Speaker

Bart Ghysels is the founder and director of CAP10, a project and program management firm in the Netherlands. His work focuses on placing experienced project managers in complex R&D and industrialization initiatives, bringing a program leadership lens relevant to large-scale delivery and execution across organizations that need specialized project leadership fast. Over five years building CAP10, he has aligned organizations with the right project leadership while also investing in personal development coaching to strengthen his own delivery. A PMI partner and five-year Toastmasters member, Bart served as Area Director for Toastmasters International's District 59, and that speaking background, paired with his coaching work, shapes the clear, engaging, storytelling-based style he brings to his sessions, grounded in real-world project experience.

 

Steering the Future of Growth What if the biggest lever for project performance is not tighter control, but motivation? Bart Ghysels explores this question in his session, "Steering the Future of Growth". This grounded, practical session shows how project leaders, working through temporary teams, high pressure, and limited formal authority, can turn everyday execution into an engine for sustainable energy and progress at the personal, team, and organizational level, offering fresh perspectives and actionable insights on leading through influence rather than hierarchy. Drawing on real project cases, Bart shows how intrinsic motivators such as purpose, growth, and belonging can be activated to build momentum, ownership, and psychological safety, and shares practical techniques for clarifying purpose, involving teams in planning, celebrating quick wins, and adapting leadership to individual motivations. An interactive case discussion then challenges participants to diagnose a low engagement scenario and identify concrete steps to rebuild trust, commitment, and performance. The session positions motivation as a strategic capability, one that equips project leaders to steer growth in their people, their projects, and their organizations.

 

Learning goals summary:

• Understand that it's not just about tightening control, it's about activating the intrinsic motivation that already drives high-performing teams.
• Empower project leaders to see limited formal authority not as a constraint but as an opportunity to build purpose, sustain momentum, and strengthen psychological safety.
• Apply practical techniques for clarifying purpose, involving teams in planning, and celebrating quick wins to strengthen everyday motivation.
• Diagnose a low engagement scenario and identify concrete steps to rebuild trust, commitment, and performance.
• Commit to one motivation driven leadership behavior to apply directly in your own project environment.