Professionals
Mid-career professionals have a solid amount of experience, discipline-related knowledge and expertise. Thanks to their experience, they often form the backbone of teams and projects. They provide continuity, contribute to innovation, and are often the key figures in the implementation of strategic plans.
For these employees, there comes a time when their focus starts to shift from what they do to how they do it. At the same time, professionals want to continue being challenged in terms of their talents and ambitions, in order to be able to take further steps. With our programs, these employees can strengthen their personal leadership and interpersonal skills, so that they can develop further in their role and increase their impact.
Learning needs often found among these professionals are:
- To become more self-aware of their strong points and pitfalls, and to utilize these insights to operate more effectivel
- To manage teams or projects without wielding formal power while maintaining support
- To deal with tensions, resistance and complex dynamics within projects or collaborations
- To improve communicative skills, so that the message is conveyed powerfully and persuasively to different stakeholders
- To steer their career: developing further within a specialism or towards a managing role
Increasing personal leadership
In our programs we connect the learning goals of individual employees with the goals of the organization. Many professionals operate in complex force fields where they manage projects, teams and processes, yet without being formally in charge. By strengthening their personal leadership skills, they can grow further in their role and achieve greater impact within the organization. It increases their ability to exert influence, to work effectively with internal and external stakeholders, and to make decisions with confidence. By supporting these professionals in their development, you can retain these valuable employees for your organization and boost their commitment and motivation.
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How we work
We believe that people make the difference when improving organizations. With our development programs, we connect employees’ true potential with their organization’s ambitions.
Working in partnership
Every organization has its own ambitions and challenges. That is why we team up with your organization to develop a program that dovetails with your goals and organizational culture. This also makes it possible to incorporate pressing matters such as transitions, cultural changes or cross-departmental collaborations in the program.
Enduring behavioral change
Our programs reach beyond mere knowledge transfer. Our approach ensures that participants not only understand what they learn, but also feel it and apply it, so that it will have a long-term practical impact. This way we not only achieve tangible results in the long term but also build on a solid foundation for enduring growth.
Tailored where required
Together we choose the approach that best suits your organization’s development need. This includes the extent of customization. Our offer ranges from a standard program to a fully tailored program, and everything in between. It all depends on your request and need.
Learning with de Baak
Learning means more than just acquiring knowledge. It is a transformative experience that connects the head, heart and hands. This approach ensures that the participants not only understand what they learn, but also feel it and apply it in their daily work. We focus on development at three levels: the individual, the team, and the organization. This way we not only strengthen personal growth but also contribute to the organization’s strategic goals.
Learning by acting, reflecting and connecting
We believe in experience-based learning. This means learning by doing, reflecting on this, obtaining new insights, and experimenting once again. The combination of knowledge (the head), emotions (the heart), and skills (the hands) form the core of this approach. This approach ensures not just the development of skills but also an actual change in behavior.
For our approach, the participants themselves are the principal instrument. A person’s effectiveness depends on three elements:
- Personality: understanding your own strengths, pitfalls, norms, values and beliefs
- Skills: developing and applying skills, methods and techniques.
- Context: understanding your role and position within your environment, including your impact on teams, collaborations, and the force field in which you operate.
Our programs provide participants with a safe and stimulating learning environment where they can show their vulnerability, practice new skills, and reflect on their actions. In this way they not only obtain new insights but can also adopt and demonstrate new behavior.
The connection with the work setting
The organization’s need determines the type of development program that is offered. Most of our in-company programs have a modular structure, giving participants the opportunity in between modules to put their learnings into practice. In this way the learning process is immediately meaningful within their own work environment. The programs consist of different learning strands: individual learning, collective learning, and learning-by-doing .
The connection between theory and practice is pivotal. We offer knowledge and models that are directly applicable to concrete issues within the organization. By working with case studies derived from the participants’ own work setting, we create an immediate connection between learning and doing. This not only reinforces the impact but also ensures that the lessons learned will remain effective for the long term.
Sustainable results
From the start of the whole process, we actively involve both the participants and important stakeholders within the organization. This way, we ensure that the program not only meets the participants’ needs but is also supported throughout the organization. This significantly contributes to the sustainable implementation of the learnings and enhances the program’s impact on the organization as a whole.
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