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Recommendations from Koos
In this third video on New Leadership, Koos discusses, among other things, the book Authentieke leiders, echte leiders and shares a number of his own recommendations from it, a book he co-wrote with Sylvia Main. These are lessons drawn from practice that have proven their worth. In total, the book brings together 183 tips, insights, and experiences, contributed by the likes of Marshall Goldsmith, Jan Gunnarsson, Kristi LeBlanc, and Hanneke van Gompel. So how did the book come about?
It started with a remark during a retreat
In 2011, Koos Groenewoud attended a retreat with Paul de Blot, professor of business spirituality at Nyenrode, where one of the participants told him he really ought to do something about his weight. Losing weight turned out to be an expensive hobby, dropping six kilos cost him 600 euros. As a former cook, he decided to take a different approach, cooking differently and eating differently, and from there the results came quickly.
Why it's not about weight but about ballast
The topic was still on his mind when he stumbled across "85 Ways to Lose Real Weight" online. Reading it, he realised it wasn't about kilos at all, but about ballast. The author suggested things like thanking people, offering them help, appreciating them, and acknowledging them. Koos recognised a lot of his own thinking in it.
How these 85 reached a wider European audience
He got in touch with the author, Kristi LeBlanc, to ask whether he could translate them. With considerable help from Sylvia Main, a Dutch version took shape, followed by Spanish, Catalan, French, Italian, and German editions. Koos likes to call these translations gifts to the world.
What else is in the book?
At a certain point, Sylvia Main suggested that those 85 really deserved to be expanded, and that grew into 98 further lessons worth learning from. The book pulls together Marshall Goldsmith's 20 bad habits of leaders, the principles of servant leadership, 16 practical tips from top executive Henno Janmaat, the seven golden insights of businesswoman Hanneke van Gompel, the work of Kristi LeBlanc, and 18 recommendations drawn from Koos's own experience.
Who is Koos Groenewoud?
Koos Groenewoud is a coach, interim manager, columnist, reviewer, speaker, and expert in the field of New Leadership.
The New Leadership series
In this series, Koos Groenewoud uses four videos to explore the opportunities and possibilities that New Leadership offers. He explains that it's mainly about adjusting your own behaviour, and shows how important it is to stand among your people rather than above them. Be sure to watch the other videos in this series on New Leadership as well:
