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Bas van Riet

Learning can be organised. Real development comes from within. Trainer & Author: Sharper than the Trainer 🌶️

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Across the Netherlands Presents in Dutch

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Engage· working session, workshop

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Learning can be organised. Real development comes from within. Bas van Riet has worked as a trainer, coach and entrepreneur since 2007. Creative, energetic and always looking for better ways to train and learn. Together with Ron Hubbers, he wrote Sharper than the Trainer, the essential survival guide for participants in training courses, workshops and seminars. 🌶️ After all these years as a trainer, one question continues to occupy him: how do we make sure people not only learn something, but actually do something with it? An enormous amount of time, money and energy is invested in development. But who actually teaches people how to get the most out of a training course? Drawing on that experience and the ideas in his book, Bas now also takes to the stage as a speaker. For HR, L&D, management and participants. On taking ownership, personal learning potential, more active participants and getting more out of training. Based on the 27 chapters of his book, he works with the client to create a tailored keynote or inspiration session. With topics that resonate with the people in the room. And, of course, practical insights they can put into practice themselves. 🌶️ A few popular chapters and bestsellers from the book: 🌶️ How do I figure out what I really need to learn? 🌶️ I’m being sent on a course, what now? 🌶️ Help, I have to formulate learning objectives! 🌶️ Yes, but I’m a blue (or yellow or green or red), it works differently for me, right? 🌶️ How do I survive the role-play? 🌶️ How do I involve my manager in my development? 🌶️ How do I turn my good intention into a superpower? His style? Energetic, interactive, humorous and above all practical. Evidence-inspired and guaranteed to keep your feet on the ground. No complicated theories or airy-fairy stories, just recognisable situations, sharp insights and tips you can put to use straight away. 🌶️ Bas is co-founder of GoPlato and Dutch Training Professionals and, despite his work as an entrepreneur, still prefers to be in front of a group himself. Because that’s where it happens! And, well, he also happens to smoke the best salmon you’ve ever tasted.

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Talks and topics

Sharper than the Trainer 🌶️: Keynote or inspiration session for organisations that take learning and development seriously (tailored)

Huge amounts are invested in training and development. But who actually teaches people how to get the most out of a training course? Drawing on my book Sharper than the Trainer, the essential survival guide for participants in training courses, workshops and seminars, I deliver keynotes and inspiration sessions for HR, L&D, management and participants. On taking ownership, more active participants and getting more out of learning and development. Using the 27 chapters as inspiration, we work together to create a tailored session. My style? Energetic, interactive, humorous and above all practical. Evidence-inspired and guaranteed to keep your feet on the ground. And, of course, every participant receives their own copy of the book. A survival guide for all the training courses still to come. This also helps you reinforce everything your organisation offers afterwards.

Tempers are shorter. Complaints are longer. It’s a tough job! Practical help with difficult conversations about bad news 🌶️

Tempers are getting shorter. Complaints are getting longer, and longer, and longer. And thanks to AI, they sometimes come packed with legal-sounding arguments too. How do you deliver bad news without unnecessary hassle? And how do you handle the emotions and resistance that follow? In this energetic, interactive keynote, Bas van Riet shares insights from more than 20 years of practical experience as a trainer and coach. On procrastination, tension, listening, showing understanding and staying in control of difficult conversations. With recognisable situations, humour and practical tips you can use straight away. Evidence-inspired and guaranteed to keep your feet on the ground. For professionals who have difficult conversations and organisations that want to help their people handle them better. Also available as a practical masterclass or short course.

Sharper than the Trainer 🌶️: How do you turn good intentions into superpowers?

How do you make sure new insights don’t stop at good intentions, but lead to real, lasting behavioural change? In this energetic, interactive keynote, we look at what you want to change, why it matters to you and how to take the first steps. Above all, we make changes small, concrete and easy to put into practice straight away. Because those small improvements can make a big difference. We explore several scientifically supported methods. No complicated theories, just practical insights and techniques that we apply to recognisable situations, so you can put them into practice straight away. It’s also great to work on this with your team and manager. Because learning can be organised. Real development comes from within. With humour, recognisable examples and plenty of practical tips. Evidence-inspired and guaranteed to keep your feet on the ground. From good intentions to lasting change. Let’s get started! 🌶️

Your training is good. But how good is your participant? Sharper than the Trainer 🌶️ | Get more out of learning and development

You invest seriously in developing your people. Good trainers, well-designed programmes, great venues. The foundations are in place. But where is there still plenty of untapped potential? Perhaps not in an even better training course, but in participants who arrive better prepared, take a more active part and have more confidence. And above all, who actually do something with what they have learned afterwards. In this energetic, interactive keynote, we look at everything HR and L&D organise through the eyes of the participant, before, during and after the training. 🌶️ MORE VALUE: Get more out of everything you already offer. 🌶️ MORE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS: Before, during and after every training course. 🌶️ LASTING IMPACT: From good intentions to lasting improvement. With recognisable real-world examples, surprising insights and practical tips for HR, L&D and managers. Based on the book Sharper than the Trainer, which is independent of any one method, topic or training provider, and can therefore strengthen almost any existing training programme. Evidence-inspired, with humour and guaranteed to keep your feet on the ground. Because learning can be organised. Real development comes from within. 🌶️