For women who want to grow. For organizations that want to strengthen.

Untapped potential, stalled career advancement opportunities, and insufficient attention to health and balance: this costs women daily job satisfaction, development, and employability. Yet this is where the opportunities for growth, innovation, and sustainable strength lie. As long as feminine qualities, ambitions, and needs are overlooked, we are only utilizing half of what is possible. A missed opportunity for women, but also for organizations. That’s why there is the Women & Work Desk: a powerful and accessible starting point for anyone who wants to move forward. With advice, inspiration, and support, we are building organizations where women thrive and the future becomes stronger, more inclusive, and more resilient.

"Give women the opportunity to develop and provide female and male role models: lift others as you climb."

Janine Vos

Managing Board Member and CHRO Rabobank

"We move forward by viewing leadership as a combination of qualities that are not gender-bound."

Karlijn Nooijen

Founder of Journey of the Hero in business

"A truly inclusive organization recognizes and values all masculine and feminine perspectives."

Elisa de Groot

Founder InTouch – Female Leadership & Career Academy

Four Pillars

We work from four pillars that guide our approach: work environment, job satisfaction, health, and talent development. They help us ask the right questions, make blind spots visible, and take concrete steps towards an inclusive work culture, better career opportunities, and the sustainable employability of women.

Work Environment

Work Happiness

Health

Talent Development

For Women

Sometimes something just doesn’t feel right in your working life. Your energy runs low, you feel unseen, or you notice that you’re struggling with the combination of work, health, and life. Whether you’re searching, looking to grow, or just want to brainstorm: at the Women & Work Desk, you are welcome. We listen without judgment, think along with you, provide advice, and offer practical tools: from workshops to tips for the conversation with your supervisor. So that you can move forward again, in a way that suits you.

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For Organizations

Employers, managers, and HR play a key role in creating a healthy, future-oriented work environment where women can also develop and thrive. The Women & Work Desk offers customized advice and inspiration regarding job satisfaction, health, work environment, and talent development – specifically focused on women. In six steps, we help organizations get moving and stay moving, with a clear strategy, targeted support, and practical tools. This way, you shape employer practices that truly contribute to growth, engagement, and sustainable employability.

Our Approach

Featured

Publication on Women-empowering
Leadership

How do you create a work environment where women can grow, advance, and thrive? In the publication Women-empowering Leadership, you will find insights, interviews, and case studies that help you to think differently, open the conversation, and take concrete action.

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Note: the publication is currently only available in the Dutch language.