Choose Work
Choose Work
Podcast Description
I’m Heidi, Founder of Heidi Coaching & Training. This podcast delivers practical career tips, inspiring stories, and expert insights to help you make thoughtful decisions about your career and workplace.
Each episode focuses on one specific work-related theme, explored in-depth over multiple episodes through interviews with Dutch or English-speaking experts or individuals with firsthand experience.
This podcast provides answers to questions like:
* How can I find work that aligns with my personality, talents, and values?
* How can employers promote Diversity & Inclusion in the workplace?
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast covers various themes surrounding career development, including finding work that aligns with personal values and talents, promoting Diversity & Inclusion in the workplace, and entrepreneurial inspiration. For example, episodes include topics like 'Giftedness in the Workplace,' as discussed by Dr. Sabine Sypré, and practical advice for managing personal finances while building a meaningful career.
Hosted by Heidi – coach, expert in giftedness, and mindfulness teacher – this podcast delivers practical career tips, inspiring stories, and expert insights — empowering you to make thoughtful choices about your career and workplace.
In each episode, I explore a work-related topic together with a leading expert, or someone with firsthand experience.
Frans Corten (63) is a career coach who has worked with gifted adults for more than 25 years. He is also the author of Exceptional Talent: A Guide for the Gifted, the Inventors andOther Birds of a Rare Feather, and has co-authored several articles on giftedness in the workplace.
In this episode, Frans shares his personal story as a highly gifted person, including his experience of discovering that he is gayat 18. He reflects on (high) giftedness, the emancipation of gifted people and LGBTQIA+ parallels, identity, authenticity,career detours, autonomy, and finding— and creating — your own path.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Introduction
01:40 Meet Frans Corten: career coach for (highly) giftedadults and author
03:44 Growing up highly gifted: “For me, it’s not interesting at all. It’s Just How I Am.”
11:35 Discovering he is gay at 18: “My life started after that moment.”
14:50 The emancipation of gifted people & parallels with the LGBTQIA+ community
23:20 Profiling yourself and tuning in to others
26:30 How gifted people can blossom: Focus on what you like to do.
29:20 “Sometimes the Shortest Way Is a Detour” — Rethinking Career Choices
32:00 Autonomy, self-employment & giftedness in the workplace
36:40 The story behind his book Exceptional Talent
40:30 High Giftedness: indicators, complicated childhoods & making meaning of your past
46:30 “Don’t adapt, tune in” — Authenticity, finding your peers & letting yourself shine
54:40 Who is Exceptional Talent for? Helping gifted people build better careers
55:50 “Dare” — Creating your own path & following your heart
57:10 Where to Learn More About Frans Corten and his book
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References
– Nauta, N., & Corten, F. (2002). Gifted Adults in Work. Link: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319068968_Gifted_adults_in_work
– Transformation Game: https://innerlinks.com/
– Choose Work episodes #2 and #12 with Dr Noks Nauta
– Mensa: www.mensa.org
– Triple Nine Society (TNS): www.triplenine.org
– Rianne van de Ven
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Support the podcast
– If you enjoy Choose Work, you can support it with a small voluntary contribution (even the price of a coffee) via Buy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/choosework
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Frans Corten and his book:
– Website: https://uitzonderlijktalent.nl/ (Dutch) + http://exceptionaltalent.eu/ (English)
– Book: Exceptional Talent: A guide for the gifted, the inventorsand other birds of a rare feather
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For show notes, please visit heididelanghe.com/podcast
For feedback or suggestions for topics or guests, email me at [email protected]
Contact Heidi – Coach • Expert in Giftedness • Mindfulness Teacher:
– Book a free discovery call at heididelanghe.com/contact
– Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/heididelanghe
– Instagram: instagram.com/heididelanghe.coaching/
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Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the host. The conversations are intended for informational purposes and do not constitute professional, psychological, or career advice.
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