Professional Coaching

Professional Coaching

Insight. Development. Flow.

You are an ambitious woman or young professional, with ambitions regarding work, family and/or society. You would like to boost your (professional) development. Perhaps by enhancing your growth or by becoming more effective. Or you would like to change direction, but do not know how. You may be afraid of making mistakes, or are experiencing imposter feelings. I can help you get unstuck and clear the path to come into action, enabling you to work with more pleasure and confidence.

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Coaching

For whom?

I will coach you, highly educated professional, anywhere in the world. I have specific in-depth knowledge of and experience with young professionals and women.

 

Young professionals

Young professionals in the first 15 years of their career, with a wide range of career related questions. For example, in what direction would I like to develop myself? What energizes me? How do I gain more self-confidence or feel more at ease in my team? Career coaching in the broadest sense.

women

Women who want to grow and develop in their career, who are looking for a sparringpartner. Female leadership frequently involves, daring to take a stand, gaining self-confidence (in a masculine surroundings), effectively combining your different roles in work and family. 

Coaching for your employees

You are looking for a professional coach for the development of your highly educated employee(s); young professional or female employee. Great you are investing in their development. Your organisation will benefit from their personal and professional growth.

 

What clients say about Maaike

 
  • “Maaike has helped me gain insight into what is truly valuable for me, to broaden my view. I now have a better grip on my career and my career options. And the courage to act accordingly! ”
    — Viannette - Technical Projectmanager
  • “ Our coaching sessions gave me peace of mind that I knew I had thoroughly thought about my job choices in a structured and informed way. It also gave me insight and confidence both into how I make choices and into which choices I want to make ”
    — Nienke - physician and PhD student
  • “ Maaike has helped me in taking a stand and taking up a leadership position, in a way that is authentic to me. I appreciated her stimulating and sometimes confronting questions, allowing me to explore different perspectives ”
    — Marleen - Director Quality
  • “ I have gained deeper insights into myself. By talking openly about things that normally remain in my thoughts, it has become clear who I really am. I have learned to recognize my thought patterns. I have made, and executed an action plan, and I have realized that not to choose, is also a choice ”
    — Harrie - software engineer
  • “ Maaike is empathetic, smart, and cheerful. She can very well verbalise what I was trying to express. Together we could dig deeper than I could when I tried alone. After every session I felt I had taken a big step forward ”
    — Saskia - physician and PhD-student
 
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Who is Maaike Taconis?

About me

In my coaching I combine my international business experience (in biotech and management consultancy), my technical and scientific background (an MSc in Chemistry and an MA Coaching in Oxford) with my personal experience (working mom of three children).

I use this experience to facilitate you in your personal development and to help you make the right career choices. In a clarifying, connecting, and stimulating way, and of course with some sense of humour.

 

 
“Maaike is an empathetic coach, who can also confront you when needed. She helps you to maximize your potential at work, and to get more out of life”
— Remco - Lead practitioner - Heartbeat Ventures
 
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How do we work together?

Approach

Coaching helps you to gain insight into yourself, to look at yourself from different perspectives. It is a personal development process, with a clear goal, which is different for everyone. My perspective is holistic: you develop as a whole person, both professionally and personally. With an underpinning belief that you eventually hold all the answers to your questions, I create a secure, non-judgmental, and stimulating environment, allowing you to calmly reflect and find your answers.