Roles

Auditor

Paul was trained as an auditor EFQM/INK. In his turn, he trains teams that audit the educational quality assurance of institutes for higher education in the European Union.

Coach

Incidentally, Paul accepts an assignment as executive coach.

Columnist

Paul wrote regular columns for newspapers and for a periodical ‘Art and Science’.

Consultant

Principal domains of interest: organizational development and leadership issues. more info

Entrepreneur

Paul received a reward for entrepreneurship; he is now owner and ceo of a modest consultancy company called Sensation & Reflection.

Executive

During most of his career, Paul was managing director of a not-for-profit educational institute as well as a profit oriented conference center and hotel.

Non-executive

Paul served as non-executive member and chairman of the Board of a bank (RABOBANK Amersfoort and environment) during 12 years.

Professor

• Visiting professor Cultural Issues in International Business at the University of Leuven (Belgium)
• Senior lecturer at the professional universities of Utrecht and The Hague (The Netherlands)
• Visiting professor at the professional university of Arnhem-Nijmegen (The Netherlands)
• Free lance professor at the MBA school of NCOI (The Netherlands)

Speaker and chairperson

Paul is frequently asked as a speaker or chairperson. It was his honor to chair e.g. great conferences with the late professor Donald Schön (on ‘Learning Like a Professional’) and with professor Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (on ‘Flow’).

Trainer

Paul is ‘in flow’ when training groups in subjects and skills which are in line with his own experiences. He developed the following training courses and workshops:

• Tools for Thought
• The Art of Asking Questions and of Making Choices
• Professional Consultancy
• Sensemaking Leadership
• Belgians and the Dutch Working Together: From Headache to Synergy

Writer

Always involved in smaller or bigger publishing projects, Paul has the idea that writing fosters his professional development and that it is a means to take some public responsibility.