Blog on resilience, leadership and keeping going
Maarten writes about setbacks, perseverance, leadership and wellbeing at work, drawing on elite sport and the life that came after it.
What is a keynote speaker
What a keynote speaker does, how a keynote differs from a workshop or an event chair, how long it lasts and what to look for when you book a speaker.
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22-cities swim: why I stopped
Maarten van der Weijden on the 22-cities swim to the Princess Máxima Center: 270 kilometres, ill in the water, and why stopping was the right choice.
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Why I wrote De laatste slag
Maarten van der Weijden on his book De laatste slag: failure, survivor's guilt and self-compassion, and why not everything in life can be controlled.
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Dealing with change at work
Companies don't change, people do. What I learned as an elite athlete about letting go and starting again, and how teams can do that together.
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Mental resilience after setbacks
How I train mental resilience: with small goals, honesty about what goes wrong and a team that dares to push back. Lessons from the water and from work.
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Personal leadership: 7 lessons
You see personal leadership in behaviour, not in a job title. Seven situations from the workplace, with what I learned in the pool and in open water.
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Wellbeing at work
Why some teams keep growing and others run out of energy. Wellbeing at work does not start with a gym membership, but with how colleagues handle pressure.
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