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Rens Loon, van

Rens van Loon

prof.dr.

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1830-921X

Accepting PhD Students

1986 …2020

Research activity per year

Personal profile

Research interests

The work of prof. Van Loon  extends the concepts of Dialogical Self Theory, developed by the Dutch psychologist Hubert Hermans, to the leadership of organizations, drawing on social constructionism by the American psychologist Ken Gergen and the leadership framework of British academic Keith Grint and the Japanese psychologist Masayoshi Morioka. 

Van Loon will work in the vanguard of combining practice and theory, focusing primarily on supervising PhD students and reflective practitioners through their research into leadership.

 

Career

Tilburg University

2015-present:Professor of Dialogical Leadership at the School of Humanities and Digital Sciences. Philosophy; Ethics of Profession and Organization

International Leadership Association

2015-present:Board member and Treasurer.
Profile: Membership Committee

Deloitte Consulting

2009-2018: Director Human Capital, Culture, Leadership and Learning 
profile: Leadership Expert 
 
Right Management

2005- 2009: Location manager Velp office
Member of the Holland Management Team
Chairman of the Dutch Leadership Team

Right-ADC

2002-2005: Director, specialized in leadership development

ADC (Assessment & Development Consult)

2000-2002:Partner, dedicated to Innovation

1998-2000:Partner, location manager Velp office

1996-1998:Senior-consultant Arnhem office 

AMRA Consult & R&R Beheer B.V.

1992-2011: Director-owner AMRA-consultancy for applying Self Confrontation Method (ZKM) in organizations, with Roos Bos 

Foundation Valuation Theory & Self Confrontation Method

1991-1996: Manager, principal lecturer and supervisor of the W&Z courses (Nijmegen)

Radboud University Nijmegen,

1987-1992:Scientific researcher and lecturer in the Psychology Faculty, Department Clinical & Personality Psychology. 
 
Healthcare Institutes of Higher Education

1986-1992: Part-time jobs as a teacher
Psychology and Medical Ethics for the Institute of Higher Education for Surgeon Assistants in Bennekom Religious views VERA school in Arnhem 
 
Han Fortmann Centrum Nijmegen

1982-1986: Member of Staff, dedicated to developing the relation with the Radboud University

 

External positions

Consultancy in leadership services (&Dialogue)

1 Mar 2018 → …

Board member (International Leadership Association)

1 Jan 2015 → 31 Dec 2019

Keywords

  • Change Management
  • Leadership
  • Theory Of Dialogue

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education
  2. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

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