Profile of Mark Hongenaert
Human behaviour has always fascinated me. My training as a psychologist taught me what moves people, what makes them do what they do. After four years of research at the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) and five years in the HR department of a large bank, I entered the field of Organizational Development as an internal consultant within that same bank.
This experience at the bank showed me how the context people are working in has a strong impact on their behaviour and their feelings: strategy, objectives, work processes, responsibilities, rules for collaboration within and between groups, reward systems, ...
In order to work with people it is essential to have a good understanding of the context they are living and working in.
This is what I do: together with my clients find out what change is needed and why; advice them on the implementation of change and coach them; help people to better understand the dynamics that develop within and between groups. In doing this, I always combine two perspectives: the harder aspect of the organization and the vivid human dynamics.
In 2000 I exchanged the stability of the bank for the adventurous life as an independent organisational consultant. This clearly gave me a broader view on organizations in all their diversity.
I still work in the financial world, but I'm also active in other domains, such as distribution, logistics, pharmacy, governmental and non governmental organizations.
A training that has contributed well to my personal and professional development, is the "International Professional Development Programme, Leading Meaningful Change" (www.pro-dev.eu)
I work in Dutch, French and English.
