by Ilse Noppen | Jul 13, 2021 | Mental fitness, Self-awareness
This is an article published in Women & Leaders. Are you familiar with that hungry monster that keeps wanting to be fed achievements? You go from one success to the other thinking ‘you’ll be happy when….’ And as soon as you’ve reached that next goal, you’re on the...
by Ilse Noppen | Jun 25, 2021 | Energy, Leadership coaching, Mental fitness, Self-awareness, Talents
Photo by Patrick on Unsplash Starting entrepreneurs often think they need to be like a Swiss army knife – able to do (almost) everything. But should they? The art in entrepreneurship, and leadership in general, is to act from a place of great self knowledge....
by Ilse Noppen | Jun 15, 2021 | Fear, Leadership coaching, Mental fitness, Self-awareness
“You are doing pretty good, you have a good reputation. If you venture on a new path and fail, it will be humiliating! Don’t mess up your equilibrium!” “Just explore this. And this. And this. Oh and that might also be interesting! Take your time to explore.” ...
by Ilse Noppen | Apr 29, 2021 | Leadership coaching, Mental fitness, Self-awareness
Photo by Petri Heiskanen on Unsplash “For leaders, the first task in management has nothing to do with leading others; step one poses the challenge of knowing and managing oneself.” Daniel Goleman. I agree. First lead yourself. Identify and value your inner resources...
by Ilse Noppen | Feb 19, 2021 | Energy, Happiness, Leadership coaching, Mental fitness, Self-awareness, Talents
Photo by Paul Skoruskas on Unsplash Traditionally society praises more easily what we are DO-ing, what we have achieved, which position we hold, what possessions we have, as signs of being successful. It’s a focus on the output. Thankfully, increasingly more attention...
by Ilse Noppen | Feb 15, 2021 | Leadership coaching, Mental fitness
Silence. We often feel uncomfortable with silence. We are all too eager to fill up silences with ‘noises’, we continue talking.However, silence can be a good sign!When a person is silent, they are thinking, they gather their thoughts, tune into what they feel, come to...
