Tijana Van Schaik

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DISC Type : SD

VP Global Business Partner Airport and Airline Operations at Amadeus

United States

Overview

Tijana van Schaik is a global HR professional and VP, People & Culture Business Partner at Amadeus. With a background from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, she specializes in organizational design, talent management, and delivering change initiatives. People who have worked with her describe her as dedicated, committed, and dynamic.

Outside of her professional role, Tijana is passionate about creating a genuine life-work balance. She actively participates in corporate social responsibility events, such as beach cleanups in Miami, demonstrating a commitment to environmental causes and community engagement.

She lives by the motto "Qui n’avance pas, reculé, " which translates to "Who does not move forward, recedes. "

Personality Overview

Dynamic But Sincere

Decisive But Calm

Planner & Achiever

They exhibit a rare combination of being result-oriented but patient at the same time.  They are very professional in their approach and can weigh multiple perspectives together. Reading between the lines and seeing beyond your words comes naturally to them.

Topics They Care About

Change Management
Drives successful change initiatives that lead to cultural transformation, financial benefits, improved engagement, and productivity.
Organizational Design
Focuses on delivering strategic organizational design, manpower planning, and talent management solutions as a core part of her HR expertise.
Life-Work Balance
Shared a strong opinion that the new equation should be "life-work balance, " emphasizing that life must be a priority over the old work-centric model.

Media Appearances

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Work History

9-2022
VP Global Business Partner Airport and Airline Operations at Amadeus
5-2021
Global Business Partner Airport and Airline Operations at Amadeus
9-2017 - 12-2021
Director, People & Culture- Americas at Amadeus
1-2017
Consultant at Direction Plus SA
4-2015 - 12-2016
Senior Vice President Human Resources at Global Blue

Education

1994 - 1998
Bachelors from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2011 - 2014
Executive Management from IMD
1993 - 1994
IB from Adlai E Stevenson High School
1991 - 1993
IB from XII Gimnazija

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Insights For Selling To Tijana

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • You can spend time on BANT (or other qualification methodology) but keep it to the point
  • During followups, use phone or text if needed, they should be fine
  • Use phrases like 'your team deserves', 'best in class' etc.

DONT's

  • Don't get into pricing discussions early on, steer conversation towards proven results
  • Don't focus too much on mutual contacts or bother about other stakeholders, focus on them
  • Don't go over them unless you are left with no other option

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Tijana is

  • Strong proof of impact and their conviction will matter the most, but they wouldn't want to act unilaterally either
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Tijana

  • They will say no if they are not convinced but you will have to prompt them.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Tijana move?

  • They will want to understand things well but can move fast once they have a clear picture.
  • Can Tijana take some risk or not?

  • They have good risk tolerance but are likely to think it through once or twice.

You And Tijana

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