ASSESSMENT | TRAINING | COACHING

Essere learning & development, P.O.Box 25051, 3001 HB Rotterdam - www.essere-ld.com - Email: marien@essere-ld.com

Office: +31 102809988 - Cell: +31 653300474 - IBAN: NL67 INGB 0006665430 - CoC: 24316007 - VAT: NL0572 62 512 B01

M I S S I O N S T A T E M E N T I believe in people challenging themselves in their work. Taking responsibility, getting into action. And having fun - together. I believe their leaders should lead them (to learn) to do so. And trust them doing it right. Together you create your organisation; you are our organisation. Be proud of it!

A B O U T M E Creative, challenging, goal getter, communicator, pragmatic, inspiring, compassion, humour. Motto: Most things are simple, but they are never easy.

P R O F E S S I O N A L B A C K G R O U N D Marien van Westen’s background is in education, training, learning & development. More than 25 years experience in leadership training, professional development and competence management. Training people and organisations to become focused on the process by which you influence yourself and others to achieve your objectives. Pull, don’t push. Started Essere learning & development in 2001, training & development and HR-Support. Supporting organisations and their professionals in the ever-changing world. Learning to cope with new challenges, building lasting values and the ability to embrace change as a motivator for growing professionally and personally.

E D U C A T I O N / T R A I N I N G Bachelor degree in Education Higher Management (post-college education) Train the Trainer Certified Trainer Situational Leadership II® Certified Trainer Everything DiSC®

E X P E R I E N C E & E X P E R T I S E After starting out as a teacher and project manager in education, Marien moved on to training in business processes and IT. Became a project manager, responsible for software development and implementation for over 10 years. Leading a team of architects, analysts and developers. To return to training and development at the turn of the century. Program manager training & development for major clients, accountable for large corporate training programs and management development programs. Freelance teacher and guest lecturer leadership development. As consultant and sr. trainer Marien has focussed on enhancing professional behaviour in the workplace. Training and coaching leaders, managers, individuals and teams; soft skills training for young professionals to enable them to make the next step towards team leader, project leader of business consultant. Changing behaviour to advance professional success. Marien has experience and expertise with a broad range of companies, s.a. Service providers (HR to IT), Industry (Oil to Food), Logistics & Warehousing, Agriculture, Education (colleges and universities).

P O S I T I O N S Arts Teacher (Education) Trainer business process design and IT (Government) Project manager/Program manager IT (In-company service provider) Sr. Program manager Training & Development (Service provider) Consultant L&D/Sr. Trainer (Self-employed) Associate Consultant at Blanchard International (Service provider).

L I F E L O N G L E A R N I N G A P P R O A C H Active learning, participant-centered approach; on-going, voluntary, and self-motivated. Providing a mix of e-learning, classroom training, workshops. Lunch & Learn sessions, on-the-job coaching, e-coaching. Fit-to-size training and coaching empowering the individual. Assisting in developing new learning tools that match your need. Advancing knowledge, skills and attitude.

L A N G U A G E S Fluent in: Dutch; English. Proficient in: German; Italian.

Marien van Westen Consultant learning & development / Sr. Trainer. Botersloot 17-d

3011 HE Rotterdam

September 11, 1956

ASSESSMENT | TRAINING | COACHING

Essere learning & development, P.O.Box 25051, 3001 HB Rotterdam - www.essere-ld.com - Email: marien@essere-ld.com

Office: +31 102809988 - Cell: +31 653300474 - IBAN: NL67 INGB 0006665430 - CoC: 24316007 - VAT: NL0572 62 512 B01

C E R T I F I E D D I S C T R A I N E R Assessment, training and coaching with Everything DiSC®. Developing professional proficiency, for the leader, the manager, and the professional. Coaching teams to build more effective relationships together. Training HR business partners to become Assessor DiSC® to help professionals understand their strengths and weaknesses. Being a ‘High D’ Marien gets into action quickly: implementing ideas, achieving results, convincing others and being innovative; working towards challenging goals.

D I S C P R O G R A M S Work of Leaders® 363 for Leaders® (Assessment for WoL)) Everything DiSC Management® Everything DiSC Workplace® Building effective Relationships at Work (Team training) Assessor DiSC®

L E A D E R S H I P T R A I N E R Marien is an experienced leadership consultant and management trainer. Result driven focus on behavioural change to bring out the best in yourself and your people. Engaging in (team) performance. Training leaders on dealing with change; leading by example, communicating change and listening to their concerns. Motivating people while sticking to the route. Developing managers to apply a coaching style with their team. Setting goals, giving effective support, building competence.

P R O G R A M S Leadership development Management skills Coaching for performance Dealing with change Team development Competing values framework

C O M M U N I C A T I O N T R A I N E R Soft skills, like being a good communicator, an able presenter or a professional interviewer, are becoming more important these days. Getting your message across in a clear, concise and congenial way is always more persuasive and you get things done. Whether in a one on one conversation or in a group or team, good communication skills can carry the day. Marien has trained hundreds of groups on communication, personal presentation and effective conversations. Focussing on personal strengths and what is already there, to improve on what is required to be more compelling in communication. Giving and receiving feedback, dealing with challenging conversations and assertive behaviour take personal and professional effectiveness to a higher level. Emotional Intelligence is always the basis for professional communication and developing personal skills. Train the Trainer, based on Active Learning principles, has helped many to become more effective and efficient as a trainer.

P R O G R A M S Communication skills (for young professionals) Seven Habits in 7 hours, for highly effective people. (Personal) Presentation skills Interviewing techniques Feedback training Effective One on One Conversations Challenging Conversations Assertiveness training Train the Trainer

Fig. 1: Marien's DiSC profile

Marien van Westen Consultant learning & development / Sr. Trainer. Botersloot 17-d

3011 HE Rotterdam

September 11, 1956