Nicolette

COUNSELOR COACH
FMCG BUSINESS
Creative & commercial teams
Leadership development

Nicolette van Bruggen - Founder

My Business Background

  • After graduating from the HTS Fashion program, I have held various leadership roles in Fashion Retail & Wholesale for 25 years

  • Led international, multidisciplinary teams

  • Interim consultancy and change management in FMCG businesses

  • Director of a family business and on the board of Real Estate Heemstede Centrum

  • Have my own practice as a Leadership Coach since 2018 in Haarlem, Amsterdam, and Utrecht

My Personal Interests

  • To relax: being in nature, at the beach, dunes, and forests, working in the garden

  • To stay vital: running, tennis, golf, and yoga

  • To recharge creatively: Art, Culture, Photography, Interior Design

  • To enjoy: cooking for myself and dining out

  • To connect: taking long trips with my children

  • To keep growing: lifelong learning (so I started studying again)

My favorite Quote: 

“Who looks outside dreams, who looks inside awakes.”

— C. Jung

Counselor Coach specialist in:

  • Personal leadership

  • Executive coaching

  • Stress and Burnout prevention

  • Career and job coaching

  • Life stage issues coaching (45 plus)

  • Strengthening innovative qualities

  • Dilemma coaching

  • ADHD and work

Great Coaching tools

  • NLP

  • Principles of Positive Psychology

  • Systemic working with teams

  • Integrative Counseling & Coaching

My Vision

It is my vision that authentic leadership is the most effortless way. By descending back to your true self, you encounter your potential and shadow sides. And everything you encounter can work for you so that you can lead your own life from inner leadership in a loving connection with others. All change is self-change!