When Growth Goes Silent: The Cost of Underdeveloped Talent
Christel Reynaerts Christel Reynaerts

When Growth Goes Silent: The Cost of Underdeveloped Talent

Annual evaluations often miss what matters most: human development. This article explores why traditional performance reviews fall short, the real cost of underdeveloped talent, and how leaders can shift from judgment to growth to drive innovation, engagement, and sustainable performance.

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When Less is More — Why Leaders Simplify to Amplify
Christel Reynaerts Christel Reynaerts

When Less is More — Why Leaders Simplify to Amplify

Complexity doesn’t steady a team — it blinds them.
In many organisations, we respond to pressure by adding more:
more meetings, more planning, more control.

But when complexity becomes fog, even the most committed teams lose their way.

In this article, I share how simplifying a large transformation project — stripping away everything that didn’t serve the goal —
turned exhaustion into energy, confusion into clarity, and hesitation into conviction.

Sometimes the most powerful leadership move isn’t adding more.
It’s removing what gets in the way.

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The Quietest Elephant in the Boardroom: Why Ignoring Emotion Costs Performance
Christel Reynaerts Christel Reynaerts

The Quietest Elephant in the Boardroom: Why Ignoring Emotion Costs Performance

When emotions aren’t welcome, they don’t vanish — they go underground, quietly shaping every meeting and decision.
Fear wears the mask of control. Frustration hides behind professionalism.

Yet, when leaders create space for emotions instead of pushing them away, everything changes — collaboration, trust, and even performance.

Because the quietest elephant in the boardroom isn’t conflict. It’s unspoken emotion.

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