In this Impactpool podcast episode, we meet with Liza Rubinstein – Co-Founder and Head of Impact at Carbon Equity. Carbon Equity focuses on investments in climate technology solutions with a vision of a carbon net-zero economy. Through different investment...
In this Impactpool podcast, we meet with global health expert Dr. Deepa Pindolia. Deepa has over a decade of experience in strategically leading malaria and Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) programs across Africa. Amongst others, she has worked for the Clinton Health...
In this podcast, we meet with Olufemi Elias, former Registrar (United Nations Assistant Secretary-General) of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT). Today, he works as an independent Judge for ‘Administrative Tribunals’ and a visiting...
In this video, I share an insight that I found to be very useful when working with my clients to prepare them for an interview. It is about making sure you know what it is that you would like to convey to the interview panel. Hope you find it useful!
I would like to address the ‘we’ versus the ‘I’ in a job interview. Very often candidates find it hard to speak about what ’they’ did – the ‘I’ – but there are easy ways to help you here. Check it...
It is time for my next interview tip: a way to address questions on ‘diversity’ by focussing on bias. There are many angles to look at a diversity-related interview question, and admittedly it is a bit of a sensitive topic; we all have our views on this. One route I...
In this episode of our Impactpool podcast series, we meet with Paolo Bernasconi, the Director of Human Resources of the OSCE. We discuss quite a few topics that have to do with attitudes and behaviours in the workplace. In the discussion, Paolo speaks about the...
In this Impactpool podcast I meet with Catty Bennet Sattler, the Director of Human Resources of the UNHCR. We touch upon her passion for HR and her care for personal well-being, how to prepare when you are interested in working in the humanitarian field, and, last but...
In this Impactpool podcast, I meet with Ndunge Evelyn Pavao who works as the Associate HR Director, Talent Acquisition at Clinton Health Access Initiative and is also the founder of Kweli Noir, a review website created for anyone who identifies as Black, Indigenous,...
In this Impactpool podcast, I speak with David about his belief on how HR can make a strong impact on the well-being of staff in the public sector, and how the intelligence, skills, commitment, passion, and courage of the people who work for them make the difference....
Before you continue reading… this will be a repetition of what you already know! Why did I bother then? I just felt like I should write this down as well… So here we go! When you have made it to a job interview, you hope that you can fall back on the resume that you...
You have a hunch, an idea, and you follow it… This story starts with a spontaneous idea to make some music together. After my project with the female choir Pihlaja in Finland, for whom I composed music to poems by Madhu Raghavendra, I thought it interesting and fun to...
Thinking about it, there is a lot out there that can help you find happiness in what you do; to find your purpose. Some of these things are really amazing. In the Netherlands, for instance, you have ‘365 Days Successful’ by David de Kock and Arjan Vergeer, and they do...
Over hoe het ontwikkelen van je eigen website, er ook een van persoonlijke ontwikkeling kan zijn… Thomas van Driel ontwierp mijn website. Het was meteen zo raak, reflecteerde wat ik wilde zeggen en wie ik als persoon ben, dat ik dacht: daar moeten we het over...
Over zoeken naar wie je bent in het kleine, de passie van muziek, en hoop: wat als mensen in leiderschap zich meer kwetsbaar zouden opstellen? “Zet alles in wat je hebt!”
Recently, I posted on LinkedIn about my experience with coaching with horses. How amazing it was, and what an enriching experience. This made me think that it would be nice to reflect a little bit more on this experience and on personal development in general. Just a...
