empowered PEOPLE, EFFECTIVE TEAMS
TEAM CULTURE & COLLABORATION | OFF-SITES & WORKSHOPS | PROJECT MANAGEMENT & OPERATIONS
Hi, I’m Ines!
CULTURE & REMOTE COLLABORATION CONSULTANT | WORKSHOPS & TEAM OFF-SITES FACILITATOR
I’m a thought partner and a trusted right-hand person to founders and managers of mission driven startups and businesses worldwide.
I support organizations in shaping HOW their teams gather, create, and collaborate more meaningfully and efficiently.
I believe in the power of authenticity and vulnerability to turn our workspace experiences into healing and beautiful ones, propelling business growth forward.
I work with individuals and organisations (virtually & in-person) and offer 1 on 1 advisory for startup founders, team workshops and consulting.
At the core of my approach is (com)passion, care and a strong business acumen.
“Working with Ines was such a pleasure! She radiated such positivity from the moment we first set up a Zoom call to discuss the details. Throughout the workshop she established a comforting and intimate atmosphere that made each participant feel welcomed and heard. It truly felt like we had known Ines for years. I hope to cross paths with Ines again in the future, she truly is a ray of positivity and such a compassionate individual! Thank you Ines for facilitating this incredible workshop and for being such an inspiration!”
Services
ORGANIZATIONS
I partner with international remote teams to guide them to a more efficient and empowering ways of working together. Known for my high standards of conduct, wise & intuitive approach, and a big care for people, fostering togetherness is a super important value to me.
I help organizations them save time and resources, by tackling inefficiencies and empowering collaboration.
My approach can be described as creative yet structured, relationship driven, client-centric and highly hands-on. The clients I’ve worked with so far appreciate the strong ownership I bring to my collaborations.
I am often praised for the support and compassion I bring to teams, and my ability to simplify and create order from chaos.
Based in Maastricht, the Netherlands (CET time zone) I work with clients worldwide.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT & OPERATIONS
I excel at planning, organising and leading to a project completion. I am at my best when on a mission to get the team onboard, share the excitement and streamline people’s energies and efforts to deliver with quality, on time, within budget & in high spirit.
Apart from being an experienced and exceptional project manager, I bring support, compassion and ability to simply and create order from chaos to the mix.
Over the course of my career I’ve been a member of and have led teams across cultures and geographies.
CULTURE & REMOTE COLLABORATION
Forming a high performing team out of a group of individuals working across different timezones is not an easy feat, but that’s where I thrive. I provide leadership and direction to creating a positive work environment that supports people & business growth. I help my clients codify and implement core operating principles of team culture and collaboration.
Recently, I’ve designed, led and implemented Ways of Working principles & Meeting Strategy & Cadence for a global, fully remote team at Innov8rs.
TEAM OFF-SITES/WORKSHOPS DESIGN & FACILITATION
Bespoke program design & facilitation of team off-sites is where magic happens. My approach can be described as emphatic and inviting – yet pragmatic and easy to implement and operationalize. I use elements from Liberating Structures, arts & my intuitive insights, always balancing company objectives and individual needs, whilst leaving teams highly engaged and committed to the company mission.
I’ve so far designed and facilitated team development experiences in Bahrain, Croatia, Slovenia, Oman, Portugal, UK & Switzerland.
“Ines has this rare talent of seeing and connecting the biggest picture and the tiniest detail, and she is uniquely able to combine emotional intelligence with business acumen. If you are looking to “up” your culture/team game, Ines might be the right person to support. She took responsibility for the culture and team aspects of our business early on- with positive impact on both short and long term. Ines was able to form a high performing team out of a bunch of individuals working in five different timezones, by introducing small rituals and daily routines as well as ongoing interventions to drive connection and collaboration. She designed and led our team off-sites, nicely balancing company objectives and individual needs, leaving us highly engaged and committed to our mission.”
ORGANISATIONS I’VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH
“Ines is able to break down barriers and create an environment of trust with her peers and can always be counted on for support and achievements. In short, Ines is an achiever and she will ensure that whatever role she takes on she not only performs in the short term but creates a route towards constant performance and enables those around her to take it.”
ABOUT ME
Always on the people side of the business, be it managing people and projects, facilitating workshops or community events, I find a great joy in creating things from scratch and seeing people and businesses grow.
In my early twenties I moved to the Arabian Peninsula and spent 7 years working and living in Bahrain and Oman. Apart from gaining the priceless experience of navigating diverse environments to mine, the journey has my shaped my life and career so far.
Some of the highlights of my career so far include leading a country office of a 100 people international leadership development organisation in Bahrain, running outreach and stakeholder management activities as New Venture Business Development Director of an Oman based family office & global conglomerate with projects in trading, oil and gas services, facility management, logistics and infrastructure space, to building Oman’s first one stop shop platform and community for entrepreneurs as a member of the founding team.
Over the years, I have had the joy and pleasure to design and facilitate talks/workshops/team days in-person and virtually for audiences from all continents but Antartica.
MY PHILOSOPHY
Work should be deeply rooted in integrity, growth and joy.
Often described as extremely intuitive and empathic leader with the unique ability to see deeply into systems, patterns, people, and situations that others might overlook. I build deep connections and galvanize people around the shared vision and a goal.
Driven by a genuine curiosity and interest in world at large, I’ve so far lived and worked in Bahrain, Oman, Slovenia, Croatia, Italy and Spain, worked with organisations from USA, UK all the way to the UAE and traveled to over 35 countries. The experience has allowed me to grow both personally and professionally developing a strong sense of cross-cultural awareness and ability to communicate with clarity, collaborate with empathy and problem solve with diverse stakeholder groups, not in theory but in practice and more often than not ad-hoc.
I’m the co-founder at Beautiful Work Lives - a global collective of professionals across countries and cultures with a shared ethos. We build bridges across the world of work to co-create a beautiful work life that is inspiring, healing, and human-centric. Read more about our research and its findings here.
Passionate about energetics, body awareness, and spirituality, I recharge my batteries swimming and taking long walks in the forest. I enjoy cooking and sharing meals with the loved ones, and painting with acrylics. This website art is an example of it.
“Ines has the unique ability to listen to your experience and to just “get it”. She has so much experience and expertise in the international business world which helps her “get” exactly what it is you are saying, but somehow she manages to make you feel like your experience is unique and important and yet, that you are never alone. I left our conversation feeling validated, connected, and ready to get back to work!”