About Floris
Floris Alberse Leadership coaches leaders who want to experience more connection, fulfillment and meaning in their personal en professional lives.
Achieve growth
- Experienced sparring partner for CEOs, directors and executives.
- 8+ years guest lecturer in Leadership at Nyenrode Business University.
- 7+ years moderator at the European Leadership Platform.
- Rich experience as an interviewer on radio and TV (VPRO, NTR).
- Appreciative and confrontational; cognitive and body-oriented.
- Certified in NLP, systemic work and Transactional Analysis.
- I challenge you as a person.
Mirror
Floris Alberse Leadership was founded by -suprise, surprise- me: Floris. I provide most of the guidance in your leadership program. Depending on your development needs, I work together with a team of colleagues: process supervisors, team coaches, an illustrator, photographer, designer, martial artist or a pianist.
I believe we need encounters with other people in order to properly reflect on ourselves and experience meaning. The other person mirrors you and shows you what you cannot see yourself. It is precisely in an encounter that clarity and joy emerge about who you are and what you are here to do.
We need the encounter
with the other
to learn.
What do I want out of life?
Early days at home at the kitchen table, I was taught a lot about social engagement and purpose. My father talked openly about his dilemmas as a director; my mother found her sense of meaning in her faith. We had deep discussions. I was looking for answers to the questions: What is my life about? Who am I? And how can I make an impact on things that matter?
I studied Sociology with a minor in Psychology, History and Philosophy in Amsterdam and Berlin. I enjoyed my internship as a career coach at the University of Amsterdam and had many meaningful conversations during my time there. I did a second Master’s degree, this time in Journalism. This allowed me to improve my skills in observing, listening and interviewing.
As an editor for the Dutch talk show Pauw & Witteman, documentary maker for VPRO and interviewer for NRC, I developed an interest in societal issues with personal stories about sustainability, integration and natural leadership.
And what does life want from me?
At Nyenrode Business University, I had the opportunity to deliver lectures and workshops on storytelling and leadership. Who are you as a leader? And how can you inspire people with real stories? I experienced the joy of real and in-depth conversations, in which people are daring enough to really look at themselves and each other. It made me proud to see when leaders started to make more conscious decisions.
As a sparring partner, I now meet daily with directors and managers with whom I share meaningful conversations. Our eyes on the future, always in search of wisdom, and with the aim to achieve personal growth. I combine knowledge from the fields of psychology of change, organizational sociology and literature on leadership. The rest is mostly alignment: I try to lead in terms of attitude and behavior. These encounters help me to continuously learn and grow.
Collaboration covenants
Vanuit In Mundo werk ik met directeuren en bestuurders in het onderwijs. We dragen bij aan het vormgeven van betekenisvol onderwijs, gericht op de ontwikkeling van mensen met het oog op het welzijn van al het leven op aarde. De hele mens in de leerling wordt ontmoet en daarmee welkom geheten met alles wat er is. We richten ons op leiderschap met impact dat bijdraagt aan gezonde en levendige onderwijsorganisaties.
Voor Nyenrode Business University werk ik als executive coach voor directeuren en bestuurders. Sinds 7+ jaar ben ik verbonden als gastdocent Leiderschap. Daarnaast begeleidde ik senior leiderschapsprogramma’s.
Als moderator ben ik sinds 6+ jaar verbonden aan het European Leadership Platform op de Zuidas. Leiders uit het bedrijfsleven en (semi-)overheid komen bij elkaar om uit te zoomen van hun dagelijkse praktijk, op zoek naar wijsheid in leiderschapsdialogen.
Ik ben CRKBO-gecertificeerd. Ook NLP-gecertificeerd, opgeleid als socioloog en diverse leiderschaps- en therapeutische opleidingen.
The holy grail of change
In order to effectively guide people and organizations through substantial transformations, I have taken several intensive courses at Phoenix Training, among others. I got to know myself even better, including my talents and pitfalls.
Learning and development is a process that involves your head, heart and hands. Knowledge is one thing, application is another. Wisdom is about connecting thought, emotions and actions. That is why I work based on my experience of what is here and now, between you and me. In my sessions, I give you direct feedback, because what you show in your interactions with me may just be related to your patterns outside of our program.
My clients appreciate the real encounters, my appreciative and confrontational questions and the steps they can take to change with lasting results. I want to invite you to bring your whole self into my program: with everything there is, all thoughts and emotions.
My core values
Finding meaning for yourself, your organization and society
Finding joy and fulfillment through use of your talents
Wholeness: you can bring your whole self to my practice
Development: responding to new impulses & change
More about me
- I am married to Beatrijs and together we have a son: Daniël.
- I live in Wageningen, City of Life Sciences, in a house built by a scientist. My workspace at the back of the garden is where he did his daily research. It is a charming place, and I am happy to welcome you here.
- Music inspires me, from Johann Sebastian Bach to Anouk, from Stef Bos to (Dutch) hip-hop.
- In the fireplace in my workspace are three blocks of wood with the words faith, hope and love written on them. A gift from a colleague. He also wrote the counterparts on those blocks: disbelief, despair and fear. Because these too are part of life.
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I previously made documentaries for VPRO and The Hour of the Wolf, among others. My documentary about comedian and musician Vincent Bijlo
premiered at the Dutch Film Festival. My documentary "My grandfather's flat"I hear everything - Vincent Bijlo (NPO 2)
For this documentary film, I followed blind comedian and musician Vincent Bijlo for three years. How does he live and create his art, knowing that his hearing keeps decreasing? The documentary was broadcast on NPO 2 at Het Uur van de Wolf. Watch it back at NPO.
won the NTR Radio Prize. In the documentaryDe flat van mijn opa (NPO Radio 1)
In this documentary, the personal story of my grandfather and me symbolizes the larger story about integration and loneliness in the Netherlands. Broadcast on NPO Radio 1 in 2011. Nominated for the Prix Europa and International Feature Conference. Listen to it at NPO.
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In our intake, we will meet, examine your situation and development goals, and discuss effective interventions that benefit your personal situation and, optionally, that of your executive team or organization.
Leadership program
What can my leadership program do for you? And what has it done for other managers, directors and CEOs?
Not a CEO or manager?
I occasionally make room in my schedule for people who are not in top leadership positions. Conversations I have with them are usually about big life events such as love, loss, meaning or personal leadership. Want to schedule a session with me? Give me a call or send me an email.
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