Your best people are functioning. They're not thriving.
They hit their targets, they don't complain, and yet you see it: less initiative, less pushback, less enjoyment. That's rarely a motivation problem. Usually, someone has been running on reserve for a while.
- NOBCO certified coach
- Utrecht, Hilversum or online
- Often tax-free to reimburse
Three ways of working together
Which fits your situation?
Coaching for an employee
You see that someone is running on reserve, heading towards burnout, burnt out and not at their best. Targeted coaching, with clear agreements on confidentiality and reimbursement.
Read on ↓Guidance for your organisation
You want to build a company culture where people give energy and get it back — with coaching for leaders and a longer view on the organisation as a whole.
Read on ↓A talk or workshop for your team or event
An inspiring talk or workshop on presence, energy, aliveness, healthy ambition and getting back into your body — for your team, or during a company event.
Read on ↓Why now
Burnout rarely starts unexpectedly.
Someone who holds themselves together for months doesn't suddenly collapse. The signals are there well before that: a shorter fuse, fewer opinions of their own, everything becomes "fine". Whoever gets room at that point to figure out what's going on usually gets through it without needing sick leave — and that's exactly the phase this work is meant for, while it's still possible.
Want to read more? When your energy stops coming back is about the run-up to burnout, and recovering from burnout about what happens in the body afterwards. If you lead a team yourself and feel a lot of what's going on, read leading with a fine-tuned radar.
One coaching process, for the employee — seen from three sides:
What the employee gets
Room to explore what's underneath the complaints, and to make choices again instead of just surviving.
What it means for the manager
A conversation you don't have to have. You keep the professional relationship, I take the personal layer.
And for the organisation
People who speak their mind again and dare to take risks. That's what you hired them for.
In practice: a process of seven sessions over roughly four months, in Utrecht, Hilversum or online — individual sessions are also possible. What's discussed stays confidential; I only report on the goals we set together beforehand.
An employee who doubts whether it's really confidential tells you exactly nothing. Then you might as well not do it.
Under Dutch tax law (the werkkostenregeling), a coaching process is often tax-free to reimburse: there's a targeted exemption for training and development — ask HR or payroll about it.
Culture and energy
Some employers want to see people thrive.
As a leader or founder, you don't just want to prevent burnout, you want people to draw energy and fulfilment from their work. Then it's not about one process, it's about how the organisation works as a whole.
I help with that from the same starting point as in coaching: people who understand how their own energy works, and a culture where rest is a built-in part of the energy cycle that leads to productivity, not an interruption to it.
- Work connected to a deeper sense of meaning, not just targets
- People who get energy back from their work, not just put energy into it
- Less risk of burnout, as a result of a culture tuned to people, not as the goal in itself
I also draw on my many years of consultancy experience for this: I understand how organisations really work, not just how people feel. What that approach looks like exactly, I tailor to your organisation — email or call me for a free discovery call to see what fits.
Talks & workshops
Looking for an inspiring talk or workshop?
Not just a fun and inspiring moment for your team or at an event — also a way to genuinely help build the right company culture, or help your people get better at managing their energy and balance. If that's what you're after, this is for you.
From a twenty-minute talk to a half-day workshop: your team walks away with concrete insight and noticeably more energy, not just a fun afternoon.
See the full range of talks and workshops on the speaker page, or download the PDF right away.
Questions
What people often want to know.
Can an employer reimburse coaching tax-free?
What does the employer hear about the content?
How long does a process take?
Do you also work with the whole organisation or company culture, not just one employee?
Do you also offer a talk or workshop for the team?
Take the first step
Curious whether this fits your organisation?
Feel free to call or message me first yourself, then I'll think along on whether this is the right route. The introduction with the employee is then free and commits to nothing.
Free up to 30 minutes · Utrecht, Hilversum or online