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Who are special connectors and what is their story? This book with beautiful depth interviews from different parts of the world is a source of inspiration about what is connection. Read the story of an Olympic champion from Great Britain, a silly (grand) mother from Buenos Aires, a Palestinian community worker, the Prime Minister of Netherlands, writers, programmers, journalists, entrepreneurs, a social worker from the Bronx, a Turkish mountaineer and rescue worker, and much more.

”You are who you become” is a journey with a special destination: your personal vision. This combined reader, workbook, and notebook reads like a clear road map to yourself. A good personal vision will help you establish the meaning of your existence, and help you make choices that are important to you and that fit you. You achieve this by clearly establishing who you are, what you want, and what you can do. You will then find connection with yourself, and subsequently with others. In this way, every personal vision makes the world a little better: together we build a brighter future.

Inspiring examples, insights, and methods ensure that you will be eager to start working on the best job of your life: developing your personal vision. In addition, the book offers a powerful method of turning your personal vision into reality, with examples of checklists, schedules, and action lists. The book is the result of experiences, conversations, and discussions that the authors had with hundreds of people who now very enthusiastically and successfully apply their personal vision in everyday life.
 

Authors:

Ilse Nelemans is a consultant at &samhoud. She studied Applied Mathematics and Social and Organizational Psychology. Her initial skepticism about personal vision led to her exploring and experiencing the concept in depth, and provided a number of inspiring methods.

Salem Samhoud is an entrepreneur and management consultant, and achieves breakthroughs by inspiring and connecting people. He is the founder of the successful consultancy firm &samhoud, and is the spiritual father of the personal vision concept.
 

The ultimate book for everyone who wants to create employee and customer value. &samhoud is the number one Great Place to Work in Europe for 2010. Moreover, &samhoud has been the number one Great Place to Work in the Netherlands for the last three years – in 2008, 2009 and 2010. And that is why &samhoud is well able to answer the question of how you become and stay a Great Place to Work. This book consists of two parts. In the first, you will discover what &samhoud's typically atypical way of working is. In addition to a clear philosophy, a guiding organizational vision, and lots of attention paid to connecting and personal development, the most important thing is implementation. In the second part of the book you will hear from employees, who discuss what they themselves understand by employee value.

Author:

Ingrid Smolders is the author of the book Great Place to Work, and is also a managing partner at the &samhoud consultancy firm. In addition to guiding change processes in large organizations, she is also in charge of &samhoud's daily management.