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Innovation in Compliance – Onno Koelman on Mastering The Art of Effective Leadership

Innovation comes in many forms, and compliance professionals need to not only be ready for it but also embrace it. Today, I visited Onno Koelman to talk about leader development up and down the organization as well as through a multi-generational workforce.

Onno Koelman is a seasoned professional with a robust background in leadership development and training and is the founder of Dynamic Leader Development. Koelman’s perspective on leadership development and training is centered on dynamic growth and adaptation, emphasizing the importance of vertical development. His experiences working closely with organizations, including collaborating with key leaders such as a Chief Technology Officer, have shaped his belief that leadership training should go beyond traditional methods and instead focus on developing a more sophisticated way of filtering the world and being less reactive. He also highlights the importance of clarity, a supportive climate, and the right competence within teams to build high-performing teams. Furthermore, Koelman acknowledges the complexity of leading multigenerational teams and suggests that leaders should understand and cater to the different motivations and responses of team members from different generations.

Key Highlights:

Vertical Growth in Adaptive Leadership Development
Transitioning to Management: Developing Coaching Skills
Balancing Task-Oriented and Relationship-Based Leadership Model
Fostering Clarity, Support, and Competence in Teams
Influential Shadow: Understanding Leaders’ Impact

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Onno Koelman on LinkedIn

Dynamic Leader Development

Tom Fox

In this episode, I visit Onno Koelman, whose consultancy, Dynamic Leader Development, operates on a three C’s framework—clarity, climate, and competence—aimed at enhancing teams’ leadership skills and performance. We discuss the challenges of managing multigenerational teams with diverse responses to leadership styles, highlighting the need for different skills at various leadership levels.

Onno Koelman, has a diverse professional background that includes design engineering, sales, and leadership roles in environmental startups. Koelman’s perspective on professional development and leadership transition is shaped by his unique experiences and emphasizes dynamic growth and adaptation over simply acquiring a set of skills. He advocates for vertical development, which involves enhancing capabilities, refining worldviews, and reducing reactivity. His approach to leadership training focuses on understanding and interrupting existing behavioral patterns within individuals and organizations, rather than merely imposing new behaviors. Koelman also underscores the importance of clarity, a supportive climate, and the right competence within teams, and acknowledges the complexity of leading multigenerational teams, suggesting that leaders should understand and cater to the diverse motivations and responses of team members from different generations.