Empowering leaders to transform teams boost collaboration inspire change drive results shape organisations
I design bespoke leadership and management development programmes that perfectly match your organisation’s unique needs and challenges. Having trained over 2,000 leaders and earned the trust of HR and L&D managers at leading organisations like Arvato Bertelsmann, PassportCard and Schenker, I deliver programmes in English, German, Dutch, French, and Spanish that blend scientific insights with practical tools for immediate impact.
Praise by HR and L&D managers
We have been working with Lisette as a trainer for our leadership programme in Germany for many years. I particularly appreciate her open and cheerful nature, with which she approaches all participants, taking them, in a very personal way, on their learning journey. She is a true professional in her field, covering all topics that are crucial for our managers, and she conveys and moderates these in a very interactive and engaging way.
Katharina Schoof
Senior Expert Learning, Development & Talent Management | Arvato SE
The cooperation with Lisette for the Essential Leadership Programme at Schenker is extremely customer-oriented, uncomplicated and professional. She flexibly adapts the programme content to the different groups in order to meet the needs of the participants and to make the training particularly practice-oriented. Lisette convinces with her high level of technical expertise, passion for development topics and many years of training experience. Our participants especially appreciate her positive manner and lightness in the trainings, which always contribute to a pleasant atmosphere.
Aline Fischer
Talent Management | E.ON Digital Technology
Leadership Journeys
Three journeys, one consistent language of leadership. I tailor every leadership programme to your organisation — and because I design and deliver all three, what surfaces in the executive room shapes the manager training, and insights from your emerging talent reach the top. Real alignment, top to bottom.
Lead Yourself
For emerging professionals before they step into management. Build the self-awareness, communication skills and emotional agility to thrive in any team.
Leadership Development
For managers who want their teams to thrive. Give feedback that lands, communicate persuasively, navigate difficult conversations and guide your team through change.
Executive Leadership
For senior leaders shaping organisations. Sharpen your strategic thinking, build an innovative culture, and lead courageously through complexity and change.
Interactive leadership programmes
Leadership training doesn’t have to be boring and impactless! I love interactive leadership training, both online and on location, where you can experiment with different tools and techniques – like presenting, coaching and even doing role-plays that are actually fun and insightful. So, as a manager, you can apply everything the next day. An impression of my most impactful and popular leadership training programmes.
Give feedback with radical candor
How to give radically candid feedback in a kind and direct way for better performance and valued relationships.
Motivate different personalities
How can you successfully guide different personalities through change? Learn to collaborate and communicate effectively with different behavioural preferences.
Communicate and negotiate skilfully
Become a supercommunicator that makes colleagues and clients feel heard and achieves results.
Lead difficult conversations - practice lab
Learn to conduct even the most challenging conversations with ease.
Manage performance
Improve your team's performance by developing high-performers and addressing underperformance.
Think clearly - make smarter decisions
Break through biased thinking patterns and make smarter decisions, even under pressure.
Empower your people
How to build an entrepreneurial culture where people take initiative, make decisions and don't wait to be told — driving performance from within.
Just work
How can you create a work environment, free from bias, prejudice and bullying, in which everyone can collaborate and respect one another individually?
Present persuasively & speak spontaneously
Learn to inspire others with compelling presentations and convince others on the spot—even when you have zero time to prepare.
What participants say
The training helped me understand that organisational change is actually a complex, long-term process that requires constant communication and broad involvement of the people who are affected by it. Lisette gave us lots of opportunities to practice having conversations about change, using our own real-life examples.
Thomas Nuspl | Central Europe FP&A Director | Boston Consulting Group
The Essential Leadership Program exceeded my expectations in every way and significantly increased my leadership skills. The practice-oriented content, combined with interactive exercises, enabled me to learn valuable skills and apply them immediately in my daily work. Particularly impressive were the in-depth insights into communication, conflict management and team leadership, which opened up new perspectives for me. The trainer, Lisette van de Sandt, was not only extremely competent, but also very inspiring and managed to convey complex topics in an understandable and enthusiastic way. Thanks to this programme, I now feel even more confident and motivated to fulfil my role as a manager with more clarity and success. I highly recommend the ELP – it is a valuable investment in personal and professional development!
Evgeni Martel | Collection & Distribution | Schenker Deutschland AG
Lisette is a wonderful and targeted trainer! She is very informed to not only read the room right but also participant’s energy (apart from adjusting content overnight, agile ways of working, breaks, reflection time etc.) This is one of the best trainings I ever attended especially the fact that I am reviewing and implementing the Change topics and my actions even weeks after the training!
Garima Mongia | Global L&D Transformation Manager | Boston Consulting Group
As part of the Essential Leadership Programme, my colleagues and I were able to learn a thought-provoking combination of theory and practical application from Lisette. Lisette's motivating and incredibly open nature creates a great atmosphere in which we were able to learn to understand and question our own ways of thinking and behaving, and to improve both ourselves and our teams. I particularly liked the group work, where we were able to continuously give each other feedback and learn from each other.
Johannes Herrnleben | Project Manager Invoicing & Settlement | Schenker Deutschland AG
Lisette accompanied us in a leadership programme. The training was very rewarding for me. We covered the topics in a targeted and concise way. Lisette introduced the topics in such a way that I could apply and implement them directly. The practical examples were real and the exercises were great for implementing them in my daily work. Lisette is truly a positive person through and through, and her personality alone gives you a lot of energy.
Susann Horst | Head Operation Center Land | Schenker Deutschland AG
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