Carolien is the founder and principal consultant for October advice, which she founded in 2011.
Carolien is known for being goal-, result– and people-oriented in her work.
Carolien has 20+ years of international HR leadership expertise. She has accomplished a successful HR career and a solid reputation and has worked in matrix environments, head office- field office dynamics and virtual teams. She has both corporate and public sector experience. Well versed in working with culturally diverse teams. She has worked in Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle- East and lived in Kenya, South Sudan, Ecuador, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom
Her expertise has a focus on, but is not limited to:
- change management,
- growth and downsizing scenarios,
- culture programmes,
- HRD including talent management,
- performance management,
- organisational development,
- HR in leadership roles, HR for HR,
- Individual paths such as coaching and potential- and talent definition and management
Carolien has the ability to focus on organisational strategy beyond HR to really embed people in the organisation.
To support her HR work Carolien trained as a certified (NMI) mediator. Carolien is also a certified coach (with distinction) and alumnus of the Henley Business School (Reading University). Carolien is an EMCC Accredited Coach at Senior Practitioner level. She has been combining her conflict resolution and coaching skills with her HR experience in international environments. She is an expert in labour disputes, workplace and career mediations and coaching. Her work focuses on coaching and mediation at Board and Executive level. Her coaching and mediation work are her energisers as they seamlessly work with her HR background.
Key mediation areas:
- Labour disputes
- Board and executive differences
- Disagreements in international environments, especially when diversity or cultural differences play a role
As a coach Carolien coaches, inspires and encourages young, mid-career and senior professionals. She motivates people to boost their thinking, let ideas in, opinions out and invite views to be changed.
Carolien works with doubters, achievers, busy bees and future fearers to let their ideas flow, challenge beliefs and dare to think the (so far) unthinkable and do the un-doable.
Key principles of coaching:
- She works from a principle of solution-based coaching
- looking at the individual needs
- focus on what works that can help what doesn’t work that well, looking ahead and strengthening self-belief
The client provides the agenda and the coach provides the process for a set of focused conversations with a mix of tools and techniques matching the coaching needs of the client.
For the best possible results for her clients October advice collaborates with www.urbancanda.co.uk, www.oxfordhr.co.uk and others
