Since I started working with Cris Van Cleemput, he has given me powerful tools, one of the most impactful being his book “The Taker Code.” These tools helped me realize that achieving your dreams means refusing mediocrity and choosing to bring out the very best in yourself. When I started giving my best to the world, I noticed others around me were inspired to raise their own standards and improve their lives. As an artist, especially in Belgium, criticism can be overwhelming. Today, I know my skill level is high, but talent alone is not enough. It’s about claiming your place in the world and sustaining it with continuous motivation. The Taker Code gave me exactly that kind of drive and clarity. Through Cris’s coaching, I’ve already seen incredible results: open support from museum founders, growing credibility with art critics and top galleries, and amazing new exhibition opportunities. I am deeply grateful to Cris for helping me build an unshakable conviction, one that allows me to look forward with peace of mind and excitement to all the wonderful experiences still to come in the world of art.

Cris is our trusted partner to train all our consultants in various domains such as project management, communication, customer focus and presentation skills. Cris and Ginette not only master the different subiects but are also passionate to transfer their knowledge in an engaging and interactive way and with a lot of attention to our specific target audience. Cris also regularly advises us about our training programs and coaching approach. It is always very inspiring to exchange ideas with them and to draw on their vast experience. I can summarize then as highly professional, inspiring, high quality and very pleasant to work with!

The best way to describe Cris’s approach is Blunt Empathy. He steps fully into your world, understanding your challenges with patience and compassion, but when you’ve stayed too long in victimhood, he challenges you. He calls out the patterns you keep repeating and pushes you toward a growth mindset. Cris balances kindness with tough love, giving you not what you want to hear but exactly what you need. His direct, caring feedback has been transformative for me, helping me strengthen self-love and self-esteem, the foundations for feeling anchored and truly successful. He gives the kind of honest, life-changing feedback you’d expect only from a true friend. That is how it felt to me.

After living abroad for 20 years, I returned to my home country, only to feel like a stranger in a familiar land. Fear crept in, and I questioned whether I had made the right decision. Around the same time, I took the leap into entrepreneurship and was faced with challenge after challenge. Reading The Taker Code, authored by Cris opened my eyes. I began to see clearly who were Givers, who were Takers, and which situations were disempowering me. I learned not just to face fear, but to dissolve it. The book also revealed my own patterns of self-sabotage and taught me how to break them. Even when others tried to pull me back into their status quo, I stood my ground and kept moving forward, step by step. Working closely with Cris gave me more freedom as an entrepreneur, along with courage, focus, and an unshakable will. Cris’s coaching delivers amazing results, and The Taker Code still supports my journey of self-discovery today. Best of all — my creativity now makes money!

Over the years, Cris has worked with me across several organizations I lead. He has a rare ability to read complex situations, guide teams through necessary change, and defuse conflicts before they escalate. Cris presents facts clearly and describes emotions in simple, non-threatening language, creating a safe foundation for productive change. Speaking as a client: Cris delivers outstanding value for money, and I fully intend to continue this highly fruitful collaboration.

Instead of pretending — I am. Instead of acting as if — I truly live success and self-empowerment, deep from within. Thanks to Cris, I now have a powerful set of tools I can use anytime, anywhere, completely independent of him. These tools awaken something strong within me, and that is what makes working with Cris so unique. Working with Cris is a bold, thorough way to create change and achieve goals quickly and effectively. You can wait with the crowd for success to arrive by chance. You can keep pretending. Or you can work with Cris, gain your own tailor-made toolkit, and become the driving force of your life. Cris delivers outstanding results.