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About Dutch Kahuna · part of De Transitie Kamer

Stop running around putting out fires. Be a leader.

We develop leaders who know themselves, take responsibility consciously and make others and organisations lastingly stronger.

Sustainable leadership starts with the person behind the leader.

Mission. Dutch Kahuna helps leaders understand themselves better, take conscious responsibility for their influence and translate their insights into visible behaviour that makes people, teams and organisations lastingly stronger. In doing so, we connect humanity with a focus on results, reflection with action, and personal development with organisational development.

Vision. In a world that is becoming ever more complex, more technological and less predictable, knowledge and management techniques alone are not enough. Organisations need leaders who:

  • know themselves and keep acting consciously, even under pressure;
  • give direction and dare to make clear decisions;
  • make others stronger rather than dependent;
  • can connect different perspectives and interests;
  • set change in motion in a lasting way;
  • make use of technology and AI without handing over human responsibility;
  • leave behind an organisation that can keep learning and growing without them.

The essence. From awareness to responsibility, from responsibility to visible behaviour and from visible behaviour to lasting influence. The ultimate measure is not how much a leader has learned, but: what do others notice of their development in day-to-day practice?

Leadership is the foundation of every business.

We believe that leadership is the foundation of every business and that good leaders are the key to success. But we also believe there are too many businesses with leaders who fall short on basic leadership skills. That is a problem for employees, and it means those businesses are not as successful as they could be.

Our mission? To offer every tool you need to become a great leader, so you can create an environment where people thrive and your business flourishes.

Dutch Kahuna began as a platform to support the in-person trainings of De Transitie Kamer. Gaining knowledge and insight on the platform before a training means participants arrive prepared and can focus on their skills and on embedding them in practice. To us, development is not a moment but a continuous process.

Your guides

You are in good, experienced hands.

  1. Drawing of Henk Berendsen

    Trainer

    Henk Berendsen

    Henk Berendsen is an inspiring organisational scientist and leadership expert. For more than 25 years he has helped managers and team leaders show ultimate leadership and bring out the best in their people.

  2. Drawing of Vincent Goedhart

    Trainer

    Vincent Goedhart

    Vincent Goedhart is an enthusiastic, driven trainer with a strong background in learning and development. Like no other, he knows how to build a team and deliver results with it.

  3. In memoriam

    Bjørn Vos

    Our online guide and the rock everyone on the platform could lean on. We miss him.

Learn your way

Everyone learns differently.

Every participant has different goals and challenges, and their own preferred way of learning. That is why there are six ways to gain knowledge and develop skills.

  1. 01Learn from KahunasDiscover the experts who put leadership on the map.
  2. 02Learn from testsFind out where to develop so you can get better.
  3. 03Learn from modelsDiscover the best route to reach your goals.
  4. 04Learn from coursesTake the online courses for specific skills.
  5. 05Learn from blogsNew insights and eye-openers on leadership every week.
  6. 06Learn from CEOsInterviews with Dutch CEOs and their take on leadership. Coming soon.