{"id":5990,"date":"2026-04-11T12:07:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T10:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noomly.be\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=5990"},"modified":"2026-05-12T16:46:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T14:46:17","slug":"leaders-on-stage","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/noomly.be\/en\/event\/leaders-on-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaders on Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Programme<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Content<\/h4>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">A 5 full day international program, held in Ghent where participants <\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">create a performance together, writing and staging a play on a real stage &#8211; in front of a guest audience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\">\n<h4 class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">What we work with:<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">The power of storytelling: How stories build community and strengthen leadership<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Performance as ritual: Theatre as a powerful ceremony where participants encounter themselves in new roles and perspectives.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">The role of the body: Rhythm, breath and movement as keys to presence and impact.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\">\n<h4 class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">What is the outcome:<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Breaking old patterns &#8211; awareness and discovering a new you.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Connect with your instincts, body language and emotional intelligence.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Approach tension and conflict from a place of calm and authenticity.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>Authentic leadership<\/h4>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">The challenges in life are strong and as a leader we need to stand firm \u2013 hold the space for those who follow in our footsteps. To do that we can connect to what is already there \u2026 The road is not starting and ending with the individual. The systemic contribution is offering a rootedness in the bigger story of your life \u2013 the wider system that holds us and connects us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">This is not your typical leadership training programme. It&#8217;s a unique experience where theatre and ritual come together to help leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Your life and leadership become the script, you are on stage &#8211; welcome transformation on body, mind and spirit. By performing on stage, you tap into everything you are and share with other participants. Each is a hero and a support role in one play, one life, one universe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">What participants say&#8230;<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">\u201cIt changed my DNA, I feel energized, happier and full of life after this group program.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">\u201cI found my voice, It is not just a program for public speaking, it is a program that changes you deeply, giving you the ability to empathize, to feel, to be real in all circumstances\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">\u201cI calibrate now much better my feelings in relationships, I gain trust in myself, and the ability to accept my past with dignity\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">\u201cI discovered life through other people stories, it is so touching and it brought so many emotions, making me open up about my own story and I felt held by the group with care.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\">\u201cBeing on stage was very difficult, but I found the courage and the experience made me a new person\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"lt-line-clamp__raw-line\"><br \/>\nPractical info:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Location: <\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Theatre VIERNULVIER &#8211; <\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 23, 9000 Gent<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Working times:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">7-11 juli 2026;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">9:30-20:00 (lunch &amp; dinner are inclusive)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">The performance: <\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">11 Juli, pm &#8211; <\/span><em>Invite your friends, family &amp; colleagues<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Price: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\">one leader on stage &#8211; \u20ac2500,- excl vat<\/li>\n<li class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">two or more &#8211; \u20ac2250,-excl vat<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"lt-line-clamp__raw-line\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Trainers:<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"><strong>Junior Mthombeni<\/strong> &#8211; <\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Director, theatre maker<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">\u201cDrawing on my years of experience as a theatre maker, director and storyteller, I will lead an intensive long weekend workshop in Bucharest, Romania: Together with my team we bring a rich mix of disciplines to offer participants a powerful and transformative experience\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"><strong>Ria Verlinden<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Trainer &amp; supervisor in systemic work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Trained in Gestalt and initiated in ritual work and old wisdom from South Africa. <\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">\u201cThis week will dust off your roots and make your wings fly and open up to live fully \u2013 with all it brings and asks of you. <\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">In the past, the future is growing\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><a class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" draggable=\"false\" href=\"https:\/\/nina-plantefeve-castryck.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nina Plantef\u00e8ve-Castryck<\/a> &#8211; <span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Dancer and coreographer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Nina is active as a dancer and is associated with companies such as Jr.cE.sA.r in KVS and Hetpaleis. She participated in productions that explore the boundaries of contemporary dance and theater, such as &#8216;R.I.S.A.&#8217; (2023) and &#8216;Burning City&#8217; (2024).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><strong>Elke Gijsemans<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0<span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Visual artist and designer<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Elke Gijsemans is a visual artist who works both in the studio and live on stage. Her paintings emerge from the raw energy of performers, while her installations confront injustice with bold acts of resistance. She has been featured in performances such as Hannibal and Burning City, where her live painting became an integral part of the work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"><strong>Ilinca P\u0103un<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0 <\/span><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Coach, Systemio co-founder, founder of Leaders on Stage<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">\u201cThis program was born from an inspirational moment &#8211; seeing the play R.I.S.A, in Bruxelles, where Junior and his team performed magically on stage about family traumas, about social unfair decisions, and above all, about the power of healing together.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">I thought &#8211; wow, this could be a way for mature leaders to step out of the shadow of perfectionism and control, and show that a full life includes wounds, but we must not hide it anymore, but make it part of our leadership, our voice, our identity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">The first edition of Leaders on Stage was in April 2025 (Bukarest); further editions were in december 2025 and 3 more editions are planned in Romenia in 2026; aside of Belgium and probably other countries as from 2027.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Evelyne Debeuckelaer<\/strong> &#8211; Coach, Trainer<\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Systemic coach for organisational &amp; leadership development in international settings, following a previous career in HR management. 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