
Extra 2 day HPO Seminar in Athens
Thursday, 8 November 2018
We hoped for 15 participants for the first seminar on the High Performance Organisation – 24 applications were received. This we count as a huge success considering the many seminars out there. Therefore, we have immediately started to organise the second one and are more than happy that Dr André de Waal, HPO Centre the Netherlands, […]

The High Performance Organisation Seminar-Conference (Athens – Greece)
Monday, 17 September 2018
Switzerland is globally famous for precision. Precision means high performance. So, what then is the secret of those corporations, whose high performance has created such global reputation? Answers to this question are at the core of this two-day seminarconference taking place in the E.H.E. EurAka study centre in Athens, which is a hotspot of the private University’s professional/academic programmes: Ports, industry, and […]

CCPC Zambia named one of world’s best competition bodies
Tuesday, 14 February 2017
With proud this wonderful appreciation for a true High Performance Government organization! Find out why CCPC is such a special organization!

Esther Mollema selected for TheNextWomen100 list
Tuesday, 24 May 2016
Esther Mollema co-founder of Direction, the HPO Center and the Professional Boards Forum The Netherlands was selected for TheNextWomen100 2016 list. The list for 2016 was announced during The Innovation Summit on May 23, 2016. TheNextWomen100 is a top 100 of the most successful female entrepreneurs in the Netherlands. Each year the top 100 is compiled in […]

CCPC (Zambia) was voted as the best Country Competition Institute
Monday, 16 May 2016
The great work of the Zambian government in their road towards High Performance was rewarded by the World Bank: The International Competition Network (ICN) in conjunction with the World Bank has named the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (the Commission) as one of the best Competition Authority. The Commission was awarded the recognition on grounds that it […]

Highly Commended Paper in the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence
Tuesday, 26 April 2016
Great news for André de Waal! His paper “Developing a scale for measuring high performance partnerships” published in Journal of Strategy and Management 2015 Vol 8 1 E has been selected by the journal’s editorial team as a Highly Commended Paper in the 2016 Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence. Great reward for all his […]

Compassionate Leadership: How to create and maintain engaged, committed and high-performing teams
Friday, 11 March 2016
Our HPO UK partner Manley Hopkinson wrote a very inspiring book: Compassionate Leadership. This book will introduce you to the art of compassionate leadership – the art of getting the best for and out of people through the fulfillment of self-worth. It will show leaders how to give their teams a real sense of purpose and […]

Graduation Janet Bagorogoza on Knowledge Management and High Performance
Thursday, 10 December 2015
The Uganda Financial Institutions Model for HPO On November 24, 2015 Janatti Kyogabiirwe Bagorogoza became the first person to get a PhD on the HPO Framework. Congratulations, well done Dr. Janet! Janet Bagorogoza started her studies at the Maastricht School of Management with Dr. André de Waal. After obtaining the MPhil degree at MSM Janet […]

Zambia Weights and Measures Agency on their way to HPO
Friday, 10 April 2015
Several governmental agencies within Zambia are working towards high performance. In the newsletter of the Zambia Weights and Measures Agency an inspiring letter from the editor: Warm greetings from the Zambia Weights and Measures Agency (ZWMA)! On 19th December 2014, Zambia Weights and Measures Agency staff under the leadership of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) convened a […]

HPO Experts fly all over the world
Monday, 23 March 2015
Coming months our HPO Experts will fly all over the world to support our clients in Zambia, Germany, Belgium and the UK. We also give lectures in: Strategic Business Management & Economic Research Conference (Boston USA) Outperformance Roadshows Investors in People (UK) Annual Communicators Conference (Portland USA)