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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

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

Frederieke Damme

Business Director, Ministry of Finance, The 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

The latest news

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Stand Up and Stand Out
March 21, 2019March 21, 2019,Leadership

Stand up and stand out. Demonstrate your personal leadership. Those are the most important lessons to learn from the...
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The Power of Dialogue
March 14, 2019March 14, 2019,Homepage, Leadership

ELP strongly believes in the power of dialogue. Dialogue is an old and proven methodology to gain wisdom and...
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Gray’s Anatomy
February 17, 2019February 17, 2019,Leadership

“Progress is a myth.” That is a central thesis in the work of John Gray, one of Britain’s leading...
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Overcoming the Power Taboo
January 23, 2019January 23, 2019,Leadership

People rarely talk about how much money they make, how often they have sex or how much power they...
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Economic Prospects Remain Good, But There Are Reasons to Worry
January 7, 2019January 7, 2019,Homepage, Leadership

Economic cycles are a timeless phenomenon, but a majority of the ELP Members thinks that the next recession is...
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Optimism reigns for 2019
January 3, 2019January 3, 2019,Homepage, Leadership

Jittery stock markets, potential escalations of trade wars, uncertainty about Brexit, rate rises: the economic news of December 2018...
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The Future of Work
December 27, 2018December 27, 2018,Leadership

Machines are taking over human labor and millions of jobs are disappearing. On the one hand that can lead...
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A Good CEO is an Activist – ELP Survey (3)
October 30, 2018October 30, 2018,Homepage, Leadership

A good CEO is also an activist. That is the outcome of a survey that the European Leadership Platform...
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Inequality Is Not a Bad Thing – ELP Survey (2)
October 23, 2018October 23, 2018,Homepage, Leadership

Differences in income and wealth should be narrowed but they are not bad in themselves. Income inequality is a...
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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...