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Your Brain when Gossiping
Neuroscience and Neurolinguistic can be of great use in business. Lets explore how gossiping can have significant consequences for both...

Ligia Koijen Ramos
Oct 10, 20242 min read
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Why me?
Today my newsletter gets a very personal drive. My oldest one graduated yesterday. My girl did the Everest this last three years. She...

Ligia Koijen Ramos
Oct 10, 20242 min read
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Understanding the Language of Colour with C-me
I don’t like putting people in boxes and I’m not particularly fond of labels either; I find stereotypes and generalisations...

Rachel Morton Young
Mar 18, 20223 min read
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Love and Identity
I definitely remember all the things that I said about myself for all these years, things that no one imposed on me, but if someone asked...

Ligia Koijen Ramos
Mar 9, 202210 min read
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Values in Culture
Values in Culture What is it that defines success in international business nowadays? Culture! This is not only about team culture but...

Peter Koijen
Nov 5, 20203 min read
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Building Rapport in the Digital Age
How to build rapport online How can you build rapport in this new digital world through online platforms? That is the key question I...

Ligia Koijen Ramos
Oct 23, 20203 min read
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Navigating through culture
The fish did not discover the ocean Someone once said that someone discovered the ocean, but surely it wasn’t the fish. And this is...

Peter Koijen
Sep 25, 20204 min read
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The Tower Of Power
Focusing on the wrong things I was in my car this week driving around being in trance, but aware enough to drive safely. The period of...

Peter Koijen
Sep 25, 20204 min read
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We are all animals.
When people feel insecure they become animals. One time, some years ago, we were on an island for the weekend. One of the most peaceful...

Ligia Koijen Ramos
May 6, 20202 min read
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The 5 biggest people trends after the corona crisis
Peter Koijen writes about the future and the learning from that we can take away for the corona crisis. The coronavirus has put a stress...

Peter Koijen
Apr 23, 20205 min read
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Why invest in an organisational scan now?
Management teams and organisations are coping with a lot of problems. Some examples are lack of profitability, underperformance of teams...

Peter Koijen
Apr 6, 20203 min read
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Dutch People are not direct
Dutch People are not direct, my Portuguese wife said. Well, as a Dutchman, I found that a pretty direct statement. And, as I know her,...

Peter Koijen
Mar 15, 20205 min read
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Coaching and Leadership
Leaders need coaching skills and coaches need leadership skills. Peter Koijen and Ligia Ramos from in2motivation explain. Coaching is the...

Ligia Koijen Ramos
Mar 2, 20203 min read
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NLP does not exist
NLP does not exist. One of the most frequent questions we get asked is: What is NLP? How can I use it? The answer to this is that NLP...

Ligia Koijen Ramos
Jan 4, 20203 min read
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How do you choose the country that suits you best?
So, how do you choose the country that suits you best? How do you avoid culture shock? This is the time of year when newcomers start...

Ligia Koijen Ramos
Nov 8, 20192 min read
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Parenting is not a job!
Being a parent is the most intensive personal development training that you can have, so say Peter Koijen and Ligia Ramos from...

Ligia Koijen Ramos
Aug 27, 20192 min read
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“My profession? I’m the partner of an expat”
As we move around in the world of expats, we have found out that it is much more than moving countries every four years. An expat is...

Ligia Koijen Ramos
Apr 16, 20192 min read
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Remote Leadership
“Remote Leadership” Everyone that has been managed or led from a distance might recognise this: either you are happy because nobody is...

Ligia Koijen Ramos
Sep 6, 20187 min read
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The tragedy of summer time
Summer is not only the time for holidays and rest. For a lot of expats time it is time to move to the next adventure. For others it is...

Ligia Koijen Ramos
Aug 4, 20183 min read
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High self-confidence can come from low self-esteem
High self-confidence can come from low self-esteem! A lot has already been said about self-confidence, not only about how it can help in...

Ligia Koijen Ramos
May 7, 20183 min read
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