Coaching
Coaching that makes business professionals more successful and happier. Coaching asks questions, mentoring brings experience, sparring challenges you: we combine all three, depending on what you need. Certified coaches who have led businesses themselves, so they speak your language from the first conversation.
One coach, three roles
Research by Joost Drieman (2019) showed that business professionals want more than only questions. Our coaches switch between three roles, backed by over 27 years of international business experience: we speak the language of executives.
- CoachingIncisive questions that help you find your own answers.
- MentoringExperience and perspective from someone who has been there.
- SparringChallenge, out-of-the-box thinking and a sounding board at the highest level.
This way of combining the three roles is our own coaching concept, NextNova, developed by Joost Drieman and refined over hundreds of coaching conversations.
Coaching topics
Every program starts from your goals. These are the topics we work on most, in four areas.
Know yourself better, find your drive and grow into your next role.
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Self-awareness
The better you know yourself, the better you operate. We work on awareness of your character, feelings, motives and lifestyle, which differ for every person, stage of life and level of experience.
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Motivation and performance
What drives you, where does motivation come from and why do we lose it? We link it to your values, beliefs and passion, because more motivation leads to better performance.
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Unleashing your potential
What could you accomplish if you used your full potential? We assess where you stand and build a plan that bridges your vision with your future success.
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Career path guidance
Informed decisions about your career: incisive questions about your history, aspirations, talents and motivation, followed by a plan with tangible steps. The result is more confidence and direction.
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Confidence
Your belief in yourself determines your success. Using NLP techniques, risk thinking and what-if scenarios, we remove doubt and uncertainty, so you decide, negotiate and share your opinion with more confidence.
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Strategic and critical thinking
Thinking skills are a core competency. We work with the six critical thinking skills of the APA Delphi Report, associative and innovative thinking techniques and the disciplines of strategic thinking, for better focus, alignment and agility.
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Mental toughness
The ability to manage doubts, worries and setbacks that keep you from succeeding. We start from the neuroscience and psychology of mental toughness and zoom in on what you need to focus on.
Lead, organize and deliver results, also under pressure.
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Organizing your business to excel
Every shareholder wants the company to do better than last year, whatever the market does. We are your sparring partner and sounding board on new opportunities, business models, go-to-market strategies and organizational set-ups.
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Leadership transformation
Leaders must turn vision into strategy and execution in every new situation. We look at your performance, skills and achievements against new leadership requirements, so you feel and come across as more competent and confident.
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Motivation
Too much on your plate, limiting beliefs, procrastination or an unclear purpose: we look for the reasons behind a lack of motivation and set clear goals together.
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Discipline and focus
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishments. We review your priorities, goals and habits and introduce methods that strengthen discipline and focus.
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Workload, stress and work-life balance
How to deal with stress and deadlines, the Eisenhower model, perfectionism and doing more in less time, so you find a healthy balance and the right mindset.
Work better with others, from your team to the board.
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Charisma and personal presence
We work on character, confidence and congruence, and pay attention to body language, voice and humor, so people enjoy working with you and respect your opinion.
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Assertiveness
Convey what you feel and want in a clear, reasonable and direct way, including saying no constructively. The result: better relationships with customers, suppliers, colleagues, your team and your manager.
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Teamwork and team leadership
How teams work: their dynamics, spirit and inspiration, how to lead them and co-create, and which interactions are needed.
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Relationships and communication
Empathy, respect, trust and communication are the ingredients of good relationships. You learn to build and maintain strong relationships with every stakeholder.
When feeling stuck, worried or stressed gets in the way of performing.
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Personal well-being
We look at the root cause of how you feel, discuss alternative views and support you with an action plan. The first signs of improvement are often visible after a couple of sessions.
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Stress, anxiety and burnout
Less focus, feeling out of control or very tense are often signs of stress. We discuss what causes it and how to respond and think differently, so you feel back in control.
"Joost is very knowledgeable and sincere; a very likable and charismatic personality. I really like his honesty and integrity in challenging my assumptions and offering contrarian, creative alternatives. Really makes you think."
"The coach is very experienced and has a brilliant feeling for the individual situation and tasks. He creates a very trusted relationship in a very good atmosphere. Each coaching session makes me feel stronger."
"Joost is really open and eager to understand the big picture. He also asks what I had already tried before offering a new way to the solution. When he introduces something new to me, it is never in a snobbish way, in the sense of 'I know something you don't know'. He always introduces it in a way that really makes me curious."
"Instead of prescribing a solution and set of recommendations, he has a nice way of helping you to arrive at your own self-made solution."
"The wealth of business experience combined with great and clearly interested listening skills. He does not judge and often asks creative questions that help to create a different perspective."
"This coach listens very carefully and has a brilliant ability to analyze the different tasks and situations. He creates a very good and creative atmosphere and really supports my development."
"To my mind, this coach has all the abilities a very good coach should have. He is very talented and well suited to working as a coach. He is absolutely brilliant!"
"Joost is a natural coach: an innate set of characteristics, attributes and skills that, combined with formal training, make him a highly effective coach and mentor."
"He comes across as the uncle you have a better relationship with than your parents, because he understands you and responds with words of wisdom."
Where do you stand as a leader?
Start with the free Personal Leadership Assessment: sixteen statements, five minutes, and a personal report by e-mail. Or go straight to a first conversation about your situation and your goals.