From 60 to 10 hrs/week

📢 Coming in July: 📢 The book that explains how I went from 60 hrs/week managing fires to 10 hrs/week mentoring the team. With better results. 🌟

I used to think I needed to work harder to show the team a sense of urgency. Everything depended on me: radiating energy, noticing what’s failing, and so on. As a result, I felt like a prisoner in my own company.

But the problem was me. As CEO, I could create any company I wanted. And what I had created reflected my beliefs at that time: “If I work less, the team will work less. If I don’t catch the error, nobody will. If I don’t check on people, they won’t work hard.”

I see clearly now but at the time, I only vaguely sensed something was wrong.

💡 The turning point came when I asked myself: “𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐞?” The honest answer was… no. 🤔 (𝘞𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳 “𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘩”?)

I spent the next decade researching and building organizations that help people do their best work and love it.

📌 This led to a whole new set of beliefs, listed 10 in the slideshow below. They helped me develop my team, end firefighting, and work on new projects.

And for those looking for more actionable help....

🎁 I’m about to release the book that explains exactly how to translate this leadership mindset into a practical operating system that brings out the best in teams. Stay tuned!! 👀

PS: I’m proud of the first feedback on the book. Much love for my dear clients and early readers. 🙏 ❤️

“𝘐𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦” –Jochen Boeykens

“𝘈 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦” –Yannick Bontinckx

“𝘈 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳” –Cobus Van Gheluwe

“𝘈 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬” –Maxime Carpentier

“𝘞𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺” –Niels Desot

“𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦” –Steven Van Den Ouweland

“𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥” –Pietjan Vandooren