Approach

The consultancy Zeevenhooven Advies is headed and run by Huib Zeevenhooven. Huib has developed a network of like-minded professionals to support him in coaching and professional development programmes.

Huib's interests lie in the dynamics of growth. He believes in the power of compassion to drive connection. His intuitive and associative approach helps him get straight to the heart of the matter and analyse potential opportunities for growth.

An expert in behaviour, Huib has been working as a coach since the late 1980s, and as a strategic advisor since the late 1990s. A broad base of clients, but a distinctive approach: committed, closely involved, yet retaining the perspective of an impartial observer.

Over the past fifteen years, Huib has concentrated on change management processes at executive and senior management levels, combining individual coaching sessions with collective change projects. The focus has mainly been on culture change and leadership development.

Through his extensive experience, Huib has become adept at acknowledging, identifying and facilitating the underlying resistance - whether overt or implicit - that is an inevitable part of change processes. Resistance is necessary to move forward; how that resistance and uncertainty are dealt with is critical.

Regardless of the sector or programme, themes such as personal development, change and learning to take the lead replay in the course of Huib's work. He initially drew inspiration from Stephen Covey (The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People) and Robert E. Quinn's seminal works on change. Seasoned over the years by different schools of thought and influences, he has since built up a much broader basis for his unique approach to leadership development.

Today's leader understands the need for investing in personal development and cultivates a high degree of self-awareness. Learns how to strike a balance between power and vulnerability, and between taking charge and letting go. Getting people to follow not because they have to, but because they want to. To this end, and especially in our turbulent times, it is important to find and emanate a sense of calm. For serenity opens the space for authenticity and connection. And that is the crux of it all.

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CEO

We have been collaborating with Huib for a long time, developing various training programmes together in the field of local education policy. Huib has also delivered these training programmes over the course of a number of years. Where Huib really excels is in his capacity to motivate people with conflicting interests to work together towards an overarching shared goal and the common good. 

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Chief Solicitor-General National Council of the Public Prosecutor's Office at the Court of Appeals

I think Huib is particularly good as a coach because he cares so much and allows himself to get involved in the process. At the same time, he gives plenty of space and scope to his coachee's. He's quick to identify the 'sensitive spots' and has an energy and a drive that propels you to get right to the core. This drive makes his programmes very efficient; by that, I mean that you can quickly see tangible results in the workplace. For me - and I'd say it holds for many busy executives - this is a very important point. In the past, I've worked with coaches whose approaches take up a great deal of time. No thanks, not for me!

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Vice President HR, General & Legal Affairs

Two years ago, we were faced with a big reorganisation, for which I'd be largely responsible. I thought it would be a good idea to have a coach during such a difficult process. So during those two years, at times when I wanted a sparring partner, I called on Huib, who'd been recommended to me by my predecessor. Whenever I needed him, he pulled out all the stops. I was impressed by his ability to simplify the most complex things - of which there are many in a reorganisation - and break them down into manageable parts. His method was very concrete, which is a quality I really admire in a coach. Although it's easy to give advice, it doesn't always work in practice. But I always saw the concrete results of the advice Huib gave me.

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