02-12-08 Tia Hellebaut’s success explained in new book
Tia Hellebaut’s success explained in new book
How is it that while Blanka Vlasic, the absolute favourite for the Olympic high jump, stayed pinned to the ground when it finally came down to it, Tia Hellebaut had the mental strength to go for Olympic gold? How is it that the same Hellebaut seemingly carried the burden of being Belgium’s great hope for medals without effort?
Can a manager faced with crisis, learn from Tia Hellebaut’s discipline and tactics? Can a manager profit from Tia Hellebaut’s training techniques in guiding his employees? Can we help ourselves to perform more efficiently in our job by concentrating on what truly matters leaving pointless details behind. These questions and many others are answered in a new book Hoe hoog Leg Ik De Lat? – Haal Het Beste Uit Jezelf (available only in Dutch and French.)
It’s not the first time a non-fiction book connects sports, daily life and work. Nor is it the first time a sports coach and a manager join forces in writing a book. It is however, the first time, a book like this penetrates the world of sport this deeply, thoroughly analysing the link between achievements in sports and personal successes. The common thread throughout the book is Tia Hellebaut’s personal experience at crucial moments in her sports career: the world championship in Japan with the one drawback after the other, the spectacular world title in the indoor pentathlon and last but not least Olympic gold in Beijing. These very candid ‘Tia Tapes’ form the basis for dozens of concrete tips and analyses. This not only allows for easy reading, but also makes the book a very useful learning tool for entrepreneurs, employees, parents and couples. This way Hoe hoog Leg Ik De Lat? – Haal Het Beste Uit Jezelf finds the perfect balance between lifestyle and management literature, having publisher Lannoo keep it in the lifestyle section rather than among management titles.
About the authors
Wim Vandeven earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education and a master’s in Locomotory Revalidation and Physical Therapy in 1989. Since 1990 he has been active as a physical therapist, manual therapist and athletics and fitness coach. Some of his trainees included Erik Nys, Sabine Appelmans, Els Callens, Christophe Van Garsse en Heidi Rakels. In 1999 he started working with Ta Hellebaut and since 2006 he has been a fulltime athletics coach.
Jan Mouton has a masters degree in philosophy, did additional studies in the field of Human Resource Management and is certified in several consultancy methodologies. Jan started his career in 1986 with the DIP Consulting Group, successively moving onwards to SD Worx and Unique. Since 2005, Jan has been active as Managing Consultant at Acerta Consult – BCT Coaching & Training. He is a successful coach and trainer and facilitates, amongst others, programs pertaining to communication skills, leadership, working in teams, teambuilding, strategic business planning, individual coaching paths and coaching of executive and management teams. Jan also conducts studies into (employee) satisfaction.
The integrated HR group Acerta started it’s collaboration with Tia Hellebaut last year. The company slogan ‘Powered by People’ perfectly illustrates what Tia’s attitude is all about. Throughout the collaboration, evermore synergy was discovered. Hoe hoog Leg Ik De Lat? – Haal Het Beste Uit Jezelf demonstrates how both parties discovered each other in the practice of day to day life.
