{"id":424,"date":"2025-02-02T05:29:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T05:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/markies.digitalleap.agency\/?p=424"},"modified":"2025-02-05T14:42:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T14:42:12","slug":"challenge-yourself-dear-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markies.be\/en\/challenge-yourself-dear-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Challenge yourself! Yes you too, dear CEO!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"424\" class=\"elementor elementor-424\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-69f506d elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"69f506d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eeebbb8\" data-id=\"eeebbb8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-9d65343 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9d65343\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8a69d9f\" data-id=\"8a69d9f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a60a0d elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7a60a0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/markies.be\/en\/blogs\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">BACK TO OVERVIEW<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e2930f elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"8e2930f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-0f79825 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"about\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">BLOG<\/span>, <span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">PEOPLE<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cab733 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6cab733\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Challenge yourself! Yes you too, dear CEO!<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-032bd1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"032bd1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-5b984b2 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/markies.be\/en\/2025\/02\/02\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>February 2, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div 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data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-bdb7d5b\" data-id=\"bdb7d5b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34caace elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"34caace\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/markies.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Copyright_Elvire_Van_Ooteghem_0004-Kopie1-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1552\" alt=\"Markies Shoot at Yust\" srcset=\"https:\/\/markies.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Copyright_Elvire_Van_Ooteghem_0004-Kopie1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/markies.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Copyright_Elvire_Van_Ooteghem_0004-Kopie1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/markies.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Copyright_Elvire_Van_Ooteghem_0004-Kopie1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/markies.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Copyright_Elvire_Van_Ooteghem_0004-Kopie1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/markies.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Copyright_Elvire_Van_Ooteghem_0004-Kopie1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/markies.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Copyright_Elvire_Van_Ooteghem_0004-Kopie1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-f0ffe2f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f0ffe2f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ac64bad\" data-id=\"ac64bad\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29ec801 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29ec801\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As a mentor of Birdhouse, I&#8217;ve been lucky enough over the past years to be able to coach various startups, and what I notice time and time again is that the CEOs (so the boss \ud83d\ude09) of a company are crucial for the future.<\/p><p>And especially today, where evolution is racing by at a rapid pace and you constantly have to be able to adapt to your target audience (and don&#8217;t forget your internal audience).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0102b94\" data-id=\"0102b94\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-259d701 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"259d701\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">it's time<br>\nto align your <br>people<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81b47f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"81b47f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/markies.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/n3.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-248\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-dedbf2f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dedbf2f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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https:\/\/markies.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/n2-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/markies.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/n2-768x1151.png 768w, https:\/\/markies.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/n2.png 885w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-413f8a4\" data-id=\"413f8a4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-849e258 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"849e258\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u2705 Most CEOs will say: &#8220;yes but, I&#8217;m not the company, we are a whole team&#8221;. \ud83d\udca5 Fair, but if the captain of a ship sticks to the way of working, even with a team, not much changes.<\/p><p>And that&#8217;s where the difference with startups lies, they are forced to regularly hold a mirror up to themselves and make a &#8220;pivot&#8221; where necessary for the benefit of the company. That mentality is so crucial in every enterprise because best executive boards in the country, you can&#8217;t know everything, you are probably also spending more than 70% of your time solving yesterday&#8217;s problems and that&#8217;s normal, we call that the &#8220;rat race&#8221; and the ship&#8217;s captain can then sometimes also fall into micro management (because the rat race is never resolved), which slows down the whole ship and in some cases even regress.<\/p><p>\ud83c\udfafHow can you then give your company a proverbial &#8216;red bull&#8217;? Well, by letting yourself be guided by professionals who have years of experience in helping businesses grow, who hold up the necessary mirror to you without falling into horizon 5,6,7,8,9 strategies that never happen anyway.<\/p><p>Would you like to chat over a cup of coffee or tea \u2615\ud83e\uded6 and see where your company stands or what your reflection in the mirror is? If so, be sure to give me a shout!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a96c5c7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a96c5c7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e8ef10\" data-id=\"2e8ef10\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb2a507 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"bb2a507\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/markies.be\/en\/blogs\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">BACK TO OVERVIEW<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-245a3f6\" data-id=\"245a3f6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Als de kapitein op een schip vasthoudt aan de manier van werken, dan mag je nog met een team zijn, dan verandert er niet veel. 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