European Leadership Platform – European Leadership Platform

Welcome to ELP

For over fifteen years European Leadership Platform has offered leaders a place to meet with their peers and discuss the responsibilities, dilemmas and decisions of their working lives.

ELP is based on the belief that people learn best through dialogue, and that dialogue is most valuable when it is conducted among equals in a setting that encourages openness and vulnerability. Dialogue is more effective than discussion or debate in addressing issues of increasing complexity and speed. In today’s world that is polarized and short of attention, reflection and dialogue are more necessary than ever.

“ELP has given my work more body, sense and purpose by helping me to look beyond the spreadsheets”

Yann Toutant

General Manager, Econocom Netherlands

“Speaking freely, the intimacy at the tables and the Chatham House Rule are at the core of the ELP Experience”

Jeanine van der Vlist

Managing Director, Eurofiber Netherlands

“ELP has expanded my views on leadership through the diversity of its participants and a menu of very relevant leadership dilemmas, discussed in a safe and convivial setting”

Vincent Moolenaar

Global Integration Program Leader, Ahold Delhaize

“ELP helps me to look a level deeper, beyond the hypes”

Frederieke Damme

Business Director, Ministry of Finance, The Netherlands

The latest news

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Leaders Are Optimists – ELP Survey (1)
October 15, 2018October 15, 2018,Homepage, Leadership

Leaders are optimists by nature. That is the outcome of a survey that the European Leadership Platform conducted in...
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The Growing Gap
October 3, 2018October 3, 2018,Leadership

Houston, we have a problem. That problem is the abyss between the wealthy and the less fortunate. Edward Luce,...
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Activist CEO
September 28, 2018September 28, 2018,Homepage, Leadership

A new leadership brand is coming up: the Activist CEO. He or she speaks out or even acts on...
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Breaking us in two
September 24, 2018September 24, 2018,Homepage, Leadership

There are two classes in society, The Economist wrote on September 15th 2018: “the doers and the done-to, the...
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Optimist or pessimist?
September 20, 2018September 20, 2018,Homepage, Leadership

‘Number of people in extreme poverty fell by 137,000 yesterday’, could be a news headline. If that same headline...
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The Ten Commandments of Dialogue: #10
May 3, 2018May 3, 2018,Homepage, Leadership

At ELP, we work with the Ten Commandments of Dialogue. The tenth commandment is about discussing the undiscussable. We...
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The Ten Commandments of Dialogue: #9
April 26, 2018April 26, 2018,Homepage, Leadership

At ELP, we work with the Ten Commandments of Dialogue. The ninth is about staying curious and postponing your...
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The Ten Commandments of Dialogue: #8
April 23, 2018April 23, 2018,Homepage, Leadership

The eighth commandment is that participants are equal. At ELP you find yourself among equals. Participants are equal, but...
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The Ten Commandments of Dialogue: #7
April 12, 2018April 12, 2018,Homepage, Leadership

At ELP, we work with the Ten Commandments of Dialogue. The seventh is thinking win-win. A dialogue is different...
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The Ten Commandments of Dialogue: #6
April 5, 2018April 5, 2018,Homepage, Leadership

At ELP, we work with the Ten Commandments of Dialogue. The sixth is about listening actively and attentively. Listening...