Henk Antvelink

Henk Antvelink, Executive Coach

Henk is an experienced executive coach with over 30 years previous experience in human resources leadership and organizational effectiveness roles.  His experience spans many smaller and larger corporations e.g. Shell, Zimmer Biomet, Oracle, SES Global Networks etc.  He has also gained experience in government and military environments. His prior extensive experience in enabling organizational change, as a people-oriented HR leader in a multitude of complex international business environments, enable him to bring a blend of corporate leadership experience and a holistic perspective to achieving personal growth and more impact and fulfilment. He builds coaching relationships that support positive behavioural change and enable capability and growth in his coachees.

Benefits of coaching with Henk

The above holds true for coaching outcomes with Henk.  He creates and holds a space where coachees can work on e.g.:

• He helps coachees reflect and gain more self-awareness and confidence.
• He helps coachees identify their individual strengths and opportunities for development and growth.
• Moreover, he enables coachees to shift mindsets and behaviors that either help or hinder them to be truly effective in professional and personal life.  He helps coachees uncover blind spots.
• He helps professionals to navigate the complexities of smaller and bigger enterprises and government and how to adapt to cultural challenges.
• He helps leaders to become better coaches, motivate and inspire their teams and to weather big changes and how to navigate uncertainty career transitions.
• He enables boosts of leadership confidence and how to develop executive presence and good stakeholder management.
• He facilitates coachees to develop their personal short-term or strategic long-term goals and become more focused.
• He helps foster a better work-life balance and build resilence and stronger stress management.
• Most importantly he specializes in the development of emotional intelligence and social skills with his coachees, giving them the opportunity and tools to improve their essential EI skills.

Benefits of coaching according to the International Coaching Federation (ICF)

The ICF Global Coaching Client Study shows most clients reported improved work performance, better business and people management, more efficient time management, increased team and personal effectiveness, and more growth and opportunities as a result of coaching.

Coaching Philosophy and Style

Focusing on your unique gifts and  talent Henk facilitates you to continue to discover to be your best self and thrive.

Henk’s primary coaching style is supportive and encouraging: his coaching is focused on active listening and creating a thought provoking and reflective space for you, helping you to develop your own leadership style whilst facilitating shifts of mindsets and behaviors based on underlying beliefs and values, ensuring opportunities for more conscious awareness, reflective learning and development of your  potential.  After all people are not born to survive, they are born to thrive!