Garretsen describe in "Good Leaders in Uncertain Times" how leaders and their followers, both in organizations and in politics, deal with these uncertain times and what this says about good leadership. This book shows what a crisis does to the behavior of leaders and why uncertain times call for different leadership. The authors end with six pieces of advice that will give both leaders and followers something to hold on to.
Janka Stoker & Harry Garretsen (2022 - only in Dutch)
In The Choice, Dr. Eger shares her wartime memories and the remarkable stories of those she has helped since. She explains how, as a psychologist for many years, she has helped her clients free themselves from their own thoughts, and how everyone can ultimately choose freedom.
Edith Eva Eger (2018)
We live in an age ruled by fear. Fear of failure, of missing something, fear of change, the future. With her simple yet profound advice, Susan Jeffers helps people overcome their fears, moving from paralysis and indecision to strength, energy, enthusiasm and action. This is the Dutch edition of the bestseller that has sold more than 4 million copies worldwide.
Susan Jeffers PhD (2022)
Read the secret signs and make a better impression If you can't make sense of other people or if you want people to respond to you differently, understanding body language is a must. In this book, you will discover how the body lets you know what people really mean and how to make a positive impression through your gestures and expressions.
Elizabeth Kuhnke (2009)
In this hands-on guide, Joe Navarro, FBI agent and recognized expert on nonverbal communication, shows how to "read" a person's body language
Joe Navarro (2014)
In dit boek bewijst Marc Salem, mentalist en autoriteit op het gebied van non-verbale communicatie, dat ieder van ons de mentale vermogens bezit om te achterhalen wat anderen denken. Door bepaalde vaardigheden, zoals uw observatievermogen en intuïtie, verder te ontwikkelen leert u de verborgen boodschap achter elke conversatie, onderhandeling of interactie ontcijferen.
Marc Salem (2009)
This is by far my favorite book on forgiveness. Archbishop Desmond Tutu has first-hand knowledge and experience of people's need to forgive great wrongdoings. He chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission after apartheid in South Africa.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu (2015)
Om haar coachingspraktijk tot leven te brengen, deelt Catherine Sandler talrijke voorbeelden van haar cliëntenwerk, waaronder drie uitgebreide casestudies. Ze beschrijft precies wat ze doet bij het coachen, en waarom, en legt stap voor stap uit hoe psychodynamische concepten haar praktijk beïnvloeden.
Catherine Sandler (2011)
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Peltier beschrijft verschillende belangrijke psychologische theorieën en hoe deze effectief te vertalen in coaching strategieën; essentiële zakelijke lessen in leiderschap, marketing, en het bedrijfsstandpunt samen met vocabulaire voor de therapeut; de uitdagingen waarmee vrouwen als managers en leidinggevenden worden geconfronteerd en effectieve coaching methoden om met hen te werken; en lessen van succesvolle atletiekcoaches die kunnen worden geïntegreerd in consulting vaardigheden. Deze editie bevat vier nieuwe hoofdstukken, waarvan er één de psychopathologie beschrijft waarmee coaches te maken kunnen krijgen.
Bruce Peltier (2009)
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Het executive coachen van leiderschapsteams wordt vanuit een drietal perspectieven belicht: wat maakt executive coaching anders dan ‘gewone’ coaching; methoden en technieken voor de executive coach bij het werken met leiderschapsteams en ten slotte de executive coach zelf.
Yvonne Burger, Mieke Reidinga (2020)
Waarom ontwikkelen we gewoontes? En hoe kunnen we ze veranderen? We kunnen altijd veranderen. In The Power of Habit, de bekroonde New York Times business verslaggever Charles Duhigg vertaalt cutting-edge gedragswetenschap in praktische zelfverbetering actie, het distilleren van geavanceerde neurowetenschappen in fascinerende verhalen van transformatie.
Charles Duhigg (2013)
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