Michael is the founder of the ‘ProfessionallyFit’ program, an inspiring speaker on leadership, work happiness, and mental resilience, author of various blogs, and is known as one of the Hunters in the TV program ‘Hunted’ on NPO3.
For years, he has been helping people and teams within various companies and government agencies towards a more energetic, fitter, and vital existence through team building, change management, and customer focus.
After his education at CIOS and the Sports Academy, Michael worked for 12.5 years for the Police (Academy) and Defense.
In addition to the physical fitness of military personnel and police officers, he primarily trained these target groups in combat skills, procedures, and Mental (Resilience) Strength.
In 2010, he resigned and started focusing on the (personal) development of people and teams in a High Performance environment.
This is quite a results-oriented statement and of course it’s not just about being productive, but the essence of this statement is very apt if you want to know more about work happiness.
”โGood is perfect, but perfect often isnโt good!โ
Keynote Speaker Michael Kortekaas
For years, he has been called upon as a trainer for (specialized) units of the National Police, Defense, and Fire Department. This can involve improving Mental (Resilience) Strength in regular duties but more often focuses on specific competencies such as mindset, action intelligence, leadership, and preparation for or dealing with terror.
In the business world, he guides High Performance teams that want to create more focus, resilience, and energy. He has conducted many coaching and speaking sessions for banks, accounting and law firms, hospitals, TNO, companies such as Friesland Campina, Facebook, Reebok, Adidas, etc.
The three main themes that Michael can influence as a coach and speaker on mental resilience are:
In the area of Energy Management, Michael clarifies how people, teams, and organizations can better manage their energy and be more passionate about their work. Energy is the foundation of good performance. Both daily ‘quick wins’ for people on the work floor and integration at tactical and strategic levels can be addressed.
As a leadership speaker, workplace happiness speaker and mental resilience speaker, it’s one of his frequently used expressions; ‘what you do is what you become good at’ encapsulates the essence of a session. If you complain and grumble a lot, you’ll become good at that! But if you learn to deal with fear, disappointment or setbacks, for example, you develop willpower and perseverance.
It’s paradoxical, but ‘just’ doing is one of the great keys to real change. The trick is simply to start…
Curious how Michael as a speaker or coach can contribute within your team or at an event?
As an inspiring speaker on leadership, work happiness, and change management, Michael makes the connection to people’s daily professional and private lives and gives them the first practical tools, challenge, and inspiration to start improving immediately. His sessions are full of energy, interactive, and alternated with knowledge, assignments, reflection, and relevant visual material.
As a speaker on leadership, work happiness, and mental resilience, Michael is evaluated as energetic, authentic, refreshing, but above all as someone who can put people in a learning mode and activate them.
