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Performance assessments: power vs productivity

02/07/2020 Rik 7 Comments

Performance assessments, though widely used, often prove to be ineffective if looking at productivity or engagement. So why are they…

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Posted in: Organisations

The pursuit of happiness in a working life

11/06/2020 Rik 1 Comment

“Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” the US declaration of independence describes as ‘unalienable rights’. Many in the US…

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Posted in: Life

Two faces of organisations: which one is most attractive to you?

29/05/2020 Rik 4 Comments

What does your employer mean to you? Is it just where you have a job to exchange your labour for…

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Overcoming job loss: how your brain adds a new chapter to your story

15/05/2020 Rik 5 Comments

Losing your job upsets all kinds of little and large stories, which affect your self-identity, how others see you and…

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Posted in: Work

How come that 85% of employees are disengaged at work?

29/04/2020 Rik 7 Comments

As many as as 85% of employees worldwide are not engaged at work according to a Gallup poll from 2017.…

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Posted in: Organisations

Deathbed regrets: examine your fears to avoid them

Rik 2 Comments

How the ‘deathbed regrets’ taught me to examine my fears and change my routines Not long after my mother had…

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Posted in: Life

Farewell to my colleagues: Why I’m leaving the Company after 18 years

Rik 34 Comments

“Time is the currency of life” Dear Colleague, Today is my last working day at the Company*; I will leave…

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Rik Hospers is an independent counsellor. He is curious about how work influences the way we experience life. And how organisations can make the lives of people working with them better.

He lives in the beautiful historic city of Delft in the Netherlands.

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