“All of our employees are able to benefit from training”
Piet van Vugt, CEO of Nobel, serial entrepreneur - Top program
3 march 2011
I first came into contact with be more yourself in 2010. The
scientific approach interested me immediately. I also understood that
training from be more yourself helps you create new neural connections.
This means that the results are permanent. I think that the seven-day
training programme has had an incredible impact both on me and on my
private and business life. And I feel that I am still developing.
“I’m really present when I’m home”
I’ve noticed that I’m now experiencing a surge of energy in which I naturally maintain my inner peace. This is in spite of the fact that my life is now busier than ever. My family also tell me that I’m now “really present” when I’m home, rather than deep in thought or hard at work, and that I’m also paying proper attention to them.
Better leader
Training from be more yourself has led to significant improvements in my leadership style. Before, I used to closely monitor every aspect of the projects I was involved in. The natural consequence of this was that I didn’t allow my employees enough scope for their own initiatives. Now I behave much more like a coach, so that everyone can take some personal responsibility. As a result, more is now made of the creative and other qualities of all employees, and the results achieved within our business have improved.
Involving employees
It used to take a great deal of effort and energy on my part to get my employees involved in my plans and incorporate their contributions. Now I spend a lot less time on making specific plans for activities. I really look forward to working with my people on developing the best possible solutions. The scope I offer employees these days produces better ideas and results in a shorter space of time, and has helped them become more involved.
Added value
Training from be more yourself makes participants feel better in their own skin, and allows them to make better use of their talents, on a permanent basis. In addition, you become much more present, and fully focused, in the here and now. As a result, training from be more yourself provides a great deal of added value for both the participant and the business. I believe that training from be more yourself is an investment that really pays off in economic terms.
Nobel
At Nobel (www.nobel.nl) I am trying to set aside a training budget for the next two to three years so that we can offer training from be more yourself to employees who express an interest, starting with our management team. On a scale of 1 to 10, I would give training from be more yourself a score of 10: I can wholeheartedly recommend it to everyone.

