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It Starts at the Top: Why Leaders Make the Difference in a Learning Culture

Why Leaders Make the Difference in a Learning Culture Many managers see learning as something for the HR department to handle. They …

The Power of Reflection: Why Real Growth Only Starts When You Stop

Why Real Growth Only Starts When You Stop Being busy is often considered a sign of success. We rush from one meeting to another, ass…

Seven Principles for Building a Strong Learning Culture

Making changes that stick is difficult. According to Camiel Gielkens, CEO of Schouten Company (the parent company of Relevance), the…

The Secret to Successful Learning Transfer: Why Fast Learning Organizations Outpace the Rest

Why Fast Learning Organizations Outpace the Rest It’s a costly cycle: spending a lot of money on training and leadership programs, b…

The Difficult Balance Every Leader Has to Hold

Every leadership team is holding four needs in balance at once: Performance, People, Progress, Principles. In our 2025 study, only 4…

How Schiphol builds a learning culture with small daily interventions

Everyone on Board Changing a company culture can feel like a massive task that requires years of work and huge strategic shifts. But…

How IKEA makes learning part of the daily flow

Leading by example Learning is too often seen as something you do on the side. You might go to a classroom for a day, or sit at your…

Relevance Launches Capable®  in Partnership with Area9 Lyceum

From Beach Brain to Business Ready: Your L&D Plan for a Focused Autumn

The out-of-office messages have expired. The scent of sunscreen is fading. And across the organization, employees are returning to t…

What Is Leadership Development? Camiel Gielkens on helping leaders grow through a personal and context driven approach

Camiel Gielkens on helping leaders grow through a personal and context-driven approach Leadership development is too important to le…

Self-awareness in leadership: why true leadership starts with Wake Up

The first step in Needs Driven Leadership, according to Anke Baak Coaching, directive, transformational—there are countless ways to …

The 7 most well-known leadership styles — and why Relevance chooses a different path

How Relevance approaches leadership by focusing on needs, not fixed styles Coaching, transformational, situational. Search for leade…

25 Questions to Consider When Shaping Your 2025 Talent Development Strategy

In 2025, the success of any organization rests on its ability to empower people at every level. As business landscapes become more v…

CASE - Talent development thanks to delay at UMC Utrecht

Talent development thanks to delay at UMC Utrecht UMC Utrecht and Relevance jointly developed a talent development program for young…

What is good leadership? Why focusing on targets only doesn’t bring success

Anke Baak on what makes good leadership qualities and how to lead with balance. What is good leadership and what makes a good leader…

What is Needs-Driven Leadership? Setting a new standard in leadership development

What is Needs-Driven Leadership? Anke Baak on setting a new standard in leadership development What makes someone a great leader? It…

Feeling Overwhelmed? The Dunning-Kruger-Effect explained.

Feeling Overwhelmed? Good! How Leadership Humility Is Crucial in Uncertain Times It’s not unusual for even seasoned leaders to feel …

CASE - Essential leadership skills at OSRAM

For OSRAM, world market leader in the lighting market, continuous innovation is vital. Thanks to the 'Essentials of Leadership' prog…

Embracing Polarity in Leadership: Balancing People and Performance

Leaders frequently encounter competing demands, especially when it comes to maximizing performance while ensuring employees feel sup…

In conversation with BNR Podcast about effective leadership and bias

In conversation with BNR Podcast about effective leadership and bias In the Dutch BNR Podcast ‘Werkverkenners’, which roughly transl…

CASE - A conversation about employee wellbeing through connection and reflection with Delaval

Every organization has a mission to follow, a goal to fulfill. These differ across industries, branches and trades. However, all org…

A conversation about building strong teams with Cloetta x Relevance

Building strong teams within any organization takes concentrated, conscious effort. Camiel Gielkens, CEO Schouten & Nelissen, re…

Equipping leaders to navigate the AI revolution

With the rise of AI tools enhancing speed and efficiency in the workplace, leaders are facing challenges in ensuring every team memb…

Relevance wins the Best in Practice Award 2023

"Relevance has been awarded the Best in Practice Award 2023 in the Leadership/Management Development category by the Association for…

CASE - Talent Development at Fugro: U.Gro helps people grow

Talent Development at Fugro: U.Gro helps people grow The name of their talent development program says it all: U.Gro ensures persona…

20 years’ worth of lessons on change management

When Schouten & Nelissen and Relevance CEO Camiel Gielkens met with AutoGravity CEO Alexandre Mallmann, their discussion of chan…

ARTICLE - Silence your inner critic with Positive Intelligence

We can’t control the challenges in life. However, we can control the way we respond to them. When tackling these challenges from a p…

Solidarity starts with the organizational culture

Tuesday 8 March 2022: International Women's Day. This year's theme is solidarity. Because gender emancipation is not one-sided, and …

ARTICLE - Future leadership means creating your own success

As a leader, our CEO Camiel Gielkens always tries to remind himself why he does everything he does: to create positive change. “I wa…

3 questions to review your personal development

Our world is changing rapidly. Sometimes you might feel like you're not keeping up: the knowledge you have today, feels less relevan…

5 Trends in Learning and Development in 2022

5 Trends in Learning and Development in 2022 Training through Teams, Apps and experience platforms. Personalized learning, self-dire…