Rien van Leeuwen inspires and facilitates learning, innovation and growth of individuals, teams, organizations and professional communities. As a person and in various jobroles, such as trainer, facilitator and coach, he combines more than fourty years of experience in various fields of expertise. He started his career as international project manager in the space industry (NASA, ESA). After seven years he switched to the IT sector and managed a group of consultants. Seven years later he co-founded Ruysdael and focused on setting up the Ruysdael Management Institute that has been integrated in the current Ruysdael training department since 2000. Currently his focus is on sustainability and resilience.

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Overview

Rien van Leeuwen is a certified social entrepreneur, business trainer, team coach and executive coach with a focus on action learning, authentic leadership and sustainable innovation. He is guest speaker  and author of two dutch books” authentic inspiration” (2002) and ‘ energized social interaction’ (2013). The former focuses on personal development, while the latter emphasizes on practical tools for sustainable teaming, learning, leadership and change in project environments. These books are based on collective learning experiences in Ruysdael assignments in the sectors energy, financial services, central government, engineering and logistics. Since 2017 he is working on innovative transition approaches and stimulates knowledge transfer in the field of sustainability and resilience.

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He is co-developer in various practices, such as frameworks for transition approaches, sustainable innovation, high performance teaming, knowledge transfer and action learning. Since 1993 he develops, facilitates and conducts change, development  and learning interventions in organizations. These include among others teamcoaching, intervision, large scale interventions, job- and work coaching, training, leaderschip development, co-creation processes and talent modeling. His assignments encompass both board level, middle management and operational level. Examples are: international business change manager at P&O nedlloyd (now  Maersk), lead developer and trainer cultural change programme ING, knowledge transfer facilitator at the Dutch Tax authorities, program coach NUON (now Alliander), Lead trainer and action learning coach at ENEXIS.

Training

His training portfolio encompasses a large field of applications and target groups including specialists, project managers, teamleaders, executives and other business professionals. He conducts both customized in-company training programmes and masterclasses in an open schedule. These are generally focussed on seven human success factors for sustainable innovation: creating a collective context, co-creation, personal leadership, interpersonal communication, learning & knowledge transfer, facilitating change en authentic action.

Coaching

Rien van Leeuwen also works as a certified health coach, talent coach, team coach and executive coach. He is able to coach at a behavior level, skills level, cognitive level, identity level and social level.

Educational background

His education includes a bachelor in information theory, a postmaster in logistics, various internal courses (HRM, leadership, cultural change) and various NLP Master certifications at the University of Santa Cruz California. He is a member of the European chamber of the MIT Presencing Institute and the Dutch Society of Organizational Learning (Peter Senge).

 

Certified Mindsonar professional

mindsonar-seal-transparantAs a Certified Mindsonar professional Rien van Leeuwen is building upon a network of expertise and knowledge in the field of NLP metaprogramme application. Mindsonar is an instrument for measuring and improving thinking styles. More information via https://www.mindsonar.info

Adaptation beyond known territory

Adaptation beyond known territory

A healthy sea is home to many forms of life Built on the quality of relationships and interactions We kind of mimic natural patterns in our own way and context We too live in families, compete and form symbiotic connections There are bigger systems than we perceive or...

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Whoever we become

Whoever we become

Whoever we become I have been in many places Never seen Felt by many Hurt, fight , play Fear, sorrow, joy Places always present Home, the hart of presence Love, the path of connectedness Sea, the rithm of life Nature, the journey of being Larger spaces to be Whatever...

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Regenerative structures

Regenerative structures

In existing structures Chaos evolves into a nest A shared context For regenerative interaction New life Ready for interaction Searching for structures To create chaos To nest To regenerate Rien van Leeuwen, Leiderdorp April 8th 2022.   Lees meer

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Space

Space

There is a space out there There is a space in here  A space between us Between all the words and all the action A space of playfulness, love and strength A place where I have been A place here and now A place where I will always be Rien van Leeuwen, 18 november...

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Life in a bubble

Life in a bubble

We all live in a bubble A self created story Based on our experience A story of who we are in relation to others and in relation to our deeper self Rien van Leeuwen, Carvoeiro, 2016

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Personal resilience in team settings

Personal resilience in team settings

Our way of working is constantly challenged by our changing environment. Resilient individuals, teams and organisations learn and adapt to emerging realities. What does resilience mean in our day to day work and what skills do we, as an individual, need to develop?...

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How to create a seamless workflow?

How to create a seamless workflow?

Seamless workflow and social systems learning are the least appreciated success markers in projects and innovation partnerships. This is one of the conclusions from a perception survey among four hundred participants in various sectors and disciplines. This survey is...

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Inspiration

Inspiration

Inspiration Our  deepest  fear  is  not  that  we  are  inadequate Our  deepest  fear  is  that  we  are  powerful  beyond  measure It  is  our  light,  not  our  darkness,  that  most  frightens  us...

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The deer is here

The deer is here

The spirit of the deer The deer is here A spirit known by many Strong gentle and caring For the souls of many For the soul of all A spirit strong as trees A spirit gentle as the morning breeze A spirit caring like a tropical sea No more fear The deer is here One of...

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More than a broken branch

More than a broken branch

More than a broken branch More than a broken branch Or leaves falling to the ground More than the wispering of the wind And the ever changing shade More than than eyes see The heart of the  matter It is the ecosystem of a three Rien van Leeuwen, Toscane 2012 Dit...

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The unthought thought

The unthought thought

In 2011 me and my wife spent some time in California. This is what I wrote while at the campus of UCSC looking over the beautiful Pacific. The unthought thought See the unseen Listen to the silence Hear the words behind the words Feel the unfelt Sense now what is...

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Slowly the fire dies

Slowly the fire dies

Slowly the fire dies The last flame, the last sparkle It is all gone Even the last laugh No more gathering around the fire No more wood to feed the fire No reason to lit the fire As all fires do, It started, it spread and it slowly died It all was And that is ok What...

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Clouds

Clouds

Clouds Even when clouds are around the mountain and the mountain cannot see it’s self Still others will see the mountain and it’s clouds Rien van Leeuwen, Santa cruz, 13/7/2008 Geschreven aan de kust van California

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Authentic inspiration

Authentic inspiration

Seven states of beauty The Authentic Inspiration Model © is a model for the realization of intention, potential and talent. The application of this model enables us, in an effective and ecological way, to face life challenges, to bring out the best of our intentions...

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