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The summer of 2022 is about to start and a lot has happened since our last update in the winter. Fun, exciting and challenging things, which we would really like to share with you in this new situational report, our SITREP. Read SITREP#7 here
Read MoreIn discussion with Robert Quinn
Robert Quinn is considered to be the main authority in the area of change management across the world. At Allied Forces we put his model and philosophy -in our own way- in practice, to make an impact on people and business. Laurens and Anton have had a fascinating (online) discussion with Quinn recently. During this…
Read MoreAt Kisuma everyone understands the plan and knows his/her task
The Japanese chemical group Kisuma has had a branch in Veendam since 1997, where extremely pure magnesium chloride can be found in the ground. Marcel Oolbekkink has been working there for nearly as long, now as managing director of the factory, which runs 24/7. He was looking for the optimum between the Japanese long-term vision…
Read MoreVenturerock partners up with Allied Forces
Building high performing teams that fully own their scalable potential 90% of startups fail within the first 5 years and not having the right team onboard has proved to be amongst the 3 most blameworthy reasons for this rate. Individual and team dynamics can influence the venture’s future potential since every growth phase asks for…
Read MoreKnow the facts, rely on your intuition
Intuition is an abstract concept, but Allied Forces’ partner Anton van den Berg has experienced how concrete it can be. Life-saving even, on a mission in Afghanistan. In a new War Story he elaborates on how he discovered intuition, hid it and then revived it again. All over the world Anton has developed successful organisations,…
Read MoreAbbvie increases strength with Allied Forces
How do you make an organisation resilient and more agile in times of change? In cooperation with Allied Forces the biofarmaceutical company AbbVie developed a way of working which matches the challenge the organisation faces. Meanwhile this has become common practice in all segments of the Dutch branch. “The care industry is continuously in motion.…
Read MoreA sustainable improvement culture?
Organise a subsidy via Allied Forces
Dutch government has put a variety of subsidies in place to support you in the corona crisis. As a consequence it is possible to decrease our services at a very low rate or even for free. Examples are SLIM (Stimuleringsregeling Leren en ontwikkelen In het MKB) and Kickstartvoucher. Naturally we’d very much like to help…
Read MoreSITREP #2 has been sent
Allied Forces is glad to inform you about current events. In our digital SITREP you can read more about it. Read it here.
Read MoreALLIED FORCES GROWS WITH TAKEAWAY.COM
Takeaway.com is a Dutch success story. We know the company as Thuisbezorgd.nl, but the listed company is active throughout Europe and beyond. The intended merger with the British Just Eat underlines the spectacular growth of the online deliverer of ready meals. It is a great challenge for Global Sales Director Silvie Cremers to bring the…
Read MoreFuture State: begin with the end
What you see, is often what you think you see. Talk to each other about the Future State. That gives clarity and makes sure you’re on the same page as a team. Read our war story, derived from actual events within the Dutch Marine Corps. Read our story from the practice of the Marine Corps.…
Read MoreAllied Forces presents the Advisory Board
Allied Forces Consultancy in The Netherlands is aiming to become the biggest advisor in team and leadership development with business impact within about 10 years time. We will be supported in fulfilling this ambition by an advisory board from October this year. The following people will sit on the board: Gonnie Klinkert, Joof Verhees, Nico…
Read MoreDrivers of team performance
In every team there are elements of effective team behaviour, but at the same time important elements can lack the team. There is always potential, but many teams are not sufficiently aware of this. Diversity is often not used sufficiently, with average results as a consequence. Real connection between team members isn’t always achieved either.…
Read MoreHIGH PERFORMING TEAMS
In every team there are elements of effective team behaviour, but at the same time important elements can lack the team. There is always potential, but many teams are not sufficiently aware of this. Diversity is often not used sufficiently, with average results as a consequence. Real connection between team members isn’t always achieved either.…
Read More100% COMMITMENT AT KEMPEN
One of the activities of the Dutch business bank Kempen is to advise and mediate in securities for institutional investors and corporations within several niches. In the daily work sales-trading and trading are key processes. To be able to manage the merger of these two different teams, which work in close cooperation, Allied Forces was…
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