Facilitating business leaders to reach their full potential by becoming their authentic self
Welcome
Corporate Heroes
Corporate Heroes are business leaders.
"They are defined by the quality of the ideas around which they build their organizations, the depth of the humanity with which they guide their colleagues, and the humility with which they approach the truly difficult challenge of making positive change in perilous times."
Business Heroes defined by Harvard Business Review.
Corporate Heroes reach their full potential by becoming their authentic self. To then lead others.
ABOUT
Mariëlle Coenen is founder of Corporate Heroes.
I built my career in a corporate environment, achieving success through my masculine qualities: being results-driven, ambitious, hardworking, and aiming to reach the boardroom as quickly as possible. The birth of my first daughter marked a shift -my more feminine qualities awakened: intuition, connection, and the ability to slow down. At that time, I had just stepped into my first leadership position, managing a new department. I returned from maternity leave as a leader. With a focus on people - and success followed naturally, without the hard work.
As a corporate management trainee at Rabobank 20 years ago, I was introduced to personal development through skills training and by actively seeking assignments outside my comfort zone - such as being the first trainee to go abroad, joining the M&A team in London, despite feeling insecure about my English and coming from a no-nonsense retail background. I witnessed my own growth, and it left me wanting more.
Mariëlle: "Guiding people in their personal growth is what I love doing most."
Authenticity, balancing masculine and feminine qualities, female leadership, parenthood and career, talent development.
EXPERTISE
Certified coach: ICM and Phoenix Opleidingen.
NLP Practitioner, Systemic Work,
Transactional Analysis, Body-Oriented work.
1-ON-1 COACHING
" You can not become what you already are, only everything that you seem to be can melt away."
Successful leadership starts with leading yourself.
There is nothing more powerful than a leader who truly knows themselves and dares to embody that presence in the world.
The world today needs leaders who want to make meaningful contribution to a sustainable world. It requires a different type of leadership - one that moves beyond boxes and stereotypes, and finds balance between the feminine and masculine qualities we all carry within us. Authentic leadership: leading from who you truly are.
That takes self-awareness and inner work. Getting to know yourself on a deeper level. Understanding what drives you. Connecting with yourself and in meaningful relationship with the people around you. Living fully and making a difference - with courage, joy, (self)love, trust, and resilience.
Ready to lead from your own values? To stand for who you are? To grow as a leader and make meaningful impact?
Step into your full potential with one-on-one, in-person coaching. We work on multiple levels: FQ (physical), IQ (mental), EQ (emotional), and SQ (spiritual). Our coaching is rooted in proven methods - NLP, systemic work, TA - but the real transformation happens through experience, reflection, and experimentation.
INSPIRATION
REVIEWS
Ik heb Mariëlle leren kennen als een plezierige, gedreven en analytisch sterke collega. Altijd op zoek naar hoe het beter of sneller kan. Onafhankelijke denker en doener die energie haalt uit het bewandelen van ongebaande paden. Legt de lat voor haarzelf en haar omgeving op een hoog niveau zonder daarbij de haalbaarheid uit het oog te verliezen. Zij is in staat om in een snel veranderende omgeving focus te houden.
Former director Rabobank Rotterdam
I met Mariëlle at the Nudge global impact challenge when she became my coach. In the hour we spent together she made me come to terms critically about my challenges and potential in the most emphatic manner. That one hour was a life changing and meaningful event for me - it gave me the courage to own my story.
Business strategist from Brunei
Marielle voelt goed aan hoe mensen in hun vel zitten. Met haar natuurlijke interesse in mensen lukt het haar om snel verbinding te maken en mensen in beweging te krijgen. Ze is scherp in haar observaties en brengt haar feedback op zeer prettige wijze, zodat er een gesprek op gang komt. Zo krijgt ze mensen gemakkelijk mee en lukt het haar om snel en effectief resultaten te boeken.
HR manager