by Freek Zilvold | 13 December 2024 | blog, English
Voor Nederlands, klik hier. “What is an early childhood memory that has stayed with you?” I recently asked the CEO of a successful internet company. Let’s call him Jake. We got into a conversation after I explained how we help individuals and organizations discover...
by Freek Zilvold | 19 November 2021 | blog, career, English
Voor Nederlands, klik hier. Last weekend I was visiting a dear friend. At one point, she said: “I hope that before I die, I will do something that I really enjoy.” That touched me deeply, and it even made me sad. Not just because she is a dear friend....
by Freek Zilvold | 22 October 2021 | blog, English
Voor Nederlands, klik hier.My father used to have a vegetable garden. Although he traveled a lot for business, he spent a lot of time in his vegetable garden. He “worked” in the garden (as he said) when he came home from the office in the evenings and on...
by Freek Zilvold | 22 September 2020 | blog, English
Summary:This article is about what you can do if you are sensitive to what people do and say around you. Voor Nederlands, klik hier. I don’t remember exactly what the reason was, but my best friend said: “Freek is offended again.” Probably a game in...
by Freek Zilvold | 28 January 2020 | blog, English
Summary:This article gives you 4 ways on to how to discover your own strengths and how you can use them to be more effective, to be more successful, to experience more fulfillment and to have more impact both at home and at work. Voor Nederlands, klik hier. I spoke...
by Freek Zilvold | 2 July 2019 | blog, English
Summary:This article explains how you can reflect and how it can help you further with a problem situation at work or at home. It also describes what core reflection means. This helps you to come into contact with your ideals so that you can deal with what is...
by Freek Zilvold | 8 May 2018 | blog, English
Summary: This article is about the Process Communication Model®. A model based on 6 different types of communication (personality types) within us, that can be used to manage stress, to communicate more effectively with others in harmony as you tune-in to the world of...
by Freek Zilvold | 30 January 2018 | blog, English
Voor Nederlands, klik hier. As an engineer you might just do your job: collect parameters, requirements, make your calculations and consult your client. You just want to do a good job, and this is great. That can be a sign of authenticity. I was at an event last week....
by Freek Zilvold | 23 June 2017 | blog, English
Voor Nederlands, click hier. This week I had a Follow-up session with Francis. We had completed a series of coaching sessions, half a year ago. A Follow-up session is a conversation and is part of the coaching program for all my clients. It is an evaluation of the...
by Freek Zilvold | 9 June 2017 | blog, English
Voor Nederlands, klik hier. “Hey Freek, I have feedback for you!” This I hear this often after an interview, presentation, workshop or training. Some people experience feedback as criticism and shy away it. Feedback is actually a win-win situation. The...
by Freek Zilvold | 14 April 2017 | blog, English
Klik hier voor Nederlands. Recently I was listening to the Tim Ferris show. He was interviewing Cheryl Strayed who explains how to write like a motherf#cker. Despite the foul language, her explanation struck me and applies to engineering as well. In this...
by Freek Zilvold | 31 March 2017 | blog, career, English
Voor Nederlands, klik hier. I am sitting in a nice coffee bar enjoying a perfect cappuccino. On my right, two people are sitting on a comfortable couch. They order something and start to talk. It turns out to be a job interview. I rarely listen to the conversations of...
by Freek Zilvold | 3 February 2017 | blog, career, English
Voor Nederlands, Klik hier. In my last article I gave you 5 keys to create balance in your engineering career. The first keys are to list your values, to determine your priorities for success, to manage your time well, to simplify your life and to celebrate. In this...
by Freek Zilvold | 9 December 2016 | blog, English
Voor Nederlands, klik hier. A while ago, a dear friend asked me how come I can get along with so many people. I had to think of about this for a while. I actually felt a little uncomfortable because there where more people in the group and their attention switched to...
by Freek Zilvold | 28 October 2016 | blog, English
Voor Nederlands, klik hier. In my last article I wrote that integer people reflect on the mistakes they made in order to learn from them and to act differently in similar situations in the future. Some people have asked me how to reflect. Self-Reflection is comparable...
by Freek Zilvold | 30 September 2016 | blog, English, flow
Voor Nederlands, klik hier. Some time ago, I gave a training and the projector didn’t work. I even had a spare projector with me but it couldn’t connect to my laptop as well. I was overwhelmed with stress and uncertainty overtook me to such an extent that...
by Freek Zilvold | 27 May 2016 | Geen categorie
My late friend Elmo once told me “If you’re happy, stay that way. If not, move!”. These words are of great value to me and are of importance to enjoy your work until retirement. There are a lot of professionals who just love what they’re doing. These include factory...
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