“ Your training feels like therapy. ”

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“ Now it all comes together and makes sense.”

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“ All organisations should work with you and have their leaders educated, trained and benefiting from your Executive Coaching & Leadership development. “

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“Working with you makes a crucial difference and improves lives massively. “

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“ You lead people literally from a toxic - warfare-like - environment to a healthy environment, allowing for growth.”

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“ Thank you. I am deeply grateful that our organisation has chosen to work with you. “

Roughly 100 participants, among them CTO, Chief Engineer, HR, Engineers, Management and skilled secialists in manufacturing
in a global organisation with more than 51’000 employees.

" Thank you for having been at my side during the past 2+ years of my intensive studies - during the COVID-lock down as well as challenging times.
You helped me to follow through with the Masters in Executive Coaching and the accreditation-work, sharing your observations in regard to my writes and insights and giving me a thorough - sometimes tough and challenging - feedforward.
I could not have done it without you! Thank you."

Senior Leader @ a Healthcare Trust in London / UK.

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” Our regular check-ins helped me to folow through my Masters and fine-tune my coaching skills. It was good to know that you were just ‘a finger-tip’ away and that you would schedule time for me, when I had questions. Thank you! ‘

Head Coach in a management consultancy firm and former assistant to the managing partner of a global management consultancy firm, based in Brussels / Belgium.

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“ When working with Manuela, I had to ‘ brace myself ’ - prior to reading her to-the-poimt observations in relation to my writes. I am not used to get that kind of feedforward.
I appreciate the high confidentiality she is adhering to. “

Head medical doctor and specialist @ a Healthcare Trust / UK.

" Thank you for having been with me during these very challenging times in my professional / business environment as well as in my private environment.

Having scheduled the regular conversations with you helped me to gain perspective, settle into my new role and lead my direct reports as well as my departments effectively - and - most importantly: with pleasure!
Well worth noting: Helping me in one environment helped me also in my private environment. Thank you! “

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C-Suite Leader in a SIX stock-traded banking institute in Switzerland.

" You force us to think! "

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" Engaging with you is like therapy, it is healing. "

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" You are unique! "

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" You are the best advisor on the market! "

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Would you love to benefit from our partnership?

Then get in touch with us.
Write to: welcome@vanderglas-vanderglas.org or schedule a call below.
We are happy to help.

Am Besten hat mir gefallen, dass ich mich wie Zuhause fühlen konnte.

Durch diese angenehme Atmosphäre und die natürliche Lernumgebung, habe ich mein Lernziel entspannt und in meinem geplanten Zeitrahmen erreicht. Vielen herzlichen Dank für Alles!

Verkaufsleiter einer Schweizer Unternehmung mit weltweit mehr als 27’000 Mitarbeitenden.

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Das Lernen mit Ruud hat mir sehr weitergeholfen, weil er sein vielseitiges und tiefes Wissen mitbringt und so vermittelt, das ich mehr Selbstvertrauen und Selbstsicherheit aufbauen konnte. Das hat mir meinem intensiven Bachelor-Studium sehr geholfen. Vielen Dank für die tolle Unterstützung!

Praktikantin bei einer regional-verankerten Schweizer Bank.

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Meinen Executive MBA habe ich in Englisch gemacht. Ruud hat mir mit viel Geduld die komplexen Zusammenhänge einfach erklärt. So konnte ich die schwierigen Tehmen gut verstehen.
Nur dank seiner Flexibilität konnte ich meinen sehr fordernden Beruf und das intensive Studium mitneinander unter einenen Hut bringen und sehr gut abschliessen.
Vielen herzlichen Dank!

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Leiter Sicherheit eines traditionsreichen Finanzinstituts,
Senior Partner einers internationalen Bildungsinstituts.

“ I am a senior leader having worked in different fields, ie sourcing / setting up global supply chains for building materials, foods and consultancy in IT / SAP analysis and build. I managed a lot of teams. You could say that I am set in my ways but - open.

What I was looking for, was bringing in an outside view -
a ‘disruptive innovator’ who understands ‘managing complexity’ and ‘complex, multi-layered plannig / inter-dependencies’.

Since 2 years I schedule regular conversations with Manuela in which we look at, ‘brain-storm’ and ‘reflect on’ complexity.

What I appreciate the most is the honest - human to human - conversation that is also ‘mirroring’ and helping me seeing and understanding in a fresh way.

Obviously, I was used to ‘power over’,
here I am learning seeing the power in
‘the power with’.

Thank you. “

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Senior Leader in a global organisation with manufacturing facilities in EU, US/CAN and Asia.

“ Thank you for your patience in supporting me learning English as a third language during the past two years.

I am a team leader and you supported me despite my dyslexia, to articulate myself well and prepare for the Cambridge B1 -Linguaskill Business Exam that has changed from paper / personal to computer based only and AI-powered exam taking in September 2024. This change in exam taking is a huge challenge to work with upon itself.

My colleagues at work, also leaders in a global environment, fed back to me that I am more confident in my communication and that they understand me well.

This indispensable and valuable skill, I could only develop, because you took good care of me exceptionally well.

Thank you for your perseverance, believing in me and your trust in my abilities!

I do highly recommend partnering with van der Glas & van der Glas to reach your goals, because with them you truly are in good hands.

Thank you! “

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Team lead design tooling in a family-owned, European organisation with 5 locations, spanning 3 continents.

„ Englisch lernen mit van der Glas & van der Glas – Der Beginn einer unendlichen Entfaltung. Bei uns ist Sprachlernen nicht nur ein Ziel, sondern eine Reise, die nie endet.

Wir bieten das Erfolgsrezept für nachhaltigen Erfolg und begleiten Sie auf dem Weg zur sprachlichen Meisterschaft.

Wie ein genussvolles Menü, das mit jedem Bissen nach mehr verlangt – bei uns endet der Lernhunger nie.

Erleben Sie, wie Sprachkompetenz wächst und eine unstillbare Neugier entfacht wird.
Beginnen Sie noch heute – und
geniessen Sie die Reise! “

Team Leader Helpdesk of the world’s leading manufacturer in the field of commercial and industrial air humidification with over 740 employees world-wide and exports to over 50 countries around the world.

Collaborating with participants from different departments in several groups is very rewarding.

Rewarding it is, because steep learning curves can be witnessed and how to manage tricky topics or challenging situations well can be learned in a psychologically safe environment.

Having received a ‘Thank you’ in the form of a hand-made chocolate heart with a text, saying: “Best teacher”, warms my heart and confirms our over-all approach.

Would you love to benefit from our thorough experience, extensive knowledge as well as our approach?

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A family-owned Swiss company with roughly 2’000 employees from approx. 70 nations in 20 countries.

In Manuela haben wir als Expats einen ausserordentlichen Menschen gefunden, der uns ohne Vorurteile geholfen hat, uns in der deutschen Sprache besser und mit mehr Kenntnis, Selbstsicherheit und Selbstvertrauen zu verständigen.

Sie hat uns nicht nur die deutsche Sprache sowie die Schweizer Unternehmenskultur näher gebracht, sondern uns auch einfühlsam beraten, getröstet, uns berufliche Möglichkeiten in der Schweiz aufgezeigt, Mut gemacht und Hoffnung gegeben.

Manuela ist wie ‘google’ - einfach in der Form eines tollen Menschen.

Wir empfehlen Manuela sehr gerne weiter. Bei Manuela bist du in guten Händen.

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Zwei Expat Frauen im internationalen Umfeld von rund 70 Nationen und einem internationalen Schweizer Grossbetrieb.

Lovely feedforwards that need to be shared:

"Thank you very much for your special and warm message. It feels good to read how you see and appreciate us; such words mean a lot to us."

"You bring such a rich and wealth of life experience with you."

"Your message reads with attention and depth, and itisclear how much commitment and wisdom you put into your work."

"Thank you again for your openness... and for your warm words.”

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Do you love to collaborate with us too?

Our clients share with us:

“Most of my week consists of back-to-back business meetings and little to no time for reflection, thinking and meaning making.
The meeting with van der Glas & van der Glas is different: It is my favourite meeting of the week (Lieblings-Meeting).”

UK-Project-Manager of a global 1200 employee business.

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“You are my favourite human being (Lieblingsmensch). You are honest, kind, supportive and caring.”

Expat in Switzerland, coming from Eastern Europe.

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“ I collaborate with van der Glas & van der Glas since 2018.
I highly recommend working with them, because they do not only offer superficial, transactional ‘English lessons’, but are also open so that I can also bring a wide variety of topics and questions to the table that I sit with. They listen, care, support and have healthy boundaries. van der Glas & van der Glas are deeply relational. I can be the way as I am; authentic.

van der Glas & van der Glas are
TOP! “

Retired Swiss teacher with over 60 years of international and teaching experience.

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Would you love to build and embark on a deeply relational collaboration too?

“ I sensed being stuck, dissatisfied and disoriented for years and I felt the nagging pressure intensifying.

This is why I found van der Glas & van der Glas and I started collaborating with them 6 months ago.

I found them easy to talk to, open and supportive since day one.

I enjoy collaborating with van der Glas & van der Glas, because I value them bringing in an outside view to the organisation, the system as well as a fresh perspective in relation to my thinking patterns and the way we collaborate within our trust.

This is defenitely a collaboration that is more than worth the investment - on many areas: organisationally, professionally as well as on the human side - a mutually enriching experience I highly recommend. “

Expat from the South, leading a team within an NHS Trust in the UK.

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Would you love to engage in experiencing collaborating with us?

Nomination for the cantonal executive council:
Manuela van der Glas

"Manuela doesn't just
coach & advise individuals;
she inspires
communities.

Receiving nearly 1,500 votes as a first-time candidate
is the ultimate testimonial
for her integrity
and
her ability to bridge the gap
between
complex human needs
and
effective governance."

— Representation of the Public Vote, Canton Glarus - 8th of March 2026.