Tectonomy

Tectonomy helps leaders develop and grow in order to create an enabling workplace for people to thrive resulting in innovation and excellence.

Tectonony was founded by Els Kaelen, a leadership expert with over 15 years of experience working with management in global companies and organisations in a variety of sectors.

Tectonomy is a combination of tectonic (from the Greek tektonikos: builder) and autonomy. When tectonic plates shift, a tremendous amount of energy is released, which can have a massive impact. Autonomy is a basic psychological need of a person to be able to make choices. These two words together underpin Tectonomy’s function to shift thinking and behaviour in leaders to allow them to make positive choices that can release the dynamic energy of their teams.

Enlighten

Tectonomy is a boutique firm offering consulting, coaching, advising, facilitating and training services. Tectonomy designs and delivers bespoke approaches for clients to develop strong leaders in multiple contexts (self- one on one, teams, organisation). Complementary to these services, Tectonomy training  builds strong individuals, teams and organisations capable of producing higher performance and a sense of well-being.

Tectonomy is able to mobilize world-class resources for complex needs, to deliver top quality content in an creatively designed, expertly implemented, scalable solution.

We can do anything, but we don’t do everything.
(but we can do it in Dutch, English, French and German)

Inspire

Tectonomy is guided by a set of principles, values, and beliefs, that are embedded in everything we design, deliver and aim to impart.

  • Art is human skill, imagination, expression, communication, emotion and more. Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organises knowledge in the form of testable explanation and predictors about the universe. Tectonomy’s leadership training includes both the art and the science of leadership.
  • Leaders, with the right training, have the potential to transform organizations into places where people feel trusted, valued, stimulated and propelled to excellence.
  • Tectonomy finds beauty in diversity, choices, pluralism and aspirations.
  • Tectonomy values excellence, creativity, optimism, courage and humility.

Transform

Tectonomy takes on a limited number of clients to ensure first-class service and attention to detail. Working hand in hand with clients, Tectonomy’s intent is to become a trusted advisor in the development of your human capital. Our clients can be demanding and Tectonomy is up to the challenge. In return, we also ask for a commitment, by our clients, to excellence. Tectonomy finds that this mutual dedication instills a common objective of developing the physical, emotional and spiritual capital within a business, organization or institution, leaving a lasting legacy.

Tectonomy adheres to the dictum of “noblesse oblige”, to whom much is given, much is expected.

Collaborate

Tectonomy works with and collaborates directly with the following partners:

 

Ken Blanchard Companies

As an accredited Channel Partner with The Ken Blanchard Companies, Tectonomy can leverage Blanchard’s world-class leadership development content as a stand-alone learning experience or as integrated components for a broader design for our clients. These content areas include; Situational Leadership® II, Situational Team Leadership®, Leading People Through Change®, Legendary Service®, First Time Manager®, and Coaching Essentials®.

Inspire Software

Inspire is a innovative software application that provides a new way of working with proven leadership theories that enables your people to evolve into better leaders and propel the immediate retention and long-term growth of your organisation. It incorporates world-class performance and productivity philosophies and offers real-time access to the best leadership development training tools on any device. As a result, your workforce can stay focused on priorities, stay productive and achieve its goals with unprecedented efficiency.  Tectonomy is an official distributer of Inspire Software. Please contact Tectonomy for a demonstration of the Inspire software.

 

Enrich

Tectonomy recommends the following books and articles for enjoyment and learning

 

Man’s Search for Meaning, Victor Frankl
A harrowing account of life in a Nazi concentration camp and lessons for spiritual revival in the face of so much despair.

Prisoners of Thought, Alex Pattakos
Discovering meaning in both life and work. It is through our own search of meaning that we are able to shape our patterns of thinking.

Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert Pirsig
An inquiry into values and the metaphysics of quality told through the eyes of a father driving his son cross country on a motorcycle. 

Leadership and the New Science, Margareth Wheatley
We live in a time of chaos, rich in potential for new possibilities. We need new ideas, new ways of seeing, and new relationships to help us now.

Leadership Genius, Drea Zigarmi and Susan Fowler
What does 40 years of research tell us about leadership? How can we use that knowledge to become truly inspirational leaders?

Why Motivating People Doesn’t Work, Susan Fowler
Leadership is a skill that can be mastered. The question is not if your people are motivated but why. Susan Fowler presents a new paradigm of motivation.

Why We Do What We Do
, Edward Deci
The best way to motivate people—at school, at work, or at home—is to support their sense of autonomy. How to create the conditions for people to motivate themselves?

Riding the Waves of Culture, Fons Trompenaars
The author explains how to build the skills, sensitivity, and cultural awareness necessary for managing effectively across cultural borders.

The Dancing Wu Li Masters, Gary Zukav
For those who are curious about the mind-expanding discoveries of advanced physics, but who have no scientific background.

Daring Greatly, Brene Brown
A transformative vision for the way we lead, love, work, parent, and educate that teaches us the power of vulnerability.

Cessez d’etre gentil, soyez vrai, Thomas ‘Ansembourg
Simple, practical skills to step outside emotional masks to live a genuine, authentic life. Teaching everyday communication skills to respectfully express true feelings.

Loving What Is, Byron Katie
Suppose you could find a simple way to embrace your life with joy, stop arguing with reality, and achieve serenity in the midst of chaos? That is what Loving What Is offers.

Multipliers, Liz Wiseman
An exploration of why some leaders drain capability and intelligence from their teams, while others amplify it to produce better results.

Rebel Talent, Francesca Gino
Rebels have a bad reputation, but in truth, rebels are also those among us who change the world for the better with their unconventional outlooks.