Coach & supervisor | management & leadership | personal & career coaching | for professionals and expats
A lasting learning process at deeper levels of awareness | Dutch & English
You know the feeling: you spend hours scrolling and do a thousand things at speed, yet a real focus is often missing. An uneasy sense that depth is lacking. You have lost touch with your body, your surroundings and you are... tired. It can be different. I am Valérie Docters van Leeuwen and I guide employees, professionals, leaders, executives, expats and coaches in their personal and professional development. Every coaching journey and supervision is tailor-made.
Explore with me what you truly want to achieve in your life: your personal development guided step by step, learn and transform. We do this in part by developing your emotional intelligence. Some of the results:
- a healthy, well-developed self-image and self-confidence
- balance between work and private life
- insight into your emotions and feelings so that emotion regulation becomes possible
- developed emotional intelligence
- balance in your capacity for empathy
- agility in the face of challenges while staying consistent in your leadership style
- stress management that works
- making good use of your full palette of emotions: both the lighter, 'positive' feelings and emotions (so often promoted), and the heavier, 'negative' emotions as well.
Ready for the next step in your career or coaching practice? My name is Valérie Docters van Leeuwen (pen name Docters Verswijveren). Message me: 06 45 308 813 or email me.
Burn-out prevention and reintegration | energy and stress management | Career coaching & settlement agreements
Structural, genuine attention for the employee can prevent a great deal of absenteeism. Fortunately, vitality is increasingly becoming part of the strategic HRM cycle. Yet short-term thinking is still present, with costly, unnecessary sick leave as a result. The Art of People offers guidance with prevention, looming burn-out and reintegration. As a departing employee, include career coaching in your settlement agreement. That way you can pause and take a fresh look at what gives you pleasure in your work. At every stage of life the emphasis can shift. With personal 1:1 guidance you regain a grip on your work and your life.
Leadership: C-level coaching | managers & team leads
'What are you creating?' I asked this of a manager at one of the largest companies in the Netherlands years ago. He started to laugh: 'chaos', he said. Successful on the outside, empty on the inside.
Inspiring and retaining people, while staying agile and making the right strategic choices, calls for many generic and unique qualities. You can only achieve this when you are in contact with yourself. Physically, mentally and emotionally. Self-confidence based on intrinsic strength and not an inflated ego. Choose the executive coaching programme with validated assessments, but with a different twist. There is plenty of literature on leadership, but look at yourself and your people and surroundings. The executive and leadership programmes are tailor-made and offer in-depth development. Sparring sessions, morning calls or a full journey: contact me to find out what suits you.
Supervision: do you see coaching as a craft too?
New: take steps with the Supervision Programme (Strippenkaart Supervisie)
New offer! The 'Supervision Programme' | New! Programme Supervision
Coaching can be a lonely profession. With my specially developed 'Supervision Programme' I offer the opportunity to work together on your professional learning process. By scheduling supervision in your yearly agenda, you work structurally on your own development. Together we explore the supervision question we start with. If an urgent question or case comes up during the supervision conversation, we give that our attention first. So there is always a check-in. My clients tell me that their self-confidence grows by giving priority to their development. Peer consultation is very important, yet often non-committal. With my extensive experience as a coach I can offer you a great deal 1:1:
- you gain more insight into the parallel process
- you can develop and unfold further
- your emotional self-awareness develops
- you see where (counter)transference takes place
- development of (professional) self-confidence
Email or WhatsApp me about this unique offer.
I am an internationally accredited ESIA | EMCC supervisor for the helping professions: here is what my clients say:
'I recently had the pleasure of engaging in coaching supervision services provided by Valérie, and it has been a valuable experience. As a coach, I understand the significance of ongoing learning and development, and supervision as a requirement for a professional coaching practice. With this in mind Valérie support me to ensure I am continuing to develop my practice while meeting the requirements of professional coaching by acting with responsibility and accountability.
From the very first session, Valérie created a safe and supportive space allowed me to freely explore my coaching practice, reflect on my strengths, and identify areas for growth. Her deep understanding of coaching techniques and methodologies enabled her to provide insightful feedback and guidance. This has profoundly impacted my professional growth.
One aspect that truly stood out during the coaching supervision sessions was Valérie's exceptional listening skills. Her ability to actively listen, ask thought-provoking questions, and provide constructive feedback has helped me gain new perspectives which have been instrumental in enhancing my coaching skills and being even more effective as a coach who helps her clients to achieve the transformation they seek. Through a deep reflective practice I have grown as a coach and individual.
Valerie has demonstrated a genuine commitment to my success as a coach. She tailors each session to address my specific needs and growth while providing an environment that fostered both self-reflection and growth. I always felt that my time and investment were well-respected. I look forward to continuing my professional journey under her supervision.'
I recommend Valerie's coaching supervision services –
The Art of People to any coach seeking to elevate their practice.
Yetty Williams
MBA | EMCC Foundation Coach
For whom?
Coaching is a popular profession. A distinction can be made between professional coaches, trained coaches who guide others in their personal and professional development, and people with another profession who use a coaching style. Because of the enormous range on offer, it is often unclear who you should turn to. In my supervision practice I focus on professional coaches. Experienced, or freshly qualified. You want to keep learning and to develop consciously. Read more here about the eight coaching competencies of the EIA Competence Framework.
Emotional intelligence is measurable! EQ-i 2.0® & IPP®
Emotional intelligence is not a hype; it is scientifically grounded in more than 40 years of studies. And it is measurable too. The 15 scales, or competencies, give an overview of where you stand now, what your possible 'derailers/pitfalls' are and where you can work in a targeted way with your coach.
The validated EQ-i 2.0® emotional intelligence test (Pearson Clinical & Talent Assessments / further developed by the Canadian company Multi-Health Systems (MHS) of Dr Steven Stein) has also been normed in the Netherlands. A test seen worldwide as the best for measuring E.I. There is also a Leadership and a Group Report. For employees, team leads, managers, CEOs and management team members, for the benefit of HRM, talent development and gifted individuals. The validated Interpersonal Profile (IPP®) of the Leary's Rose is also used.
Neurodivergent | Giftedness | ADD
Many people who are gifted or multi-talented are highly sensitive. The reverse need not be true. Both can be connected to a sharply tuned brain that was partly flattened at a young age in order to 'fit into the system'. Some only discover later in life that their way of thinking differs from that of most people. They make connections quickly, are more creative, more original, 'out of the box'. Yet there is much misunderstanding. With coaching and supervision you can return to yourself. Who are you, what have you left behind, and what do you want to develop further together with me in order to move forward meaningfully and more powerfully?
What I can offer you
My clients describe my approach as expert, intelligent, careful, to the point, reliable and humorous. 'Trust' is a key word in my profession. It seems simple, but internal politics within an organisation or company often require experience to know 'how the land lies'. Through my earlier experience as an employee, as both a communications adviser and a manager, team lead and management team member, I know a great deal about power and powerlessness. Email or message me to look at how you can move forward.
