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“een laag dieper”

“one layer deeper”

Jaap Smolders

Deputy Director (Vice Dean) | Academy for Business and Entrepreneurship | Avans University of Applied Sciences

After almost 15 years at ABN AMRO, with a wonderful career, I was ready for a new challenge. But what and how, that was difficult to determine myself.

Through intermediaries, someone recommended three different career coaches to me. One of them was from ABN AMRO itself, which I didn't want; I was looking for a completely objective and external perspective. I had a great conversation with the other one, but I missed the feeling that the person would really challenge me to go deeper. With H&C Coaches I immediately had the feeling: here I am being put to work to really work on myself.

My coach really made me work on myself; asked challenging questions, confronted (in a positive way) and, as they say, struck a chord.

Through conversations, questions, assignments and reflections I came to beautiful and valuable insights, in which my coach also used her own valuable network. By combining different perspectives with various methods you really get a layer deeper. This was enormously valuable for my personal development, self-knowledge and shaping my career perspective. All this happened in an accessible and personal way, always with sincere interest and complete honesty.

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