Cultures are real and do not disappear
De Vonk facilitates change where cultural differences play a role.
Cultures are real and do not disappear
De Vonk facilitates change where cultural differences play a role.
Welcome to the website of Alette Vonk
As an intercultural consultant and trainer I reveal effective solutions when people differ and cultures confuse. My company De Vonk (the Spark) is a member of the Cooperative Cultural Insights. On top I’m one of the Friends of Hofstede, internationally renowned for its thorough knowledge and craft in the field of intercultural management and organizational culture.
Cultural differences are fascinating. At times they may not seem relevant at all: they can be lying dormant or just form part of a colorful background for long periods of time. But suddenly they can raise their head. They can lead to wonders or they can lead to shock, oftentimes without making the people aware that they’re dealing with culture, since basic assumptions and logic have become largely unconscious. Cultural differences can make collaboration or living together amazingly complex and troublesome.
With insight and strategic attention, these differences can complement each other marvelously and improve both effectiveness and innovation of teams or organizations. Without this attention they can derail whole societies; and within companies they often stand at the inception of failed projects.
Cultures are real and do not disappear.
De Vonk consults, trains, coaches and facilitates processes where cultural differences play a role. I do this within organizations and companies that are dealing with an international work force and/or are doing business abroad. I also work in the health sector in the Netherlands and with migrant communities.
Do contact me for a free conversation or look for an open training that you can follow.
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Inspiring day
“Alette has a wonderful warm energy, and a great capacity to read the room. Our training was truly a very thought provoking and inspiring day. I am sure we will be working with her more in the future, and I can’t wait to do so. We thank her again for being warm and inspiring, and I have a deep respect for her facilitating a safe space for people to have a difficult conversation.”
Monique van ZijlUnit Manager, Oxfam Novib
Highly recommended
“As an executive coach and management and leadership trainer, I found the content of the courses extremely interesting and it has proven very useful in my work. (…) Alette Vonk herself is a very good trainer. She is clear in her communication, has an excellent understanding of how to tailor her training style to different learning styles, has a good sense of humour and, of course, knows her subject in depth. I couldn’t recommend her more highly as a trainer of cross-cultural management content.”
Clare BrigstockeExecutive coach, lateralshift
An eye-opener
“I’ve worked with Ms. Vonk on international projects and have also followed one of her intercultural business courses. I’ve lived and worked abroad in Africa, Asia and South America for more than 15 years and still this course has been an eye-opener for me because both good and bad experiences suddenly fell into place and turned out to be explainable from a cultural point of view.”
Willem RoodenburgAlliance Plus
Liberation
“I highly appreciated the emphasis on recognition and respect for other dominant cultural attributes as well as finding ways to co-relate with other cultures with view to minimise misunderstanding and/or negative consequences. This sort of “neutral” approach is in my opinion more balanced and accommodative to the majority of the cultures. I may have missed to participate in my native country’s liberation day celebrations, but I received “liberation” from a different corner.”
Norbert Abachibusiness controller Oxfam Novib
Professional, Flexible, Fun to work with
“Working with Alette on an exciting subject as cultural diversity was a real pleasure. (…). She was able to deliver a tailor made training on a short term notice that provided us with several interesting cases, eye-openers and tooling for embedding this knowledge in our day-to-day roles. Professional, Flexible, Fun to work with.”
Anke AidamVlisco Group
Unique perspective-approach
De Vonk brings a unique perspective-approach to her training that is rare. Combining empirical facts, case studies with theories in flexible coaching sessions the undercurrent realities of work-place conflict, cross-cultural misunderstand and tensions are creatively unveiled and addressed in a manner that leave participants going back to their jobs with healed hearts; cleared misconceptions; abandoned egos – and above all, the need to mutually respect imbedded hard core cultural values that make or break corporate peace and harmony.
Isaac AgyapongPSED, GIZ Ghana
Expert in her field
You immediately feel that she’s somebody with a lot of energy, perseverance and is an expert in her field. Combine this with her skills of a very good listener and open mind and you get a great person to collaborate with.
Cyriel Kortleventhe Change Mindset
Extremely interesting and enjoyable
“Alette is passionate and knowledgeable. Having lived and worked in Africa for years herself makes her a credible trainer. The combination of Hofstede’s scientific theory and Alette’s practical experience and humor, makes her classes extremely interesting and enjoyable to follow.”
Inez WilleboordseJobnet Africa
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