Pause. Just for one moment. Take a breath.

Consider all that you are doing as a mission-driven leader.

All your commitment towards a more sustainable, peaceful, just and equitable world.
All your time, energy and attention that are making this possible.

 

But also

All the stress systems that are at work.

All the juggling to balance work and private life.

All the energy drains you are experiencing.

Holding you back from realising the true difference you want to make in the world.

 

Know that you can

Experience more well-being, resilience, balance and fulfilment.

Live and lead in a complex world from an aligned heart / mind / body.

Make more meaningful impact in your life and work.

It is possible to move from surviving to thriving

Would you like to explore how?

My name is Mette Gonggrijp - Founder IMind2Lead & Trauma-Sensitive Leadership Coach

With IMind2Lead I specialise in guiding ambitious mission-driven leaders who mind their mental and physical well-being as a way to increase resilience & meaningful impact.

I support leaders and their teams to practise a different form of leadership. Whole leadership, that:

  • values your own health & integrity and that of your team. 

  • focuses on values, connection, creativity, cooperation, clarity and communication.

  • creates a safe workspace to be whole, vulnerable and powerful.

  • is a contrast to overly competitive, power driven and dominant styles. 

  • results in relevant, influential and high performance.

My vision is to create more thriving teams and workplaces that honour mental and physical health with less burn-out and chronic stress.

To benefit individual and system level transformation towards resilience, wholeness and well-being and to generate more visible role models and communities for change.

  • coaching

    Individual or team coaching services

    Coaching will enable you as a leader to develop and experience the skills and mindset for a lasting transformation towards whole leadership for change.

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  • consultation

    Individual or team consultation

    Consultation will provide you as a leader with necessary information and skills on whole leadership, stress management and resilience. You will develop a thorough theoretical and practical basis for realising change. 

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  • community

    As a leader you will discover the benefits of working and living from a place where your values, energy and ambition are in tune.

    The community will enable you to take your mental and physical well-being seriously AND to make a difference for others in the world.

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My approach is based on scientifically proven methods and my own inner and outer leadership experiences.

I support you as you move from exploring, honouring and feeling towards experiencing, taking action and achieving tangible results.

I use an explorative rather than a linear process and work from causes - not symptoms. The experiential learning method will enable the lasting change you aspire.

  • kind words

    ‘An inspiring and energetic personality, Mette knew how to enthuse a team, and how to build, develop and share a vision. She often took an innovative and new approach and was anything but an old-fashioned diplomat, Ambassador and leader.’

    Pieter Smidt Van Gelder, Deputy Head of Mission, European Union Delegation to Ghana

  • kind words

    ‘Mette has the unique quality to combine her intelligence, skills and experience with an insatiable curiosity and urge to understand new matters. This combination makes her a great mentor and sounding board for anyone with an idea, plan or ambition’.

    Oleg Büller - Co-founder Post for Change & indē wild

  • kind words

    ‘As the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Costa Rica from 2012 to 2015, I had the opportunity to observe first hand Mette’s work as Ambassador of the Netherlands. She consistently impressed me with her diplomatic skills, integrity and commitment in advocating for the goals and ideals shared by her country and of the United Nations while maintaining warm relationships of trust with the national authorities and civil society actors’.

    Yoriko Yasukawa - Former UN Resident Coordinator to Costa Rica

  • kind words

    ‘Building upon her own leadership experiences Mette Gonggrijp offers a safe environment to jointly reflect upon personal ethics and norms so as to strengthen the connection between who you are as person and what you are as professional and become the ‘well-balanced’ leader you want to be’.

    Cornelie van Waegeningh - Founder Equip Worldwide and Namibian Honorary Consul to The Netherlands

  • ‘We desperately need more leaders who are committed to courageous, wholehearted leadership and who are self-aware enough to lead from their hearts, rather than un-evolved leaders who lead from hurt and fear.’

    Brene Brown - researcher and writer

you can choose both

Ambition
Power
Challenges
Focus
Action
Ratio
Results
Respect
Serve others

Health
Vulnerability
Safety
Space
Reflection
Feelings
Compassion
Boundaries
Self-care

‘What you must dare, is to be yourself’

Dag Hammarskjöld - Former Secretary General of the United Nations