Paul’s knowledge base

What Paul draws on — his own work

Every reflection, impulse and chat answer is grounded in Paul’s own writing — nothing is made up. Here is what powers it today:

Books · 20

1997–2026

1997
Creative Life Planning
The 1997 original: discover your calling and develop your potential — professionally and privately. The classic that later grew into Creative Life Planning 3.0.
Dutch — sold outGerman — sold outEnglish — sold out
2001
Power Check
With Michaela Kast: how teens and twentysomethings find the career that truly fits them — through their strengths and weaknesses, with questionnaires and workshops.
German — sold out
2001
The Leader as Coach
A hands-on handbook on challenging and encouraging your people — with competency workshops to discover your own leadership style.
Dutch — buy at xpand.oneGerman
2003
One-2-be
Written with Janny Budding: a career-choice workbook for young people — a five-step plan to discover who you are, your talents and what drives you.
Dutch — sold out
2005
The Authentic Leader
Part 1 of the Healthy Leadership series: who you are as a person determines your impact as a leader — with workshops, tests and self-coaching for competence and character.
Dutch — sold outGerman — sold out
2007
The Inspiring Leader
Part 2 of Healthy Leadership: how inspiring leaders bring out the best in people — along five growth themes of servant leadership.
Dutch — buy at xpand.one
2010
Healthy Leadership in the Church
With co-author Jaap Ketelaar: a practical workbook to assess and strengthen a church community's leadership structure — biblical principles and serving, healthy leadership hand in hand.
Dutch — buy at xpand.one
2011
Appreciation – The Inspiring Power of Mutual Respect
With Anselm Grün: appreciation as a way of living — accepting each person as they are and actually putting that respect into words. Impulses for a culture of encounter, at home and at work.
German — buy at amazon.de
2012
Mastery
With goldsmith Chris Sommer: a journey through 3,000 years of mastery and the guilds — five growth phases from apprentice to grandmaster of your craft.
Dutch — buy at xpand.one English — buy at onewelt.net
2015
Resilience
With Willeke Herwig: why resilient people live healthier and perform better — and how to build resilience that keeps stress and burnout at bay.
Dutch — buy at xpand.one English — buy at xpand.one German — buy at onewelt.net Hungarian — buy at persolog.hu Romanian — buy at persolog.ro
2015
Valuable and Effective Leadership
With Johannes Hüger: value-centered leadership that balances people and results — five dimensions along seven leadership principles, with a self-assessment and exercises.
German — buy at onewelt.net
2017
CEO 4.0 – The Journal
A multi-year journal for leaders in a VUCA world: a toolbox of fifteen essential CEO qualities, each with hands-on training tools.
English — buy at xpand.one
2017
Creative Life Planning 3.0
The fully reworked 3.0 edition of Paul's life-planning classic: discover your passion, potential and perspective and plan life in five-year horizons.
Dutch — buy at xpand.one German — buy at onewelt.net English — buy at xpand.one Romanian — buy at kerigma.roHungarian
2018
Appreciation
Appreciation is one of the greatest gifts you can give: what it yields — and how to build a culture of appreciation at home and at work.
Dutch — buy at xpand.oneEnglish
2020
Design Your Business
With Cias P. Ferreira: entrepreneurship as a craft you can learn — five building blocks toward an innovative business plan that fits like a glove.
Dutch — buy at xpand.one English — buy at xpand.one
2021
Mastery 4.0
An inspiring guide to your career development: map your talents and dreams and climb the mastery ladder — while keeping a healthy work-life balance.
Dutch — buy at xpand.one English — buy at xpand.one
2023
Power – The Freedom to Serve
With Florence de Leyritz: a roadmap for wielding power in a serving way — discover your leadership style and design power-healthy structures for high-trust organisations.
English — buy at xpand.one
2024
The High-Trust Organisation
Seven elements for anchoring a culture of trust: from clear expectations and constructive feedback to trustworthy leadership.
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2025
50 Years of Leadership
Half a century of leadership practice in seven core themes: valuable leadership always creates value — for customers, for your people and for yourself.
Dutch — buy at xpand.one
2026
Leading from the Middle
On leading from the middle of the organisation: giving direction proactively as a midfielder — between top management, peers and your own team.
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