What does your company gain from trained Playful Business Leaders?

By having your professionals taking part in this programme, you will achieve the following as a company:

  • You work to maintain the highest quality by providing professional skills training

  • Your employees continue to work on improving their client and team skills

  • You ensure social engagement in the region

  • You truly address your employees’ resilience 

Your professionals are trained to improve their cooperation, leadership, communication and motivational skills while learning how to set boundaries in a playful and effective manner. You achieve your learning- and growth objectives as well as your CSR objectives at the same time!

 

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Why Playful Leadership?

A time of societal challenges

 

We live in a time of major social challenges. On the one hand, many professionals experience that just working hard isn’t all there is to life. How do you experience more meaning in life in general? Reduced resilience and burnout are also themes in the current labor market. Companies must relate to all societal challenges and remain relevant, for their customers and employees.

On the other hand, there are many underprivileged children who grow up with fewer opportunities, simply because of where they were born. The need for a positive role model is growing day by day in this age of social inequality. Many children do not have such a role model at home. The reasons for this may vary, but what is certain is that children flourish when they are in a safe, pleasant environment where they are seen and heard. Someone who listens and with whom they can develop themselves. Having a good role model in your life can be a trigger for a better future. An impact forever, because more self-confidence and perspective translate into better school performance, job applications and their private life. And that also benefits future employers.

The time for action is now! Same dreams, different worlds

 

The time for action is now. Both professionals and children want to grow as a person and to empower themselves. To enter the world with confidence and self-awareness. The professional wants to grow professionally and as a person, while children want to realize their dreams. Same aspirations, different worlds. Time to build bridges and empower both sides!

Combining professional growth with contributing to society!

 

We offer companies and professionals the opportunity to contribute to society and at the same time develop and grow on a professional and personal level. Your mentee will accelerate your personal development, while the programme’s high-end, scientific trainings, coaching and intervision will contribute to both your professional ánd personal growth. As an empowered leader, you will be able to connect building on your own strength and self-confidence, using creativity and motivation, improving every collaboration in a team and with customers.

The Playful Business Leaders programme increases your resilience and personal leadership in your work while improving the world around you and balancing yourself!

Let’s Play!

Who have already become Playful Business Leaders?

  • 'The imagination of a child', that's the superpower I would choose! As far as I am concerned, so much more (innovation) potential can be realized with this. Both in business and in our society. I have learnt a lot and can give something back. Valuable combination!'

    Marjolein Boer, Founder of Maritime Sisters

  • Erik Verbruggen

    'I'm participating in the Playful Business Leaders course to develop myself in the field of communication and connection and I want to make an impact on others on a social level.'

    Erik Verbruggen, project developer at Vink Bouw BV

  • 'Because of the Playful Business Leaders programme I have started to apply connective leadership more consciously. I have been able to deepen my leadership skills in several areas and levels. The programme has provided valuable insights and tools in the areas of communication, growth mind-set, and inclusive leadership. The combination of training with useful insights and tools and also direct practical applicability through mentorship, at work and at home have been a real success for me!'

    Sophie van den Arend, Manager Marketing Shell Fleet Solutions

  • Nicole van Rij

    'The opportunity to be able to develop further as an inspiring leader and at the same time to be able to give something back to society immediately appealed to me. I started with great enthusiasm and now I look back on it with great pleasure and satisfaction.'

    Nicole van Rij, Sales en Marketing Director Informed Group

  • 'The Playful Business Leaders programme has given me many insights about communication. By communicating openly and showing interest, you can learn a lot from each other. This will not only help you now, but for the rest of your life!'

    Marit Maxwell, Digital Community Manager, NLC Health

  • 'You can create so much more at work through better communication in which everyone is respected. The training courses of the Playful Business Leaders programme provide good tools for constructive dialogue. The combination in which you can also contribute at a social level, ensures special encounters and moments that put you on the ground with both feet and makes you think critically about how you can be of significance to someone else!'

    Dominique Gevers Deynoot, International Network Manager, Provider relations bij Eurocross Assistance

Which leadership skills do you learn in the programme?

Our programme offers a rich variety of training subjects, combining theory with practical application. Our participants consist to a large extent of middle- and senior management of large organisations such as Shell, the national Police, Unilever and construction companies. Our participants have achieved through this programme:

  • A higher sense of self-awareness

  • The ability to reflect critically on oneself and others

  • Consciousness on your own leadership values and principles

  • The ability to empower others

  • More effective communication

  • The ability to lead with more empathy and understanding of societal issues

  • More purpose in their lives

Why would you want to become a Playful Business Leader? What do you get out of it?

  • More happiness and vitality

  • More confidence and motivation

  • Less stress

  • Better cooperation and co-creation with colleagues and clients

  • More creativity and innovative ideas

  • Stronger problem-solving skills

  • Increased well-being and less prone to burn-out

  • Less urge to wanting to be right

  • Stronger connections with your surroundings, both at work and privately

In short, being fully empowered as a leader and leading with self-confidence and empathy!

 
 

Triple win with Playful Business Leaders:

    • Higher employee satisfaction: Mentorship gives a sense of fulfillment and internalized happiness that spills over into every aspect of life, including a higher sense of satisfaction and increased production rates at work.

    • Company image: Now more than ever it's very important for companies to contribute to society. Playful Leaders offers an opportunity to use your CSR budget in a meaningful way and at the same time can be used for corporate PR efforts.

    • Company appeal: Investing in the growth and development of employees makes companies more attractive in the labour market.

    • Personal development through training and coaching is invaluable to your career and personal life.

    • Contributing directly to the well-being and growth of a child by supporting them in becoming a self-assured participant of society gives a sense of fulfillment and internalized happiness.

    • Excelling at communication with your clients, your team and in your private life expands your career opportunities and makes you a pleasant person.

    • Enjoying the company of a professional who coaches and mentors a child with school and everyday life offers a direct and positive influence on a child’s development.

    • A uniquely matched role model offers new perspectives and a safe space to share and grow together.

    • The child becomes more confident, which provides them with more opportunities in their future - in their education, career and personal life.

 

Would you like to learn more?

Sign up to our newsletter or any of the free webinars that we organize regularly! We are also happy to call you to tell you more about our programme and answer any questions you may have.

We also offer in-company workshops to get a taste of our programme. We are looking forward to hearing from you!