The Personal Business Plan - A blueprint for running your life
(Wiley 2013)
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Ebook
SUCCESS and HAPPINESS
The trilogy's second book explores how to achieve SUCCESS and HAPPINESS while juggling professional and personal life. It is a blueprint for running your life.
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The content of The Personal Business Plan
The Personal Business Plan has 10 chapters.
1. What Is My Situation?
Synthesize your personal Four-Leaf Clover.
2. How Can I Thrive?
Carry out the Heaven and Hell Exercise – a definition of your life anchors.
3. When Do I Perform at My Best?
Calibrate your career perspective and map your Functional Conditions.
4. What Energizes Me?
Perform your personal SWOT analysis – manage your strengths and weaknesses.
5. Where Am I on My Personal Journey?
Determine your current platform in life through a Life Phase Analysis.
6. How Do I Become Happy?
Find out what you are looking for? The concept of Happiness 360.
7. How Do I Reinvent Myself?
Make some hard choices. No such thing as a free lunch!
8. How Do I Differentiate Myself from Others?
Don’t compete with others – make them irrelevant – compete only with yourself.
9. What Is My Personal Business Plan?
Understand yourself crystal clear – you now have a life guide for your continuous reinvention.
10. What Have I Learned?
Experience the strength of Scenario Writing. Reflect, document and act as the next natural step.
What our readers say
Britt Meelby Jensen
CEO, Ambu A/S, and board member, Novo Holdings A/SI am much clearer about my priorities and “mission” in life, which makes me more comfortable in making choices. I think many senior executives could benefit from The Personal Business Plan.
Charlotte Wordenskjold Nørregaard-Ettle
Finance Director, AmcorStephen was my coach and dedicated mentor for 12 months when I happened to be ‘in-between corporate roles’ in Bangkok. I was exposed to the PBP concept, which is absolutely brilliant.
Gary Burnison
CEO, Korn FerryThe Personal Business Plan provides a genuine blueprint to drive individual transformational development and overall career success.
Henrik Rosendahl
Chairman & Owner, Rosendahl Design Group A/SThe Personal Business Plan was a deep and life-changing personal journey for me.
Hui Wang Christiansen
Value Realization Manager, Technology Finance, A.P. Moller - MaerskThe online PBP Toolkit brought me to a state of clarity. The PBP process is both hard work and great fun — and its transformational effect is amazing.
Jesper Nygard
CEO, RealdaniaStephen is probably the most skilled and profound conversational partner I know in my professional life. I can highly recommend Stephen – as a writer, as a speaker, and as a personal coach.
Lasse Rich Henningsen
CEO, House of Music, and Chairperson, Nordic Concert HallsThe Personal Business Plan transformed me into a new man and a better leader!
Lise Agerley Kürstein
Head of Communications, Copenhagen Airport A/SWhen you have a busy day, you often forget to stop and notice what makes you happy. Stephen has helped me clarify what matters in my life.
Mads Ulrik Pedersen
Owner and CEO, Nordic Greens A/S & Founder, Scandinavian Cannabis A/SStephen is an incredible coach. He was excellent at understanding my priorities and helping me set the best course of action.
Mathias Gredal Nørvig
CEO, SYBOStephen Bruyant-Langer is a wise man. His experience, wit, and challenging questions helped me mature as a leader.
Thomas Jul
CEO, Inpay A/SThe Personal Business Plan lifted the bar significantly for what I expect to achieve in the 2nd half of my career as well as in my life.
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Privacy Director, WundermanThe deep dive exercises in the online Toolkit open a room for reflection and creation of a strategic direction in your life.
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The Personal Business Plan is more than a book. It is a full personal development system that also includes our Toolkit and Executive Coaching. The combination of the three formats makes for the ideal pedagogical process. It successively refines and synthesizes your ideas and turns them into action.
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Melinda Weston
Melbourne, AustraliaMelinda is our PBP partner in Australia. She runs her own consultancy business in career coaching and outplacement, creating clarity and direction for her clients.
Francis De Bie
Kortrijk, BelgiumBuilding on 30+ years of global business experience, Francis advises organizations on personal development and leadership and guides leaders towards aspirational goals.
Anne Mette Stougaard
Copenhagen, DenmarkEmbracing new technology, dentist Anne Mette is passionate about how the mouth is connected to the rest of the body. She is a trusted advisor, speaker, and coach for dental professionals, clinics, and healthcare companies.
Rajeev Bhadauria
New Delhi, IndiaRajeev Bhadauria is our PBP Partner in India. He runs his own consultancy business in New Delhi after 30+ years as an HR executive. Rajeev works in English, Hindi, and Urdu.
Stephen Bruyant-Langer
Copenhagen, DenmarkStephen is the father of The Personal Business Plan. He has successfully transformed thousands of lives through his unique coaching system.
Ulrik Langermann
Copenhagen, DenmarkUlrik builds organizational and leadership strength in local and global companies in his consultancy company Valesco (‘Grow Stronger’).
Ulrikke Olufsen
Copenhagen, DenmarkUlrikke is an experienced ICF accredited business coach with a strong background as an HR professional and a passion for scale-ups and founders.
Olivier S.E. Courtois
Brussels, Paris, London, DubaiOlivier is a CEO Advisor, author, speaker, and executive coach for executives and top teams. He has global leadership experience on five continents and works in five languages.
Lena Beck Roervig
New York City, USA Cannes, France Copenhagen, DenmarkLena runs her own consultancy company, based in New York, Cannes, and Copenhagen. She works with executives across industries worldwide.
Mikkel Gradert
Copenhagen, DenmarkMikkel runs his own performance coaching company in Copenhagen, focusing on individual performance coaching and organizational changes.
Rune Sorensen
Aarhus, DenmarkRune is a headhunter and advisor for top executives and board members.
Tomas Bruun
Copenhagen, Denmark Boston, USATomas is our first PBP Partner in North America. He has worked with the PBP founders since 2012.
Kurt Mikkelsen
Hobro, Denmark Oslo, NorwayKurt is an economist, businessman, and ICF-certified coach. He has life-long experience in making his employees and clients reach their highest potential, especially in demanding times.