Ruth Verlinden

Organisational Coach & Transformation Partner

My strengths finder: Learner, Achiever, Activator, Futuristic, Strategic. A strategic future-oriented driver who turns complexity into a clear route and reliable execution.

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My professional journey spans more than 20 years
in HR, leadership and organisational transformation.

Alongside experience and methodology, I bring intuition, sensitivity and a systemic lens.

I sense what is happening beneath the surface and support leaders, teams and organisations in creating meaningful change.

Let's explore how we can grow together
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Change has been a golden thread throughout my career - from IT implementations to relocalisations and workplace design to cultural and large-scale transformations.

In 2018 I founded Guide2Grow to focus on supporting leaders, teams and organisations in navigating change, strengthening leadership and creating sustainable transformation.

What gives me the greatest fulfilment is helping people reconnect with their strengths, talents and unique contribution. I believe sustainable transformation happens when people are genuinely engaged in shaping the future they want to create together.

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Credentials

Before founding Guide2Grow, I held roles ranging from HR Business Partner to HR Director in Belgian and international organisations including AtosOrigin, Banksys, AB InBev, ZNA and Danone.

Along the way, I complemented my industrial psychology background with a mini MBA and a Master's in Positive Organisation Design.

Training & Languages

I am certified in Insights Discovery and ADKAR. I am trained as an organisational coach, systemic interventionist and trauma-informed leadership practitioner.

I work fluently in Dutch, English and French and regularly support multicultural teams and organisations.

1 purpose

connect people, performance and purpose

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Years experience

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languages
Dutch, French and English

The path that shaped my work, as I know change from the inside out.

Before I ever facilitated teams or coached leaders, I had to find my own way through loss, uncertainty and reinvention.

I've gone off track more than once. Each time, life invited me to pause, reconnect and choose a new direction.
The path taught me something invaluable.

Choosing growth invites transformation.

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Those experiences shaped how I work today. They taught me how to stay present in uncertainty, how to listen beneath the words and how to hold space for people when old certainties no longer fit and something new is trying to emerge.

Like many of the people I work with, I have learned that growth often begins when we find the courage to show up more fully.

I help leaders, teams and organisations reconnect with their inner compass. I know what it feels like to lose your way, and how powerful it is to find it again.

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PEOPLE SPHERE
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Guiding the Guides

Over the years, I have developed a particular sensitivity for sensing what is happening beneath the surface of teams, groups and organisations.

Therefor I also support coaches, facilitators and change professionals through supervision, sparring and systemic reflection. If you are holding space for others, I can help hold space for you.

Curious whether we're a fit?

Every leader, team and organisation has its own story.

Whether you're leading change, navigating complexity, searching for greater clarity, or simply sensing that something wants to move, I'd love to hear what is calling for your attention.

Together, we'll explore what is happening beneath the surface, what wants to emerge, and what meaningful next steps could look like. Because…

“Life does not happen to you, life happens for you.”