Resources

Resources

Gain clear insights and practical support to help you navigate your career with confidence and impact.
Explore carefully selected articles, guides, and tools created for ethnocultural professionals.

Podcast & Interviews

Engage with authentic stories and expert conversations tailored to your leadership development.
Watch and listen to real stories and expert advice from senior leaders.

Portrait of Choy van der Hooft Cheong, ABN AMRO

Interview

“This partnership is about creating opportunities where they don’t naturally exist”

Creating opportunities where they don’t naturally exist takes more than intent. In this interview, Choy van der Hooft Cheong, Member…

Portrait of Jeroen Kroes - van Lanschot Kempen

Interview

“By investing in diversity, we enhance our collective expertise”

Investing in diversity takes conviction at the top – and the willingness to act on it. Jeroen Kroes, CFO at…

Portrait of Christina van Zanten, Rabobank

Interview

“Representation matters, because it shapes who feels able to contribute, grow, and lead”

Building a diverse leadership pipeline inside a leading organisation takes commitment. In this interview, Christina van Zanten, CHRO Europe, Africa…

Klaas de Vries, Managing Partner at De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek

Interview

“Access to senior mentors who have faced similar challenges matters”

Developing diverse talent into leaders takes more than good intentions — it takes the right support at the right moment.…

Podcast

The Muddy Middle S2E7: Erlene Graanoogst

Today, we welcome Erlene Graanoogst, a Business Transformation and Change Consultant and leadership mentor at Roots Inspire. With over 14…

Podcast

The Muddy Middle S2E6: Frank Galestien

In today’s episode, we welcome Frank Galestien, Global Category & Marketing Lead at Unilever and long-term leadership mentor at Roots…

Articles

Explore thoughtful perspectives to support your authentic leadership journey and career acceleration.
Dive into articles that inspire fresh ideas and fuel your leadership growth.

Articles

The Unwritten Criteria for VP Promotion

Sponsorship is often described as advocacy behind closed doors. What is less examined is how those advocacy decisions are made.

Articles

Negotiating While Underrepresented

Sponsorship is often described as advocacy behind closed doors. What is less examined is how those advocacy decisions are made.

Articles

Negotiating Senior Roles Is Not What You Think

Sponsorship is often described as advocacy behind closed doors. What is less examined is how those advocacy decisions are made.

Articles

Authenticity as a Leadership Asset

Sponsorship is often described as advocacy behind closed doors. What is less examined is how those advocacy decisions are made.

Articles

The Logic Behind the Sponsorship

Sponsorship is often described as advocacy behind closed doors. What is less examined is how those advocacy decisions are made.

Articles

How Presence is Seen From the Top

Leadership presence is often treated as a stable competency. In practice, it is evaluated differently at each layer of the…

Quick Guides

Discover clear frameworks and tools to confidently apply proven strategies in your career.
Download actionable guides that bring clarity to complex management skills, making them easy to digest and implement.

Quick Guides

Building a Powerful Network

Networking is often framed as performance. In reality, the relationships that shape careers are built through integrity, presence, and consistency.…

Quick Guides

Master Career Negotiation

Negotiation isn’t just about salary—it’s about shaping your leadership trajectory. The most effective professionals position themselves strategically, engage in the…

Quick Guides

How to Strengthen Your Executive Presence

When your role evolves, how you’re perceived needs to evolve with it. Executive presence is less about confidence, more about…

Knowledge Bites

Quick, actionable ideas that fit your schedule and deliver immediate value to enhance your impact at work.
Try easy tips you can implement today to strengthen your influence and confidence in under 5 minutes.

Knowledge bites

Expectation vs Reality: Why it’s not enough to “Look the Part”

It’s 2023, and almost all businesses want to look like they are doing the right thing regarding Diversity, Equity &…

Knowledge bites

Failing up: why some climb the ladder despite mediocrity

Most of us know the frustrating feeling of watching someone ‘fail upward’: landing successively sweeter gigs even after professional…

Knowledge bites

Why diverse teams perform better

In numerous studies, diverse teams are associated with business success. The evidence shows that these are not mere correlations, but…

Knowledge bites

Performance and Empowering yourself

Contrary to common belief, how well you do your job has very little to do with how successful you are…

Knowledge bites

Why diversity programmes fail

The powerful article by Harvard Business Review on Why Diversity Programs Fail has a few surprising findings. It shows how…

Knowledge bites

Diversity in the work place is lacking at the top: Here’s why

In management positions across large companies, diversity in the workplace can be very difficult to achieve. BCG in partnership with…

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