Our Clients

The strategy session we held under the guidance and leadership of Joost was very impactful. Within a few days we were able to formulate our strategic goals with actionable steps in a way that would give us a very concrete plan, ready to communicate throughout the entire organization. On top of this Joost puts a personal touch and flavor over the entire workshop which inspired me to set priorities not only in the business environment. — Finance Director Heineken Bulgaria

Joost, I have rarely seen such a professional approach! Thanks. — Marketing Director Heineken Bulgaria

I met Joost at the beginning of an important journey, our company undertook at the beginning of 2011. He made a great job to facilitate the discussion, so that we built our strategic 5 year plan around the vision we had. The critical success factors were there: Joost’s broader commercial knowledge, the ability to integrate and further develop different views, stimulating others to be creative, the energy radiated to the full team, as well as acting and living as part of our team. In addition to that, the workshop settings helped a lot to be extremely sharp, creative and open: beach location and good balance between mental and physical activities. I highly recommend Joost to facilitate strategic discussions of teams who are determined to make a next big step and need a bit of team dynamics, reflection, challenging view and spark. — Supply Director Heineken Bulgaria

A very inspiring 3 days which will really make a difference in achieving our business results. Builds great team spirit and clear direction.” — Marketing Director Reckitt Benckiser Germany

“Spending time on strategy development and team building in an environment that supports creative thinking and forgetting daily business, is something every team should do before starting a journey or changing the way of working.” — Sales Director Reckitt Benckiser Germany

I had the opportunity to participate to trainings led by Joost and I can only say that I really enjoyed each single minute. The trainings were not only well organized (especially his own training location in Spain was amazing!) but more importantly he managed to create a great spirit from the start by being constructive, open, dynamic, and sharing his own business experience from which the whole group could benefit. The outcome of the session was of very high quality each time. Thanks again for your great support! — Marketing Manager Reckitt Benckiser Germany

Changes in structures and Operating Model lead to an increased role of the Category teams within the organization. However, the change could only be succesful if the Category Teams understood and commited to their revised role. For this objective Joost has created a 1 1/2 day workshop designed to integrate the Operational Model, create clarity and simultaneously build team spirit. This was a very effective way to bring this change; feedback from all participants was very positive with a stronger identification with the process and higher levels of ownership. I would strongly recommend Joost work for other companies faced with similar challenges. — Marketing Director Reckitt Benckiser The Netherlands

Joost contributed to run a project with RB Nordic Marketing organisation – being professional, setting up realistic expectations, preparing with care every single detail and getting enormous potential out of the team. Therefore, I do endorse Joost expertise – it helped all of us to make a huge step forward as a team. — Marketing Director Reckitt Benckiser Nordic

Energetic and vibrant: this is how I would describe Joost´s classes! With a positive attitude, incredible communication skills and profound business knowledge, he managed to establish a fruitful connection between us, his students. The class became a team and Joost was an important part of it: coach, colleague, supporter and adviser. Thank you Joost! — MBA Student Fundesem Business School Alicante

Well done! The goal was reached, the group never lost sight of it and were enthusiastic all day. This success is one for all of us. Thank you for doing this in a controlled yet not rigid way. I recommend this to all teams across the board regardless of what they do. — HR Manager OHIM Spain

With our market share under pressure, we were facing a lot of challenges and workload a year ago. The biggest question was how to manage this with the limited resources we had available. ACTIMPACT supported us to win a lot of battles, to create many Best Practices for the rest of the world and to become realistic in what we can and cannot accomplish. It really gave us the focus we needed. — Marketing Director Sara Lee Germany

With 120,000 hl we had put ourselves a very challenging goal: 8% increase versus year ago. We have exceeded this ambitious objective. With 125,500 hl we have reached the highest volume in 14 years. Beside this milestone the team has achieved also enormous progress on individual and team performances. The key to these successes appeared to be each time the cooperation as one team and the focus on a limited number of goals where we looked at with each other regularly. — General Manager Heineken Suriname

Our results after working with the programs from ACTIMPACT:

• Most of the team members made a big step in their personal development and their level of self confidence.
• Even in tough times, team members did not start pointing to other disciplines; everybody kept his or her own role without blaming others.
• The team has created shared ownership and responsibility for their business.
• The team is proud again on the way they work together and on their business results.
• The team will reach their targets.

• The external view of our team and business has changed: now it is seen as a team you want to be a member of.
• New members in the team feel welcome.

– Marketing Manager Unilever Russia

ACTIMPACT has ensured that our whole sales department has become more proactive, stronger and more decisive and that the cooperation with marketing has been reinforced. The sessions, both the two-day workshop and the monthly follow-up sessions, were a great base to reinforce the team spirit within my Sales MT. By really sharing successes, but also by making disappointments open for discussion, the commitment grows to achieve the common goals. The program formed a beautiful platform to launch all kinds of initiatives and activities which have raised the turnover and have increased the margin and market shares in almost all categories. — Sales Director Nestlé The Netherlands

I have worked twice with the programs from ACTIMPACT. Both times it brought clarity in our goals, commitment of the whole team and a challenge for every team member. However, after such a session you’re not left alone: they continue to return each month which is not only good for the process and the realisation of the plans, but it also indicates they take co-responsibility for the results and that’s something I think is great. Moreover, it was real fun during the sessions and especially afterwards: complete teams started to enjoy their work more and more and that impacted on the rest of the organisation. They are just great. — Sales Director Uniekaas The Netherlands

For my team in the Netherlands, your training was a key next step in our team effectiveness program. As you know we started off with defining our mission as phase I, then we defined the way that we operate as phase II. Your training was part of Phase III, ie. focus on the individuals in the team. The feedback on your training has been great. The tool is very individual, actionable, practical and allows follow up. — Marketing Director Procter & Gamble Benelux