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Johan Eekma | Senior career coach | Executive coachMeet Johan Eekma
Senior career coach | Executive coach | Executive & APPA Coaching | Outplacement | Career Development
Empathetic | Results-driven | Thought Partner | Broad Perspective | Practical | Tailored Approach
“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.”
Areas of Expertise: Leadership, Social Media, Stakeholder Engagement, Personal Effectiveness, Self-marketing, NLP, Executive Coaching, Employee vitality, Employer vitality.
Working Area: Rotterdam, Utrecht, Amsterdam, The Hague
Sectors: FMCG, Finance, Insurance, Industry, Logistics, Semi-government, Health care
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About Me
With a background in Marketing, Sales, Economics, and Sustainability and while working for Unilever, I realized that I found more fulfillment in helping people flourish than in driving profit. This realization led me to a career switch in 2007; transitioning from commercial management to personal career development. Since then, I’ve focused on supporting individuals, teams, and leaders in their personal development, helping them unlock their full potential.
I believe people thrive and perform best when their work aligns with their values and strengths. My mission is to make the 60,000 hours people spend at work during their life is as rewarding and energizing as possible. I live in Rotterdam with my partner. Outside of work, I enjoy sustainability projects, rock climbing, hiking in the wild, wine making, exploring new cultures and solving psychological puzzles. I also enjoy gastronomy and the occasional fine single malt whisky.
What customers say
“Johan turned out to be more empathetic than expected in advance. To me, he demonstrated a great balance between a people oriented approach and an almost ‘military step-by-step action plan’, with a great understanding of the dynamics within the sector. He quickly addressed my major topics and challenged me to bring it to some core strenghts. It resulted in a dream job in Automotive within 5 months, at Stellantis!”
“Within one session Johan picked a perspective I never thought of! And exactly that perspective was crucial for the fact I was never selected for a job interview. He handled it in a vulnerable way, sharing some of the issues he faced in his career and how he dealt with it. Of course, that was not specifically my approach, but it helped me to understand my blind spot. In the end, together we converted my profile into a powerful pitch! Since 3 months I’ve got a great job as a commercial manager.”
“Practical, no-nonsense and straight forward! Within a few months, my lack of confidence switched towards a calm and accountable attitude. His faith in me and insights he brought me regarding some irrational expectations towards myself really helped me to achieve my personal growth goals. With an easy-to-use action plan, it became clear to me what priorities and new behaviors were required in order to enhance my career path. It took a while before I got to the full picture, but within a few months I got all it all clear. After that, it was just a matter of taking the lead and execute the defined steps!”
My vision and steps to success
I firmly believe in people’s inner strenghts and wisdom. In the end you got all what it takes to be successful. It might contribute to your leadership skills, your happiness at work, your effectiveness or simply to a new job. To me, it’s the challenge to make your career questions practical, concrete, manageable and measurable. In a way you are able (again) to influence your current work situation by yourself. Personal growth and insights are the starting point of your career journey.
Through my guidance you will have a better understanding of your work context. Combined with effective exercises and tools, you will be able to improve and enhance your personal and professional development. Putting you in a helicopter view unleashes your potential faster, easier and more effective.
Key words describing my coaching style: no-nonsense, empathetic, result-oriented and with a mix of coaching, consulting and creating.
Topics I relate to: stakeholder management, energy management, stress reduction, leadership development, personal profiling, personal marketing and sickness absence reduction.
The same applies to my work-to-work guidance. When you know yourself well, know what you want and you can express that in a natural and powerful way in all kinds of (social) media and networks, then you will have a suitable position again in the foreseeable future!
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