Gabriël Anthonio is part-time professor in Leadership and Change Management at the Stenden University in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands. Since January 2006, he is chairman of the board of directors of Jeugdhulp Friesland. He has held various management positions including director of a forensic psychiatric hospital and director of a judicial treatment centre for youth. His PhD thesis, The Humanisation of a Judicial Organisation: Human values as guiding principles for organizational changes, was published in 2006. Correspondence to: Gabriël Anthonio, Professor of Leadership and Change Management, Stenden University, Post Office Box 1298, 8900 CG Leeuwarden, the Netherlands. E-mail: gabriel.anthonio@stenden.com / www.stenden.com