Annemartine Cox

Coach  / second track programme counselor / TMA talent professional, also for teams

Things may not be going well at your work or your job may no longer suit you. You may also be forced to make a move, for example due to reorganisation, dismissal or illness. If you really want to change something, get going!

I myself have also travelled a road in my career, with twists and turns, dead ends and also beautiful vistas. This has given me insights into the things I enjoy and that energise me. Such as guiding people who want to get moving in their work or on their way to another job.

I myself worked for a long time, and with great pleasure, in the public service. I started as a trainee at the Ministry of Housing, after which I switched to the Environment and Sustainability field. This was first at the national level, then at the Municipality of Utrecht. There, I found that, as a manager, what I enjoyed most was coaching and mentoring the experts in my department. I enjoyed thinking with them about their development and together we looked at what was possible within or outside the organisation. Gradually, I started investing more and more time in coaching and in training as a professional coach. For several years, I worked as an in-house coach alongside my work as a manager. The next step in my career was a logical one for me: in 2019, I quit my job and started as a freelancer. My own coaching business was stepping out of my comfort zone and learning and applying new skills. By trial and error.