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Shaping the future of Leadership Development
Thoughts on Leadership, L&D, Facilitation & Entrepreneurship


Preparing to Lead Your 2026 Strategy Session
As many leaders prepare to facilitate their 2026 strategy sessions, the challenge isn’t just about planning. It’s about creating the space for real alignment, honest dialogue, and shared accountability. This guide offers practical ways to design your 2026 leadership strategy session that energize your team and turn conversations into meaningful action.

Renate Matroos
Nov 4


Your meeting problem is a leadership problem
Most people blame meetings for being bad, but if your meetings feel unproductive and like a waste of time, it’s often a sign of something deeper. Meetings are a mirror of how your team collaborates, decides, and prioritizes. I guide over 10 hours of leadership meetings per month, and I’ve been wondering what makes for an excellent meeting for leaders.

Renate Matroos
Aug 20


Leadership buy-in starts with better conversations.
Getting buy-in isn’t about pushing harder or pitching louder. It’s about slowing down to ask the right questions, listening carefully, and connecting what you want to do with what your leaders care about most. The conversation is the strategy.

Renate Matroos
Jul 17


Facilitator Diary #1: The insecurity I got tired of complaining about
I’ve been complaining about an insecurity of mine for months, one that quietly held me back and ate at my confidence. I realized I was stuck in the same cycle I often see in the leaders I work with. That’s when I decided to break this pattern by signing up for a public speaking class in NYC.

Renate Matroos
Jun 10


Founder Story: From Classrooms to Boardrooms
During my Digital Innovation traineeship at Hyper Island, I realized how much more practical and fun education could be if we were willing to flip the script. I had studied Small Business and Retail Management and graduated with a degree in Small Business.

Renate Matroos
May 6


Outdated or Evolving? Reshaping leadership development for the modern era.
Leadership development has long been synonymous with theoretical models, competency checklists, assessments, and training sessions/

Renate Matroos
Mar 27


I Haven't Been Feeling Motivated and here's What I've Been Telling Myself the Last 2 Weeks
These past two weeks, I’ve been looking at my to-do list with a sense of: I simply don’t have the energy to do this all.

Renate Matroos
Jan 28


Leaders, read this before your next meeting.
While some meetings could be replaced by emails or, better yet, Slack messages, many are essential to driving progress.

Renate Matroos
Oct 25, 2024


Exploring the barriers to taking action - Is Busyness the Main Barrier or Are Other Factors at Play?
There is no right way to start a business, that’s the beauty of entrepreneurship. But there are plenty of reasons why people are not getting

Renate Matroos
Mar 18, 2024


Beyond the Bottom Line: How to Measure the Success of Your Business
Move away from traditional metrics and use a more holistic approach to assess your company's overall success.

Renate Matroos
Mar 29, 2023


🎆Another Happy New Year Blog (but not really)!🎆
Now that most madness is behind us this might be the right time to look back at the past year.

Renate Matroos
Jan 3, 2023


A little interaction will spice up any (yes, ANY) event!
Medical conferences are known to be extremely straightforward, somewhat boring (HEY, who said that?), and not very engaging. But all that...

Renate Matroos
Oct 27, 2022


The importance of Entrepreneurship in Education
Entrepreneurial education: why it’s important and beneficial to students, education and the industry.

Renate Matroos
Jul 19, 2022


How to differentiate yourself from competitors: 4 easy steps to stand out in a crowded market
Insights, tips and steps every entrepreneur can use to easily stand out from their competitors.

Renate Matroos
Apr 13, 2022


What will your next adventure be?
Are you willing to put in the work to find out what your next business adventure will be and what problem out there is worth being solved? I

Renate Matroos
Jan 30, 2022


New years resolutions don't work, setting achievable goals does!
We all start thinking about them around this time of the year: things we want to get started with or stop doing when the new year is...

Renate Matroos
Dec 8, 2021


I’m loosing my grip on the organisation I’m building
During a check-in with my mentee, she told me that she had the feeling that she was loosing her grip on the organisation she has been...

Renate Matroos
Nov 18, 2021


The quest to a sustainable business
"What are you currently doing to create a sustainable business?". And by sustainable I mean the ability to exist constantly and grow while d

Renate Matroos
Feb 18, 2021


How to start a Side Hustle in no time
Starting a side hustle doesn't have to be hard, these 6 simple steps will help you launch your own side hustle in no time.

Renate Matroos
Jan 27, 2021


5 reasons why you must have a side hustle!
A side hustle is, simply put, a secondary job that brings in extra cash next to the primary source of income.

Renate Matroos
Jan 11, 2021
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