Stop talking, start walking….

Stop talking, start walking….       Above you’ll find a video and short interview with Harald Swinkels, the CEO and founder of the Nederlandse Energie Maatschappij (“NLE”) and one of the most successful Dutch entrepreneurs of the last decade.     I got to know Harald really well in the past months doing a […]

Video: How to START UP a START-UP!

Video: How to START UP a START-UP!         We’ve recently interviewed Hans Böhm, Managing Director and Founder of Beerwulf, a start-up of Heineken. He and his team went through a 200 day TopMind Training, which had a great impact on their performance. Read the interview below (or see attached video) about how the TopMind Program […]

(Video) Interview with the NR 1 executive coach, Marshall Goldsmith

(Video) Interview with the NR 1 executive coach, Marshall Goldsmith With great pleasure, I interviewed Marshall Goldsmith, the world’s Nr 1 leadership thinker, about his daily question process. This process does not cost you anything, takes only a few minutes a day and will get you almost everything in life you wish for. Yet only few people commit to […]

How LEADERS can FOCUS (5 tips)

How LEADERS can FOCUS (5 tips)         A goldfish can concentrate longer than we can. This makes it hard for leaders to be effective and to enjoy the learning process. Here 5 tips to focus better in the current hectic business world (reading takes 4 minutes).     I was in Prague […]

TopMind Talks with Alexander Pechtold

TopMind Talks with Alexander Pechtold NEW INITIATIVE! Talking with a TopMind! TopMinds has the privilege and honor to learn so much from our clients, and work with many great leaders over the past decade. Hoping to share this knowledge with you has resulted in an initiative named: TopMind Talks. TopMind Talks is a series of interviews […]

3 Strategies to ‘Work Less and Achieve More’

3 Strategies to ‘Work Less and Achieve More’   Want my help with your ‘2020 Personal Development Plan’? Send me an email: anne-johan@topmind.com           A client called me recently and asked, “Please help me set priorities. It is too overwhelming at the moment. I can’t distinguish the noise from the signal anymore.” […]

TopMind Talks 8: FULL Alexander Pechtold Interview

TopMind Talks 8: FULL Alexander Pechtold Interview       TopMind Talks was created to share with you not only our knowledge but also what we learn from each of our TopMinds. Throughout this interview, guest Alexander Pechtold shares his thoughts on leadership through several aspects. See if you can catch all 7 of them […]

8 tips to effectively work from home

8 tips to effectively work from home         NEW!!!: Mind-maps, each week a MAP to guide you on your way to a TopMind! (incl. free printable version)       How to work effectively from home!     As of today, we will start with a super cool new initiative: Maps that […]

Develop Your Coaching Habits

Develop Your Coaching Habits     This week’s Book Summary is about the book: The Coaching Habit – by Michael Bungay Stanier       Our mission is to improve the lives of leaders like you by helping you get a bit better every single day. Today, you might finish reading this blog not just a […]

Good or Great?

Good or Great?     We know that your scarcest resource is TIME, but we also know that you want to LEARN and develop as a professional at the same time. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have been here, right?     To accommodate your needs, we give away BOOK SUMMARIES in the form of easy-to-read Mindmaps […]