#78 - Building an impactful company starts by transforming ourselves with Anouk Lagae

Hey there! The greatest place to work in Belgium… seems like a hard thing to achieve? Today, I’m talking with the CEO of Accent Jobs, the “best place to work in Belgium” award winner in 2021! With Anouk Lagae, we’re going to discuss what makes a workplace thrive and become better than others!

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Transcript

Murielle Machiels: 0:00

Hi. I'm Murielle co mom, an educator, I other leaders build meaningful lives. So each week, I'll be

Unknown: 0:40

you for hosting me today.

Murielle Machiels: 0:43

You're welcome. I was looking forward met other leaders who also use work words like love, but it's

Unknown: 1:19

Well, thank you so much for the the honor and the

Murielle Machiels: 1:23

Yeah. So maybe you can tell us a little

Unknown: 1:33

Okay, so I'm a mum of three beautiful children. I am a And how did I get there? Well, I started my career as an attracted to them. And they came onto my path. And now I'm

Murielle Machiels: 2:47

Yeah. And when you say the last two

Unknown: 2:54

Well, I don't actually it is there. It's in the DNA of I just tried to cultivate it, and try to protect it because right opportunities, some need more sense. Some need more

Murielle Machiels: 4:07

Yeah, I love that you. You look at it this Exactly. And so I'm also curious, then, how do you deal with love? Yeah.

Unknown: 4:53

Well, I guess it's always well, trying to remain What? So not the words are not how much and, you know, but But well, from time to time, I don't have the perspective either, you throught or the only truth, you know, it's, it's, it's very much I mean, the most important thing is you have diversity in myself, you know, and I love to be challenged by them as well, Because sometimes I might start to, to fly or you know, or that,

Murielle Machiels: 7:24

Yeah, I love that you say, Well, the first have to go faster and faster all the time. And they forget to that not everyone is like that you might have a lot of people

Unknown: 8:23

first of all, you just try to lead by example. By doing is then there is no fear, you know, when there's fear, and that's something very important that, you know, again, was okay, that you will try new things and fail and not feel pioneer if you don't do that. So it's very much into the culture clients that are looking for candidates, but we, we truly treat them in the best possible way. So they get the best just rosy and tell what you are. But it's you don't hang this on know, we've we've signed up for together so. So you're very much keep to cultivate it, and be careful to maintain it and

Murielle Machiels: 12:12

I would even go a step further and say, be a

Unknown: 12:22

That is so so true. We so underestimates, that so many yourself. And taking care of yourself in the first place. Is

Murielle Machiels: 13:10

Yeah, it's true. Very, I love it. So it's performing teams.

Unknown: 13:33

Absolutely. Absolutely. It's so critical as a base. And management team. And it's not the management team. It's the have command and control to make sure that we deliver the profit, a whole new language that has been developed. It's really place anymore for the heart, you know, and actually, the heart in gray, they go to with a gray suit, you know, you used to

Murielle Machiels: 15:45

in hybrids, or remote work. It has even

Unknown: 15:49

don't know that is that. Yeah, I didn't think about

Murielle Machiels: 15:53

yeah. Because they open the virtual meeting

Unknown: 16:09

I didn't think about that. So, but basically, you higher the structures, the hierarchies, there's, you know, it's only emotion, so much emotion. And so for me, that was same person at work or at home, you know, because the gray suit, morning, you go back to work,

Murielle Machiels: 17:36

you shut down your emotion. Exactly.

Unknown: 17:39

And so, so if I can help to contribute and create an

Murielle Machiels: 17:58

Ready to accept the answer? And not just

Unknown: 18:03

And if it's not good, be honest about it. I would too, do exactly that.

Murielle Machiels: 18:28

Yes. And I like to say, you know, we used especially leaders have in themselves.

Unknown: 18:53

Yeah, that's so true. So true. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Will

Murielle Machiels: 19:05

Yeah. Am I respected? Am I good enough?

Unknown: 19:16

Or they might not like me or Yeah, exactly. Yeah,

Murielle Machiels: 19:20

exactly. And so how did you transform over

Unknown: 19:43

Yeah, that's that's the least I can say. I think in because I try, I want to try to understand, you know, and look complete person, a more complete, you know, a better mom I really wanted to grow. And I've also realized, I've been so mean, I became 45. And I really decided I want to give back, you my next job. And actually, I involve my children in that more, you know, so selling more Coca Cola selling more, you better going for quality and not for quantity, or creating value, know, more yoga? Or what about more veggie burgers? Or what coincidence, I met Connie von Andreessen. And, yes, she wanted people. But yeah, that was very much a very centered process

Murielle Machiels: 24:02

I went to a same Pro, a similar process, and I ended up starting in an educational publishing company,

Unknown: 24:33

sharing knowledge in the world. Absolutely.

Murielle Machiels: 24:41

Yeah, so you also told me that you studied

Unknown: 24:57

Yeah. Oh, that's a funny question. I'm in the so we had bought a company in Hong Kong, based on traditional in London. Dark and smelly gases. So life can be very yang, you know, art and science, seasons, nature, it all came as a patient, you know, because you go to the doctor before you two friends of mine. And on one of their funerals, it was like, this. And so it was always my dream. You know, when I stopped spread that wisdom into the world. And then I realized that commercial engineer who was the CEO. And, yeah, but it's, it's, well. But I look through a very different lens at the same they create huge results, and they unlock the genius inside herbs at home where I do just for my family because I am not

Murielle Machiels: 29:40

Yeah, no, I love that because I also not great. So instead of continuing in that energy and

Unknown: 30:22

so true. And the funny thing is, everyone can feel it. it's, yeah, it's not in our language, or it's not that, that

Murielle Machiels: 30:56

Yeah, yeah. And again, what we see now in a

Unknown: 31:17

absolutely, and fear, which lowers the blocks it so

Murielle Machiels: 31:23

So wonderful. And so your colleagues accept

Unknown: 31:28

I don't go into the details. You know, it's for me, course, with my new job, I wanted to focus first on my job, but not in a in a verbal way. Yeah. So but every time I can, just phenomenal. To see that. Yeah. And in the works doing noticed something that

Murielle Machiels: 33:04

Yeah, and what I like is like, you see,

Unknown: 33:24

Exactly, exactly. Yeah, that's,

Murielle Machiels: 33:27

that's great. So in this podcast is called

Unknown: 33:42

Oh, well, well, first of all, I'm with accent, we are one is Go Pro. So we really want to improve constantly and make So there's a lot of fun. And there's a yeah, there's a lot of not discovering new things. So, yeah, I just, I just love to look at the same problem in a very different way. So, so yeah, in education. So because talent is everywhere, there is an complaining about what we can't find, or what is not available, recruitment. So we so it's a long learning life. Yeah,

Murielle Machiels: 36:52

wonderful. So it was a really nice place to work awards.

Unknown: 37:12

Oh, well, thank you for doing the academics and for, you

Murielle Machiels: 37:29

Yeah, we really believe that. If we

Unknown: 37:47

Yeah, I couldn't agree more. And actually, before, I you change yourself, as a consequence, all the other we transform ourselves, and the rest will follow. You know, so

Murielle Machiels: 38:33

is actually because you change Yes. And it's

Unknown: 38:49

you for your wise words.

Murielle Machiels: 38:51

Thank you. It was really great having you

Unknown: 38:54

Thank you so much real.

Murielle Machiels: 38:57

Yeah, you finished another episode of great week you rebel leader with a hearts