What clients say
“ClearWater has supported us in our transition from being a founder led company for almost four decades to becoming part of a global organisation, and renewing our executive team in navigating better during, and post the COVID-19 pandemic. This has resulted in our executive team stepping into a new way of leading, and role modelling this in the organisation.
Welmoed and Karin take time to really understand and relate to our executive team and the company’s culture before going into what we need and aim to improve. The genuine care and consistent follow up that was maintained with me for all the actions we had decided in our team and individual sessions has been a game changer. This makes ClearWater a valuable partner in growing our organisation.”
“Clearwater has strongly helped our executive leadership in getting together as a team, raising the trust level and having open and honest conversations, thereby tackling any issues head-on. Welmoed and Karin are a very complementary team themselves, and are both gifted to find the sensitive areas in a gentle but clear manner, allowing the team members to build trust in a safe and constructive environment. For me personally, their coaching is making a daily difference in the way I address issues, interact with my employees and communicate my expectations. I strongly recommend Clearwater for any team building and individual coaching on executive level.”
“Clearwater provided outstanding executive team coaching as our Tech scale-up MT went through a complex transition. Karin combines a highly sensitive nature, with a broad toolbox, and extensive experience in coaching as well as in business teams. Her clear and down-to-earth communication style worked well with our analytically wired team. Through a tailored and flexible program, combining group sessions with individual coaching, Karin supported the team’s growth and development towards a better connected, self-reliant management team. The MT’s guided transition gave comfort and trust, enabling delegating more and giving me, as CEO, the freedom to focus on a few strategic priorities.”
“I would wholeheartedly recommend Welmoed to guide the top management of any organisation in their growth and performance. Welmoed is a leader in her field: broadly educated and able to quickly create safety and earn the trust of every member of the team. As a result, our board continuously works on our leadership, our collaboration and our performance. Nothing is off limits; difficult topics are brought to the table, addressed openly and resolved.
She moves effortlessly between the business content, personal, interpersonal dynamics and group dynamics. Welmoed has the capacity to engage people on every level — cognitive, mental, emotional and even spiritual — allowing everyone to connect from where they are as an individual.
By working with intention, meaningful results follow quickly. She works atonomously and through personal contact and shares her observations directly, with radical candour, combining sharpness with genuine appreciation so that her feedback can truly be heard and received. This creates a foundation from which we can continue to build — individually and collectively, both personally and professionally. In this way we keep developing our leadership and our organisation. Welmoed is therefore an important partner in supporting the transformation of our organisation and the development of our leadership.”
“Welmoed’s coaching has formed the beginning of a change in mindset in which I defined my personal, long-term strategic targets and reconciled these with those of the organization that employs me. She helped me redefine my leadership roles in which I unified the care and attention I want to give my team and that my team deserves, with my personal ambitions and strategy.
Welmoed’s style is pleasant, personal, interested, and intelligent. She efficiently and adequately finds the knots in your system, like an intellectual and emotional massage therapist. Her coaching has been very helpful in gaining professionality without losing humanity.”
“ClearWater has been crucial in supporting us to define our leadership and take our place in the energy transition for the Netherlands as EBN CCUS. Through a team and wider CCUS leadership journey, we have grown in each of us taking ownership, increased confidence and clarity taking our place in partnerships and overall being more effective in our leadership internally and externally. What I see is that more and more people want to join us.
Intuitively, as a leader I know that the change I was about to lead is a journey and many things are unpredictable. Clearwater has supported me as leader in defining the journey step by step and enabling everyone in my team to take charge. Next to designing and leading the program with our input, Clearwater participates and sets the example. Thereby invites you immediately to work together in a new way through role-modeling, sharing observations. Very powerful indeed.”
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