You might recognize yourself in the story of Maaike, an experienced senior professional struggling to fully realize her potential. She has built a successful career across various fields and environments. Now, she finds herself at a point where she wants to go -for one time- on a truly new adventure. This feels like a scary step to her. Her fear of failure, as the fear of negative feedback from her close environment holds her back. However, she knows herself pretty well; she is aware of her tendency to be overactive. She knows by now that this is to make her environment as predictable and harmonious as possible. She has realized that this tendency will not reveal a truly new adventure. Thus, time for a transformative approach. But with whom?

You might recognize yourself in the story of Marco, a senior management professional struggling with an unsafe working environment.
He has already built a substantial career, having proven his worth through change management and various management roles. He viewed his current position as the crowning achievement of his career—a final opportunity to leverage his accumulated skills and competencies to end his professional life in success. Now, however, that high threatens to turn into a low. The new working environment and organizational culture differ from what he is used to, and his manager’s working style is so different from his own. If he would be honest with himself, he needs to admit he is close to burnout. But admitting that goes against his nature. Giving up is not an option, yet he is unsure what to do or how to proceed. He feels lost.

You might recognize yourself in the story of Brenda, an experienced professional struggling with a negative work experience. After completing her studies, she held various positions at international organizations. A bad experience with a manager at a previous employer took a significant toll on her self-confidence. She experiences self-doubt, a lack of energy and she feels demotivated to actively pursue her career wishes. She questions her own abilities and skills. She feels tired and uninspired, unsure of how to move forward. She finds herself applying for jobs that are merely a repetition of what she has already done so far. She has a strong desire for a different kind of (working) life. But, how to get there, let alone, where to start?

You may recognize yourself in the story of Renée, a senior professional who struggles with a changing perspective of her career and future. She has completed the majority of her working life and gained quite some life experience. Her work has always given her recognition and appreciation from a lot of people. And that was all right. Till now. She herself no longer feels the satisfaction. She realizes that she is actually not happy with what she is currently doing. She feels unfulfilled. She senses that there is something more to achieve and explore for her, that a change is necessary. But what? And how?

You may recognize yourself in the story of Hugo, a managerial professional who struggles with leadership in a changing environment. He is used to being asked for positions and that has always worked well. Till now. The organization has changed and now different things are expected from him. He has tried to meet the new expectations, but he can’t help noticing that work is costing him a lot of energy and that his motivation is gone. He doubts whether he is still capable and if he still complies. But he also has doubts about coaching. He doesn’t want to wake sleeping dogs, he is not looking forward to the time investment and to the reactions of his colleagues. And anyway, things will probably get better soon, he can still endure it for a while, right?

You may recognize yourself in the story of Michaela, a young professional who struggles with work pressure, high expectations and perfectionism. She is used to rely on her ratio and control mechanism and she always achieved good results quickly. Till now. Her (new) job is quite tough. And she is not enjoying it anymore. She is actually reaching her limits for the first time in her life. Admitting this feels like failure. But if she is truly honest, she knows she is overworked, too much of a perfectionist and experiencing a lot of work stress. She feels ashamed for not delivering, after all, you are expected to know what you want and go for it, right? But it doesn’t feel like that at all. How do you survive in this demanding, confusing and complex world? And how do you develop yourself in a positive way?