About Bart
Bart is entrepreneurial, customer-focused, and results-oriented. He founded SalesQuarters in 2022. Prior to that, he worked for over 10 years at Career Openers, including 6 years as co-owner and Managing Partner. As a headhunter, he collaborated closely with multinationals such as Ahold, Philips, and L’Oréal, as well as with private equity firms and family businesses. He studied business administration and holds a PhD in sales management. He is a part-time Assistant Professor at RSM Erasmus University, where he publishes on topics including leadership in sales.
In his free time, Bart enjoys playing the saxophone.
Experience
- '22 Founder, SalesQuarters
- '16 Managing Partner, Career Openers
- '11 Sr. Consultant, Career Openers
- '09 Assistant Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam
- '03 Lecturer, Erasmus University Rotterdam
- '99 Internship Global Sales, Elsevier Science
- '97 Working Student Sales, Hans Verkerk Keukens
Education
- PhD in Sales Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam
- MSc in Marketing, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Published Work
Management Book
- Dietz, B. & Beelen, R. (2018). "Attracting Top Talent." Boom Publishers.
Published Articles
- Waltré, E., Dietz, B., & van Knippenberg, D. (2023). Leadership shaping social comparison to improve performance: A field experiment. The Leadership Quarterly, 34(5), 101720.
- Dietz, B., van Knippenberg, D., Hirst, G., & Restubog, S. (2015). Outperforming whom? A multi-level study of performance-prove goal orientation, performance, and the moderating role of shared team identification. Journal of Applied Psychology, 100(6), 1811-1824.
- Evans, K. R., McFarland, R. G., Dietz, B., & Jaramillo, F. (2012). Advancing Sales Performance Research: A Focus on Five Under-Researched Topic Areas. Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management, 31(1), 89-106.
- Verbeke, W., Dietz, B., & Verwaal, E. (2011). Drivers of Sales Performance: A Contemporary Meta-Analysis. Have salespeople become knowledge brokers? Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 39(3), 407-428. [Winner of the American Marketing Association "Excellence in Sales Research" award].
- Verbeke, W., Belschak, F. D., Bakker, A., & Dietz, B. (2008). When intelligence is (dys)functional for achieving sales performance. Journal of Marketing, 72(4), 44-57.
