Work with me

Before we work together, we meet for 30 minutes, free. Coaching depends a lot on personality. You don’t want to work with someone who isn’t right for you, and I care about values and connection with my clients too. So this call is for both of us.

You can ask me anything: how I work, what a session looks like, whether your situation is something I can help with. I’ll ask you some questions too. I always prepare before we meet, so there will be no awkward silence and no need to explain your whole life from the beginning.

At the end, if we both feel it’s a match and you want to invest in your next step, I’ll guide you through the process. If it’s not a match, that’s a useful answer too.

This is a sanity check for your career strategy, with a mentor’s eye on it. It works best if you are just getting started with career planning, or if you feel busy all the time but can’t say what you’re moving towards.

In 90 minutes, we step back and look at where you stand. We work out what you actually like in your work, beyond what you think you should like. We look at where your time goes, and you leave with a clear list of the activities that drain you without moving you forward. Then we look at what you could try instead.

We can also talk about how to make yourself more visible, and I’ll share the tools, books and podcasts that are worth your time at this stage.

You leave with a career planner, a few new ideas to test, and a first experience of what coaching with me feels like.

This is for when one question is taking up all the space in your head, and you’re ready to answer it.

Maybe you love the science, but the group you’re in is not good for you, and you’re wondering whether to leave. Maybe a higher position is in sight and you’re asking yourself whether you are ready. Maybe you’re in the in-between time, not at the bench, and without experiments you don’t feel competent anymore. Or maybe work has slowly eaten your free time and you no longer know how to stop.

Before we start, you complete a short pre-coaching questionnaire. It gets your reflection going, so our first session starts with substance, not small talk.

In each session, we use models and frameworks from executive coaching, positive psychology and neuro-linguistic programming to turn the question into concrete action points. Between sessions, you act on them. Together we build a 30-day plan that considers your energy, your well-being, your finances, your family, your career and what you want for yourself, because a decision that ignores half your life doesn’t hold.

This is my most complete programme, and the one most of my clients choose.

It is for you if you have been postponing a decision for a long time, maybe for months, maybe longer, and you now know you don’t want to carry it any further. You don’t need more information. You need structure, someone in your corner, and enough time to actually act.

Across eight sessions, we shape a direction that fits you and take real steps towards it. After each session, you receive a written summary, so nothing gets lost when the lab gets busy again. Between sessions, you can message me. I’m there to encourage you when the old doubts come back, and to remind you of the progress you have already made.

You also get extra material, including podcasts, videos and books, so you can go deeper into the topics that matter most to you.

Sessions take place online. In-person sessions in the Netherlands are possible on request, with an adjusted price.

Lab life is unpredictable, so you can reschedule a session up to 24 hours in advance.

Payment in instalments is available on request.

You don’t have to decide alone. Book a free 30-minute call, and we’ll work it out together.