We explore what happens when being good with people matters as much as being good at policy.

Explore the Brussels workplace toolkit

Practical tools, guides, self-assessments, and insights for professionals and people managers navigating work in Brussels.

Leadership & Management

How can EU bosses do better?

What professionals told us they need from their managers, based on our listening sessions across Brussels.

Let me see what they had to say

A self-assessment designed to help managers reflect on their leadership style and identify opportunities to improve.

Am I a toxic boss?!

I want to give this a shot

Career & Workplace Navigation

Red flags during interviews

Learn how to spot warning signs before accepting a new role.

Tell me before I get the job

Game plan for dealing with difficult workplaces

Practical guidance for recognising unhealthy workplace dynamics and understanding your options.

Take me to the steps

Tools to help you have more productive conversations with managers, colleagues, and teams.

Conversation starters

Yes, I need this

What makes a workplace toxic?

Workplace Culture

Understanding the behaviours, systems, and leadership habits that create unhealthy environments.

I'd rather not know, but let me find out

Spotting the warning signs

Recognise common indicators of burnout, disengagement, exclusion, and poor management.

Go ahead, tell me

Future of Work

The future of careers in Brussels 2035

Insights from recruiters, leaders, and professionals on how careers are changing.

Tell me before I get the job

AI, hybrid work & workplace culture

Exploring how technology is reshaping expectations of leadership, performance, and wellbeing.

Coming soon

Research & Observations

What we're hearing

Themes emerging from our interviews, listening sessions, events, and community conversations.

Coming soon

Brussels workplace insights

Articles, interviews, and observations about leadership, careers, management, and culture in the Brussels bubble.

Located in the heart of European power, Brussels often grapples with toxic work cultures and leadership styles that compromise respect, integrity and the mental health of those working here.

The issue

A Better Brussels seeks to break this norm by raising awareness, centralising resources such as workshops and leadership training, creating space for open discussions, and providing self-help for those perpetuating these dynamics.

By partnering with different actors in Brussels policy-making space, we aim to help those affected, seeing if we can make Brussels workplace cultures less toxic in a way that every professional feels respected and empowered.

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