Mark Carney and Ursula von der Leyen: ambition gets structure
Mark Carney and Ursula von der Leyen are building a new alliance between Canada and Europe. Their guides reveal the strength and blind spot of strong agreement.
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Gijs Heerkens
Founder of Personal User Guide and author of the blog about working together, personality and teams.
Founder of Personal User Guide
About Gijs
Gijs Heerkens is an internet entrepreneur from the Netherlands. He came up with the personal user guide: a short guide that shows others how to work with you best, based on the Big Five personality model.
He developed the visual personality test behind every guide together with Prof. Dr. Jan Schoormans of Delft University of Technology and Peter van der Bel of CaPPr.
On the blog, Gijs writes about working together, personality and teams: how to discuss differences, how team coaches use the Big Five and what helps a team agree on how it works. Besides Personal User Guide he builds other online products, including Rostrio.
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Latest articles by Gijs
GitLab shows: agree when to switch to a call
Preferring written communication does not tell colleagues when to call. Agree how to move a stalled discussion forward together.
Read articleBig Five for team coaches: how to prepare a team session with personal user guides
Big Five team coaching in practice: prepare a team session with personal user guides, a team guide, gap view and a risk analysis under pressure.
Read articleSystemic team coaching: what it is and when it fits your team
Systemic team coaching in plain language: what systemic means, which methods coaches use, when it fits your team and what to ask a systemic coach.
Read articleWhat does team coaching cost? What drives the price and how to judge a quote
What drives team coaching cost? Team size, number of sessions, preparation and travel. Plus the questions to ask for a quote and how to judge real value.
Read articleTeam coaching vs team training: what is the difference and which does your team need?
Team coaching or team training? Learn how they differ in goal, approach and outcome, when to choose which and how to combine them for your team.
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