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[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row bg_type=”bg_color” bg_override=”full” css=”.vc_custom_1485567799380{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 100px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}” bg_color_value=”#f2f2f2″][vc_column width=”1/12″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”5/6″][ultimate_heading main_heading=”Hugh van Praet” main_heading_color=”#333333″ sub_heading_color=”#666666″ alignment=”left” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:36px;” main_heading_line_height=”desktop:48px;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:22px;” sub_heading_line_height=”desktop:36px;” main_heading_style=”font-weight:bold;” main_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:20px;” margin_design_tab_text=””]My name is Hugh van Praet, Principal at Guiding Progress. I like to say that I found my professional purpose in helping individuals and businesses elevate their performance.
Like most people, I started off doing what I was “told” to do: go to school, get an education and most importantly, get a good job. Well, I did all, and I am thankful to have done it too.
But after several years as a sales executive with companies such as Oracle, IBM, and smaller high-tech start-ups. I felt I was not fulfilling my purpose; I felt I had more in me, and that’s the reason I decided to create my own path on December 27th, 2016.
I decided to move to another country, something I always wanted to do. As that was not enough, I also took my destiny into my own hands as an entrepreneur.
It’s been an awesome journey with both victories and setbacks — one which has led me to what I am doing today with lots of excitement and pride.
Why the excitement, because clients with whom I work fuel me this energy. Why pride; because my corporate clients see a dramatic improvement in their team alignment; entrepreneurs and business leaders develop their wellbeing and productivity.
They are my best references next to the fact that I was very honoured, blessed and excited to be awarded the Vivian Prokop Mirchandani mentorship prize in 2019, this out of 3,000 skilled Futurpreneur mentors.
As a native English, French and Dutch speaker, with working proficiency in German and Spanish, I enjoy doing different types of sports, discovering the world and learning about other cultures.
Last but not least, I am a proud father; my daughter is a graduate of Imperial College in London, and my son is finishing his masters at Louvain la Neuve in Belgium. They are the reason I returned back to Belgium in March 2020 after 3 incredible years in Canada.[/ultimate_heading][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/12″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row bg_type=”image” parallax_style=”vcpb-vz-jquery” bg_image_new=”id^10784|url^http://unico.evatheme.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/slider-bg11.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^slider-bg11|description^null” bg_image_repeat=”no-repeat” parallax_sense=”50″ bg_override=”full” css=”.vc_custom_1485604210551{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 120px !important;padding-bottom: 150px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][ult_content_box box_shadow=”horizontal:px|vertical:px|blur:px|spread:px|color:#f7f7f7|style:none|” margin=”margin:0px;” hover_box_shadow=”horizontal:px|vertical:px|blur:px|spread:px|color:#f7f7f7|style:none|” bg_color=”#ffffff” padding=”padding:50px;”][ultimate_heading main_heading=”EXPERIENCE” main_heading_color=”#333333″ sub_heading_color=”rgba(51,51,51,0.65)” spacer=”icon_only” icon=”Evatheme-Icon-Fonts-thin-0154_ok_successful_check” icon_size=”48″ icon_color=”rgba(51,51,51,0.35)” main_heading_font_family=”font_family:Montserrat|font_call:Montserrat” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:18px;” main_heading_line_height=”desktop:18px;” sub_heading_font_family=”font_family:Lora|font_call:Lora” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:16px;” sub_heading_line_height=”desktop:26px;” spacer_margin=”margin-bottom:20px;” main_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:30px;”]Sales Leadership roles, helping sales teams, mentoring-coaching growth-minded people.[/ultimate_heading][/ult_content_box][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][ult_content_box box_shadow=”horizontal:px|vertical:px|blur:px|spread:px|color:#f7f7f7|style:none|” margin=”margin:0px;” hover_box_shadow=”horizontal:px|vertical:px|blur:px|spread:px|color:#f7f7f7|style:none|” bg_color=”#ffffff” padding=”padding:50px;”][ultimate_heading main_heading=”LANGUAGES” main_heading_color=”#333333″ sub_heading_color=”rgba(51,51,51,0.65)” spacer=”icon_only” icon=”Evatheme-Icon-Fonts-thin-0663_like_thumb_up_vote” icon_size=”48″ icon_color=”rgba(51,51,51,0.35)” main_heading_font_family=”font_family:Montserrat|font_call:Montserrat” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:18px;” main_heading_line_height=”desktop:18px;” sub_heading_font_family=”font_family:Lora|font_call:Lora” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:16px;” sub_heading_line_height=”desktop:26px;” spacer_margin=”margin-bottom:20px;” main_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:30px;”]Fluent in English, French and Dutch. Conversational German and Spanish.[/ultimate_heading][/ult_content_box][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][ult_content_box box_shadow=”horizontal:px|vertical:px|blur:px|spread:px|color:#f7f7f7|style:none|” margin=”margin:0px;” hover_box_shadow=”horizontal:px|vertical:px|blur:px|spread:px|color:#f7f7f7|style:none|” bg_color=”#ffffff” padding=”padding:50px;”][ultimate_heading main_heading=”INTEGRITY” main_heading_color=”#333333″ sub_heading_color=”rgba(51,51,51,0.65)” spacer=”icon_only” icon=”Evatheme-Icon-Fonts-thin-0658_cup_place_winner_award_prize_achievement” icon_size=”48″ icon_color=”rgba(51,51,51,0.35)” main_heading_font_family=”font_family:Montserrat|font_call:Montserrat” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:18px;” main_heading_line_height=”desktop:18px;” sub_heading_font_family=”font_family:Lora|font_call:Lora” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:18px;” sub_heading_line_height=”desktop:28px;” spacer_margin=”margin-bottom:20px;” main_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:30px;”]Honest, approachable, empathetic, and non-judgemental.[/ultimate_heading][/ult_content_box][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1575525705366{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”12322″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”13592″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”12633″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row bg_type=”image” parallax_style=”vcpb-vz-jquery” bg_image_new=”id^10776|url^http://unico.evatheme.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/slider-bg3.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^slider-bg3|description^null” bg_image_repeat=”no-repeat” parallax_sense=”50″ bg_override=”full” css=”.vc_custom_1485616182509{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: -80px !important;padding-top: 80px !important;padding-bottom: 80px !important;}”][vc_column][ultimate_heading main_heading=”Want to Move Forward in Your Life or Business? ” main_heading_color=”#ffffff” sub_heading_color=”#666666″ main_heading_font_size=”desktop:24px;” main_heading_line_height=”desktop:36px;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:22px;” sub_heading_line_height=”desktop:36px;” main_heading_style=”font-weight:bold;”][/ultimate_heading][ult_buttons btn_title=”Work wth Me” btn_link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fguidingprogress.com%2Fservices|||” btn_align=”ubtn-center” btn_title_color=”#ffffff” btn_bg_color=”” btn_hover=”ubtn-fade-bg” btn_title_color_hover=”#ffffff” icon_size=”32″ btn_icon_pos=”ubtn-sep-icon-at-left” btn_border_style=”solid” btn_color_border=”rgba(255,255,255,0.65)” btn_color_border_hover=”#483dd3″ btn_border_size=”3″ btn_radius=”30″ btn_font_family=”font_family:Montserrat|font_call:Montserrat” btn_font_size=”desktop:12px;” btn_line_height=”desktop:20px;” btn_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” css_adv_btn=”.vc_custom_1502951748219{margin-top: 20px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row]