Mijn Baan! Er is een prachtige vacature bij Adecco. Management Development Manager op de afdeling Learning & Development: op mijn lijf geschreven. Alleen nu wil het geval dat mijn lijf op dit moment in Engeland woont en daar de aankomende 2 jaar zal verblijven ......
Hoe kan het lopen in het leven? Want Adecco en ik gaan al even terug in de tijd toen ik Adecco en de Baak met elkaar in contact bracht. In deze blog lees je hoe dat ging. Goed lopende landelijke werkontbijten met relaties van Adecco over het thema "Intern Ondernemen" waren het resultaat. En daarna is er nog veel meer ontstaan op het gebied van andere thema's voor de werkontbijten en leiderschap ontwikkeling. Ik dacht toen wel eens dat ik na de Baak graag eens aan de andere kant van de tafel zou willen zitten. Binnen een organisatie verantwoordelijk zijn voor L&D in plaats van als externe partij adviseren, ontwikkelen en trainen/coachen. Op projectbasis of als vaste baan. Adecco stond hoog in mijn Top 3 verlanglijstje. Adecco staat nog steeds hoog in mijn Top 3.
Maar ..... Engeland was wat na de Baak kwam, wie had dat toen kunnen denken. En nu komt deze vacature langs .... bij een organisatie uit mijn Top 3 lijstje. Mijn handen jeuken om te solliciteren. In mijn hoofd heb ik dat ook al gedaan en werk ik er al. En ik heb mijn weekindeling ook al rond: maandag mama dag, dinsdag werk ik thuis (kan prima met het Nieuwe Werken). Woensdag ochtend vlieg ik in: vlucht van Southampton naar Amsterdam gaat om 7 uur, dus 4.30 uur van huis weg, met uur tijdverschil ben ik dan rond 9.30 uur op Amsterdam en dan nog door naar Zaltbommel. Kom dan einde van de ochtend aan, maar werk al sinds ik in vliegtuig gestapt ben natuurlijk. Ik werk dan tot en met vrijdag in Zaltbommel en vlieg dan s avonds weer terug. De vlucht van 21.30 denk, dus voor middernacht ben ik thuis. Zaltbommel heeft een hotel dus dat is ook geregeld. Oud collega's van Schouten en Nelissen heb ik ook al tijden niet gezien, dus daar kan ik misschien ook wel een keer eten/slapen. Reistijd = werktijd want we leven nu eenmaal in een 24 uurs economie dus maak al snel 32/34 uur per week (geen idee trouwens hoeveel uur deze functie is). De jongetjes op de dinsdag een dag extra naar de Nursery, Marcel maar even een tandje erbij zetten en woensdag tm vrijdag het circus thuis draaiend houden, sowieso heeft hij vrijdag zijn papa dag ......
Zou het haalbaar zijn? Week in week uit? Twee jaar overbruggen voordat we weer in NL wonen? Of ren ik direct een burn out in nog voordat ik start op mijn 1e werkdag? Ik voel de adrenaline boost al in mijn lijf door alleen het weekschema al op te schrijven :-) En hoe gaat het zijn om de jongetjes niet te zien en mee te maken van dinsdag tot en met zaterdag? Ze zijn nog zo klein, 2 en 3 jaar oud ..... Past elke week 3 dagen van huis weg zijn in hoe ik mijn leven wil leiden? In mijn work-life balans? In wat ik denk dat goed is voor de kindjes?
De keuze om naar Engeland te gaan heeft en had consequenties. Zowel op prive vlak als op werk gebied. Dit is er 1 van: Mijn Baan aan me voorbij laten gaan. Met pijn in t hart. Maar met vertrouwen voor de toekomst!!
donderdag 25 oktober 2012
zaterdag 6 oktober 2012
To all my lovely English readers
The Matchmakers
A few years ago I created and organized, together with a.o. Roel Dekker, 2 national events for de Baak in the Netherlands: Dutch Innovation Seminar and an annual event where "Creative Entrepreneurship" was the main theme. It was there we introduced the Matchmakers @ de Baak, and yesterday that idea came up again when I met with one of the IoD branches (Dorset) and we talked about their full day conference the 5th of December.
The Matchmakers back than, were business students (can be anybody as long as they have the right skills) who talked with everybody at the events to find out more about what it was they brought to the event and what it was they were looking for. In other words: "what do you need?" and "what do you bring?". After collecting everything on little cards, all the input was visible on the Matchingbord with on one side the needs (people, knowledge, a buddy for sparring, talking with one of the speakers, money, connections, skills, ....). And on the other side the offers (specific skills, knowledge, a network, money,.....). And the Matchmakers delivered! Matches were made: people were connected, problems were solved, business buddies were made, skills were shared, investors were found, questions were answered. Never before had networking been so powerful. At the end when we asked the participants about the Matchmakers @ de Baak concept, they told us that never before they had experienced "networking' (not easy for everybody..) as so much fun, easy, effective, effortless, ..... They even spoke about "the ROI of the event". And you must know that the fees were quite high, well "good price - quality":-), so they really gained a lot from participating.
Looking back, I think that the X factor of the Matchmakers is to organise and facilitate networking at events. To direct the networking part of the event the same as you direct the program, the speakers, the workshops. Because people don't just come in at -networking- events and openly share their needs or tell everybody what it is they want to bring to others (adding value). So maybe they meet a lot of people and collect lots of business cards ..... and than ..... ? Maybe they just stand, feeling awkward, insecure, alone, ........ Or maybe they talk with a lot of people who are at their table .. but not the ones they want or need to speak to in order to be more succesful ....
This week somebody told me that here in the Poole and Bournemouth area it is all about "who you know" rather than "what you know" to be succesful in business. I think this is more true for England than it is for Holland. With organising networking at events, the "who" and "what" you know can be combined. Even better, with reframing it to what is it that you need and what is it that you bring we can create massive win-wins!
(with thanks to The Passionate PA : without knowing your The Passionate PA triggered my The Matchmakers)
The Matchmakers back than, were business students (can be anybody as long as they have the right skills) who talked with everybody at the events to find out more about what it was they brought to the event and what it was they were looking for. In other words: "what do you need?" and "what do you bring?". After collecting everything on little cards, all the input was visible on the Matchingbord with on one side the needs (people, knowledge, a buddy for sparring, talking with one of the speakers, money, connections, skills, ....). And on the other side the offers (specific skills, knowledge, a network, money,.....). And the Matchmakers delivered! Matches were made: people were connected, problems were solved, business buddies were made, skills were shared, investors were found, questions were answered. Never before had networking been so powerful. At the end when we asked the participants about the Matchmakers @ de Baak concept, they told us that never before they had experienced "networking' (not easy for everybody..) as so much fun, easy, effective, effortless, ..... They even spoke about "the ROI of the event". And you must know that the fees were quite high, well "good price - quality":-), so they really gained a lot from participating.
Looking back, I think that the X factor of the Matchmakers is to organise and facilitate networking at events. To direct the networking part of the event the same as you direct the program, the speakers, the workshops. Because people don't just come in at -networking- events and openly share their needs or tell everybody what it is they want to bring to others (adding value). So maybe they meet a lot of people and collect lots of business cards ..... and than ..... ? Maybe they just stand, feeling awkward, insecure, alone, ........ Or maybe they talk with a lot of people who are at their table .. but not the ones they want or need to speak to in order to be more succesful ....
This week somebody told me that here in the Poole and Bournemouth area it is all about "who you know" rather than "what you know" to be succesful in business. I think this is more true for England than it is for Holland. With organising networking at events, the "who" and "what" you know can be combined. Even better, with reframing it to what is it that you need and what is it that you bring we can create massive win-wins!
(with thanks to The Passionate PA : without knowing your The Passionate PA triggered my The Matchmakers)
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