At DADDY KATE, all team leaders are evaluated anonymously by their team members. Every year we ask the same 40 questions and measure whether progress is being made or not. It is not an exam, but a way to start a conversation about the functioning...
Within 100 years, we want to still be there as an independent family business. Ambitious? Perhaps. But you could also call it a radical long-term vision. A vision that focuses not so much on short-term turnover, growth or profit, but rather on creating a strong...
BUSINESS - While talking to CEO Thijs Claes of Daddy Kate of Sint-Pieters-Leeuw (Belgium), it is immediately striking with what openness Claes talks about his company. And within that, it is particularly striking that 20% of the net company profit is distributed annually to all...
If a company achieves good results, everyone can enjoy it. Sounds logical, doesn't it? That's why at DADDY KATE we share 20% of our profits equally among all employees. The Belgian government supports this initiative through CLA 90 (collective bargaining agreement), so that as an...
"The more autonomously employees make decisions, the more engaged they are and the more ownership they feel of the company" Radical transparency and a participative collaboration model where employees decide on investments and recruitment is the hr strategy of Thijs Claes, ceo of printing company Daddy...
Fast innovating in print The theme Fast Forward in Print already gave it away: the print shop of the future is looking ahead and moving fast with innovation. People, automation and sustainability were the recurring topics during The Congress, with innovation as the connecting factor. Jos Steutelings,...
In this special series of the Trends Podcast, we explore what the CEO of the future should look like. The basis for this series is an online survey that Trends conducted in collaboration with PwC. In the following episodes, we test the conclusions against some...
Daddy Kate, a family-run printing company in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw with 125 employees, is a maverick in its sector. Long-term vision, autonomy, transparency and trust are at the heart of the company's culture. "Clear and fast internal communication makes these principles tangible for our employees," says CEO...
According to Thijs Claes, the CEO of Daddy Kate and a member of the second generation of the family business, acquisitions are the only way to grow structurally. His direct hr approach, radical transparency and participative collaboration model lead to engaged employees. THIJS CLAES "Everything we...
Posing boldly in front of the lens. Or with a goofy mouth. They were clearly in the mood. By 'them' we mean Mats, Ella, Amber, Ise and Stan. The five oldest Claes descendants of the third generation. Thursday, July 1, 2021. The first day of summer...
