Erik Jan Scholten

Work matters and therefore I want to help making work better. To me that means working better together, being fully engaged and getting better results.

My work is to support other leaders in their pursuit of high performance (their own and of their teams). That can also include working with their teams and fixing problems. Here's what others say about working with me as that probably describes best what I do, how I do it and why.

"I cooperated with Erik Jan many times throughout the last few years (2009-2014) both at national and international HQ level. We worked together on a few leadership programmes covering the whole spectrum of behaviours needed to achieve success in the modern, sophisticated pharma environment. In most of the projects coaching was one of the most important aspects/methods.

I experienced Erik Jan as a very open minded, friendly and inspiring expert and leader, always willing to listen and adapt his approach to the given circumstances. He wants to create the best solution together with his customer, trying to understand the underlying complexity before jumping to any kind of conclusions. His personal style is very inclusive, based on sincere interaction and exchange of ideas. He skillfully brings his vast experience in form of coaching or sometimes mentoring, asking very insightful, helpful questions in an informal and easily acceptable way. Interaction with Erik Jan is a fascinating journey for both the coach and the coachee where authentic learning in both directions takes place.

All this makes the cooperation with Erik Jan a great experience, based on trust and friendship, which helps to develop long term solutions bringing added value both on business and personal level. Last, but definitely not least Erik Jan has developed a very high level of intercultural skills (partly thanks to his life experiences but also thanks to a natural talent), which make him very flexible in terms of working with people of different cultural backgrounds.

I can sincerely recommend Erik Jan as a coach, a mentor and a leader to any national or international organisation striving for improvement and excellence."

General Manager Pharma company