the rockstars method
for engineering excellence
The Rockstars method is how we build engineering excellence: attract, grow and excel exceptional engineers with our clients.
What is the Rockstars method?
The Rockstars method is the foundation of Team Rockstars IT. It is our way of working in which craftsmanship, talent development and job happiness come together.
Our belief is simple: when engineers can excel, the best solutions are created for our customers. We believe in this so strongly that we captured our approach in the book The Rockstars Method.
Discover what happens when you radically put people #1.
who is the method for?
who is the method for?
First and foremost, the Rockstars method is the way we work at Team Rockstars IT. It is the basis on which our Rockstars (our engineers, scrum masters, product owners, architects) are selected, developed and supported so that they can excel with our customers.
At the same time, the Rockstars method is also a model for organizations that want to build stronger teams. In a world where talent is scarce and technology is increasingly important, the method helps leaders and organizations create an environment where people can grow, collaborate and deliver exceptional performance.
Using the Rockstars method, we built Team Rockstars IT into an organization of more than 700 engineers working on critical IT systems at leading organizations.
The Rockstars method in four steps
The rockstars method Yellow paper
What happens when you really put people first? In this yellow paper, Laurens Simonse and Raymond de Looze share the story behind the Rockstars method and how Team Rockstars IT is organized. With personal insights, practical examples and concrete lessons for organizations that want to build stronger teams.
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dna talk
Discover what it pays If you your people radically at #1 put.
Never has the job market been more challenging than now: labor shortages, high turnover, absenteeism records. Team Rockstars IT has managed to attract more than 600 talented people in a short time despite these difficult conditions. What is the secret? So what makes it appeal to so many young talents? And what can you do with that?
In an interactive DNA Talk, we share how we engage and retain people with the Rockstars Method. With great stories and examples, tough dilemmas and sometimes painful misses. Suitable for small groups, as well as larger gatherings, conferences, corporate events and other venues. With a content focus on what your audience is turned on to.
Added value
team session
The scale of Rockstars
Hold up a Rockstars mirror to yourself and see where you have the most to gain.
Discover where your company stands on the “Scale of Rockstars”: a powerful team session. Can also be combined with an inspiring keynote. Where are your organization’s challenges? Where do you have the most to gain? How many characteristics of a Rockstars organization do you have? And what can you do to take concrete steps toward that? This unique offering, carefully prepared and executed by Double-OO with support from Team Rockstars IT, brings challenge, team development and inspiration. This program is suitable for groups ranging from 5-10 to a maximum of 25-30 people. Perfect for MT, board, management, business teams or HR teams.
Added value
100-day program
Core values to the workplace
Bring your organization's core values to everyday work practices.
Core values are an important aspect of a strong culture. But how do you make sure the people in your organization know what the core values are? That those are worn? And that people actually act on it in the many dilemmas of daily work practice? Because until people do something with it on a regular business day, it's just some pretty empty words on a website.
Bring core values to life in your organization with lessons from the Rockstars Method, facilitated by Double-OO. In a 100-day program from words on the website to concrete actions in line with widely held core values. Want to know how? Feel free to ask us.
Added value
rockstar certified program
This intensive people strategy program, delivered by Double-OO with support from Team Rockstars IT as needed, is a catalyst for fundamental change in your organization. It offers a path to a fundamentally different relationship with your people. With more impact, more job happiness and better results. The program requires commitment from top management and has a minimum duration of one year. It is most valuable for companies with at least 100 employees, specifically in secondment, business services and other sectors where people are the organization's most important asset.
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about the authors
Laurens Simonse
Born and raised in Zeeland, Laurens Simonse has brought his unique flair to business, combining his deep passion for entrepreneurship with his expert knowledge of the world of technology and recruitment. He is the founder of the renowned Laurens Simonse Group, also known as LSG, an organization that brings together talent and companies to create innovative solutions that push boundaries and shift paradigms.
Simonse's philosophy is based on people and their potential, and he has proven himself a true leader, inspiring with his unwavering commitment to facilitating growth and creating opportunities. His drive and forward-thinking vision have helped him build a network of successful companies that have made an impact in their respective industries.
His contributions to the business world have brought not only business success, but also recognition from his peers. He is a mentor, a visionary, and perhaps most importantly, a role model for young entrepreneurs pursuing the dreams he once had for himself.
raymond de looze
Raymond de Looze (1976) is a business administrator and lawyer who, after an international career in the field of complex reorganizations, turned to his true passion: people strategy. About the relationship between organizations and their people, and their development. He challenges critical self-examination with simple words and humor. From sharp observations, he sometimes confronts firmly, but in a pleasant way.
He debuted his first book on personal development, DIY Guru, in 2020. Less than 10 months later, his second book was published: How to Become the Best Version of Yourself - and Why You Especially Shouldn't Want to. His third book, co-written with Laurens Simonse, The Rockstars Method, will be published in September 2023.
In addition to being a writer, he is co-founder of Double-OO, which helps organizations make the greatest possible positive impact on their people. He has a special talent for bringing together the hard side (data, processes, euros) and soft side (connection, trust, commitment). In his view, both are crucial to a successful, sustainable organization that can make a real impact on people. He fills his free time with sports, cooking, theater, music and travel. He has a fondness for Romance languages.
Raymond always vetoes out of curiosity. The desire to unravel how an organization or person is put together. He and Laurens did the same for Team Rockstars IT.
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