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Cees Van der Zwan PhD

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Executive coach at COURIUS
📍 The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands

Cees van der Zwan is the founder of Teamenergie and a Managing Partner at COURIUS, specializing in team development for high-performance in complex organizations. His doctoral research on team success is the foundation of his work, which focuses on making energy dynamics visible to improve collaboration, ownership, and results.

Originally a technical business administrator, Cees discovered his passion was for people, not technology. He finds that sport plays an important role in his life, not for the competition, but as an outlet for relaxation and fun. Clients often describe him as energetic, curious, quick-witted, and practical.

He co-authored the book “Teamenergy, ” which outlines how to activate a teams energy and transform it into lasting high performance.

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Experience
26 Years
Current Role
Executive coach
Location
The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
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Topics Cees cares about

Team Energy Dynamics
His PhD research and professional focus are on how 'Teamenergie' is the best predictor of success, finding that teams with positive energy perform up to 40% better.
Leadership Development
As an executive coach, he helps leaders and management teams navigate complex strategic issues, combining his expertise in change management with individual and team coaching.
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Career

Work history

7-2021
Executive coach
COURIUS
7-2020
Managing Partner
COURIUS
7-2017
Managing Partner
TeamEnergie
11-2023
Lid raad van toezicht
Stichting KompAss
9-1999 - 7-2021
Executive coach en teamcoach
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Cees van der Zwan - COURIUS. Featured in COURIUS (official website)
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Education
2011 - 2017
PhD
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)
1995 - 1997
Drs (cum laude)
Tilburg University
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