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Being home with the family 24/7, watching the kids and sharing the last toilet paper is great for flattening the Corona-curve, but can also bring new challenges. The key is strong communication, understanding and empowering each other to get through this as a team.

Blue Monday, the day of the year we realize a lot of our New Year's resolutions already flew out the window. The day we come to the conclusion we are smoking like chimneys again, eating comfort food or decided getting picked on everyday by our awful boss isn't as bad as making a career change.

When we are co-writing or optimizing speeches for team leaders and CEO's, one of the things we focus on is making sure the parts of gratitude actually hit their mark. It's a no brainer that you as a leader show gratitude and appreciation. Acknowledge the hard work and dedication of your team members, but just saying you are thankful or know they work hard, is often not enough.

Motivation is great, but once the motivating factor is gone, people return to known routines. The key is to know how to inspire yourself everyday and from that power and energy see opportunity and the way to inspire others to follow you.

A great idea, talent, continued education, lack of procrastination, sweat, tears, a shabby office, 80 hours a week and a 25.000 euro loan from your distant uncle on your mothers' side, was what it took to give yourself a chance to become a successful entrepreneur. Thank god those days are over. Now all you need is a laptop, a beach and a free online seminar.

You're young, you have a degree, big hopes, ambitious dreams, lots of time, a liver the size of a football and if you happen to live in the US a student loan bigger than Jeff Bezos' net worth. But today that all doesn't matter, because you're done, you're out. You did your time.

We are proud to do regular work for Pepsico in Belgium and the Netherlands. This time Pepsico asked us to train their entire organization in personal branding and how it can benefit people's careers.

Planet Talent is a vibrant community of companies, coaches and high potentials that are conquering the ICT, sales and management world. Stand Up Company had the honor to present at the Planet Talent head office a while back. Afterwards team members joined one of our public bootcamps on how to inspire action.

AWESOME!! We saw a tweet a while back from Dado Vanpeteghem about the Nordic Business Forum holding a speaker sourcing contest. We thought, how cool would it be to share the story and the stage with speakers like Amy Cuddy, Lindsey Vonn,... 

2017 is right around the corner and with it come plans, aspirations and false promises to ourselves about six pack abs, smoke free lungs and a better work life balance :) I love stepping into a new year. It gives you a push to reflect on the past and make plans for the future. A fresh start every 12 months.