About us
We believe that we can make the essential difference for CEOs and companies striving for a sustainable & productive way of working.
Our DNA
Why?
"I founded House of Vitality because I believe that my insights and the combined expertise of our team can make the essential difference for companies and CEOs striving for a sustainable and productive way of working."
-Sharon Vandousselaere
Who are we?
Mission & vision
House of Vitality offers CEOs and managers the tools which enable open and transparant communication in their organisation, which in turn enable better results, higher productivity and less stress.
The changemakers among the CEOs and managers can make the balance between wellbeing and productivity their key to succes, both on a personal and organisational level.
Read more about our history here.
Our team
Sharon Vandousselaere
Masters in Business Psychology and Advanced Masters in
Business Economics, Dutch/English
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Founder, Research Project Manager & Personal Energy Management trainer.
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More than 12 years’ experience in company research, well-being training and coaching at Villeroy & Boch, BMW Group Belux, Unilever, Antwerp Management School and UGent (Ghent University), among others.
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Founded De Zinhoeve in 2014 as a team building & training location for “well-being at work” activities
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Author of the books “Personal leadership. More productivity in six steps with Personal Energy Management” and “Inner peace in a busy life”.
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Developed the SVD scan© “Well-being and productivity”.
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Started her career as a scientific researcher in the field of service management & service climate in manufacturing firms (UGent)
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Previously ran a VDAB-recognized career centre "Inner Glow" where she guided female entrepreneurs towards more work-life balance.
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Extensive experience with stress, burnout and career coaching and as a teacher in body-mind stress reduction techniques ‘yoga’ and ‘mindfulness’.
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Consulting and coaching for managers and business owners on stressmanagement and work-life balance
I teach you how to get a better performance and team collaboration through better communication with your people & an analysis of:
✓ what the core disruptive elements are,
✓ how to eliminate or minimize them and
✓ how to use the energy usually spent on frustration and problem solving on communicating transparently.
Frankie van Hamme
Masters in Economics and Advanced Masters Vlerick Marketing, Dutch/French/English
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Business mentor, recognised stress & burnout coach, leadership coach, research associate
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30 years’ management and executive experience at Wellcome Pharmaceutics, Pietercil, Douwe Egberts, Henkel and Alpro.
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Both as VP marketing & innovation and VP supply chain functions, locally and internationally.
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Successfully led change processes at Henkel and Alpro.
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Winner of Supply Chain Award 2009 with Alpro. 'Value creation within a lean, agile and sustainable supply chain.'
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Experienced the impact of excessive stress personally.
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Convinced that sustainable growth of business results and employee growth go hand in hand.
"It is my firm belief that companies remain sustainably competitive only when they are genuinely committed to the well-being of their employees. Productivity and well-being go hand in hand"
An-Katrien van Petegem
Communication Sciences and Basic Prevention Training, Dutch/English
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Management Drives© certified, leadership coach, research associate.
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Over 25 years’ experience in various positions within the financial and technology sector (ING, SpotIT).
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Experience in structuring and organising new and existing entities, both in corporate and start-up environments, with evolution to scale-up.
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Management Drives certified consultant: mainly in the context of team coaching.
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Driven by growth and renewal on a personal and organisational level
"Transparent communication is key to proper functioning and performance. That is where I like to guide organisations, teams and executives to."
Koen Breyne
Masters in Business Administration in Solvay,
Dutch/French/English
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Strategy and change consultant.
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Master partner Management Drives Belgium Luxembourg.
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+20 years' experience as a sales and general manager.
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Strong in strategic coaching and team facilitation at board and management level.
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Founder of Hempicus and of Equisil.
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Attracting people and keeping them on board starts from your authentic story.
“People are the most vital in every business. Technology is just a tool to serve people. Einstein said it already: Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. Only people have that power. People have the empathy, the passion and the creativity to change the world.”
Jan van Hootegem
Masters in Psychology and Executive Master Coaching &
Consulting for Change – Insead, Dutch/French/English
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Coach & HR/Organisation consultant.
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+20 years of experience as CHRO and group board member in international family businesses.
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Strong in individual coaching and team facilitation at board and management level.
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Practical experience in Organisation Transformation projects with focus on Leadership, Corporate DNA & Performance Culture and Operational framework (ORA).
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Elected HR Ambassador (2008).
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Convinced of a sustainable business partnership relationship based on 'trust, authenticity and integrity'.