Sandra van Laar

Sandra is a consultant and coach, whose work and research have focused on individual growth and development across all age groups. She has over 15 years’ of experience working with individuals, teams and organisations to enhance personal and professional effectiveness and to achieve higher satisfaction in the workplace. As a psychologist, Sandra’s expertise is to guide others through processes of development and change in attitude, behaviour and communication.

As a coach, Sandra incorporates her own experience and a variety of evidence-based resources to assist clients to elaborate on their (inter)personal strengths and managerial skills. She has developed training programmes that strengthen managers’ ability to mentor or coach employees and enable them to capitalise on their talents and skills. In addition, she is a specialist in working with teams to develop effective collaboration and communication.

Sandra holds a masters degree in Developmental Psychology and Educational Science. She graduated from Leiden University in The Netherlands in 1991. Sandra has worked and lived in The Netherlands and in the United States before settling in the UK in 2007.

As a coach and consultant she has worked for different healthcare organisations, academic institutions and international companies, together with employees of The National Institutes of Health, Worldbank (Washington DC), Ernst & Young, Procter & Gamble, ICAS and several different government agencies within The Netherlands.