“I help the good brave girls lead“
A more equal world for women
Susan Veldkamp is an energetic and passionate woman on a mission: a more equal world for women.
For every hesitant woman, there are ten less-qualified men eager to take a seat as a talk show guest.
Our male counterparts earn the equivalent of 1.5 months more per year for the same work.
“I’m not the right person for the job because I don’t have all the expertise.”
As a woman, you don’t need to judge yourself if you recognize these thoughts. It can all be explained from a historical perspective.
The world is crying out for female leadership
As a woman, you didn’t cause the inequality yourself. However, Susan’s approach is that taking control yourself is the fastest way to feel equal as a woman and to be seen and treated as such.
Every woman who naturally claims her space becomes a role model for her colleagues, her company, and for her daughters and sons.
Every woman who takes her place in her own authentic way is the female leader the world is crying out for.
Visibility (Positioning, Profiling)
Be good and tell it: Being good at your work isn’t enough to grow. You also need to talk about it. You deserve to make yourself visible.
It’s exactly this invisibility of women that has been one of the two main reasons for the underrepresentation of women in the (sub)top levels of business for years (source: It Takes Two To Tango research report).
Why? Because many women prefer not to draw attention to themselves.
Susan ensures that, in no time, women start questioning why they haven’t positioned themselves and their great work sooner.
Be that female leader.
At work. At home. Everywhere.
Female Leadership
For centuries, we’ve been taught to value masculine traits more highly: gender bias. With Susan’s thirteen years of experience in sales, she knows better than anyone what it’s like to work mainly with men and how, for a long time, she loved being one of the guys.
Until she realized that it was her masculine side that wasn’t setting her apart. From the moment she began to value and intentionally use her feminine side, she quickly became the top saleswoman she wanted to be.
Susan helps women discover and tap into their limitless potential, starting with the belief that it’s already there.
Experience: Susan Veldkamp
She studied Industrial Engineering and Management at Saxion University of Applied Sciences in The Netherlands and left her well-paid job as a sales and marketing manager in 2018 because she wanted to look back on a life with meaning.
She wrote the book Less Stress, More Joy (Dutch) and releases the For Female Leaders podcast every weekday.
You can turn to Susan Veldkamp for programs, lectures, and workshops on:
- Visibility in your work (positioning, profiling)
- Female leadership
Available in both English and Dutch.
- Mentor program Inspired Women Lead: next generation of women leaders (2024-2025)
- Publisher of the English-language podcast For Female Leaders (since 2024)
- Named one of the 100 Best Coaches in The Netherlands by Lucinda Douglas (2023)
- Publisher of the podcast Voor Vrouwelijke Leiders (370 episodes 2021-2024)
- Author of the book Less Stress, More Joy (Dutch, 2019)
- Member of Toastmasters International (since 2019)
- Coach, trainer, and speaker (since 2018)
- Founder of Susan Veldkamp | Academy (2018)
- Become a Master Presenter at The New Business Women (2018)
- The New Business Women Academy (2018)
- Certified NLP Practitioner (2012)
- 13 years of experience in sales and management (2005-2018)
- Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Industrial Engineering and Management in The Netherlands (1995-1999)
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