TribeX

After seeing the need for entrepreneurs to come together and support each other, Rachelle & I decided to create a tight-knit family of business owners. People who want to co-elevate each other personally and professionally. Not once, but by being true partners in each other's journeys...

TribeX is an international collective of impact-driven entrepreneurs who are into personal development.

A community for:
- masterminding
- expertise sharing
- accountability
- collaborations
- business friends around the globe

Online-first but with 2 yearly global gatherings and quarterly chapter meetups in major European cities 🏙️ 

Members are selected with great care based on Character & Integrity.

We believe those are the key factors for a supportive business family🫶🏽

We kicked off in September 2023 with 14 founding members spread across Europe!

If you want to join us (first session = free), go to www.tribex.community

Co-Founder & Leader @ TribeX

Growtribute

Do you want a business empire AND personally thrive while building it? We help ambitious entrepreneurs to get on the fast lane to business success & personal happiness.

I founded Growtribute together with my wife Rachelle Leerling. Our journey of "Rollercoaster Entrepreneurship" (the highs and the very lows) inspired us to create an academy for ambitious entrepreneurs - enabling them to have a massive business impact in a sustainable and enjoyable way.

Results while working with us:
✅ Feel completely in control of the business & your days
✅ Step into your CEO role - execute on a clear vision, strategy and momentum.
✅ Be indistractable, less available & needed in the business
✅ Have more time for yourself, family, friends & sports by working smarter
✅ Truly turn off your head and be present on evenings and weekends

What other entrepreneurs say:

⭐ "I'm being stronger with clients, setting boundaries. And as a result, having more space to think and not feel overwhelmed. Old me might have panicked a lot more last week. But I had the structure behind me this time. Now it's about making the structure stronger & stronger and I feel clearer about how to get there, improving week by week" - J. | UK 

⭐ “My first week was literally amazing, no joke. I feel so much better mentally & physically. My gf says the same, she hasn’t seen me like this in a long time" - J. | Germany 

⭐ ”It was my most productive day in the last few weeks. I’m beginning to notice the first signs of improvement from having the new structure of my day. I fall asleep faster, and I wake up with greater energy”. - M. | Poland

⭐ "I read enough about habits and routines to know what I needed to know. But I needed to make it happen. I needed that push from you guys. And in these 3 months, I can really build something for the future." - M. | Israel

www.growtribute.com

Co-Founder | Business Confidant for High Performing Entrepreneurs

Travis the Translator

The original creator of the AI pocket translator. In 2017 we took the pocket translator concept from ideation to successful launch & shipment. In the same first year we've achieved a milestone of 50,000 units sold, with clear insights on proof of market validation. In 2018 we reached another milestone of 120,000 units and we were chosen as Startup of the Year by Dutch media channel Sprout.

Founder & CEO

Travis Foundation

We’re on a mission to empower people by bringing lesser-resourced and underprivileged languages into the digital world. Everyone has the right to be understood - whether we speak a common or minority language, whether we are in our country of origin or on the other side of the world. Communication and understanding are core aspects of being a human and Travis Foundation is there to close the gap of language inequality and preserve culture.

Founder & Board Member

Venture Café Rotterdam

The Venture Café Foundation is the not-for-profit sister organization of Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC). It aims to create a climate of learning and collaboration for the entrepreneurial, innovative and creative communities through spaces, programs and conversations. More info on www.venturecafe.nl.

Founding Program Manager

Erasmus Trustfonds

Erasmus Trustfonds and Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) have combined forces to generate the largest university philanthropic fund in the Netherlands in order to create the 'University of the Future', with leading scientists, renowned research, and world class education.

Marketing and Communication

Sana Commerce

Managed the department (15 nationalities/20 FTE) that generates leads for ISM’s sales and marketing teams all over the world. Simultaneously implemented an extensive action plan with structural changes.

Manager Lead Generation Department

Under direct supervision of the CEO (recommendation above) I launched new webshop software with SAP-integration in the market and prepared our own organisation for it. To get this done I selected and managed my own team (5 people/4 nationalities).

Project Manager

I co-founded TribeX & Growtribute together with Rachelle Leerling to change the way entrepreneurship is done. We stand for 'humanpreneurship' - the opposite of 'hustlepreneurship'. 

TribeX is an entrepreneur collective across Europe - a caring business family & business booster

Growtribute is an academy for entrepreneurs who want to be unchained from their business & own limitations.

We don't believe that your business should decrease your life quality & freedom and that doing it all yourself (aka the lone wolf) is the way to go.

Instead, what if entrepreneurship could provide you with wealth, freedom, fulfillment, and a rich social life? Having an amazing human experience while you run a meaningful business.

Our academy teaches entrepreneurship based on setting boundaries, stepping out of operations, high-impact moves, and leading a team really well. We do that through courses, retreats, and group coaching

Our tribe is a tight-knit collective of successful and kind-hearted business owners who are all into personal development. We help each other to drive more positive change through our businesses and share each other's best strategies.

Prior to this, I've been a tech startup founder/CEO. I co-founded Travis, the original creator of the AI pocket translator back in 2016. We proudly shipped over 200,000 devices all around the globe.

I've been living abroad since 2020, in Cyprus, Portugal, Mexico and Spain. 

Just hit me up if you want to know more or for a (virtual) coffee!

Lennart van der Ziel

PrivateEnglishClasses.com

Dedicated to empowering recruiters and HR professionals, my customized program focuses on enhancing English communication skills to help you feel more confident in your day-to-day interactions, ensuring you acquire the vital business English required for success.

Through a combination of coaching and practical exercises, I provide targeted strategies to improve your English proficiency, enabling you to excel in your career and foster strong professional connections.

In a field where clear communication is crucial, this program equips you to confidently navigate interviews, client interactions, and team collaboration, setting you up for growth and success in your recruitment or HR role.

Discover the difference that improved English communication can make in your career – connect with me and let's work together to elevate your skills and unlock your full potential! ✨

Business English Coach Helping Ambitious Recruitment Professionals Become More Confident

Hays

As the online content manager, my role was to manage and contribute to web content projects while acting as a Single Point of Contact for the region. I was also involved in coordinating periodic online updates and managing online enhancement projects, liaising with country representatives. This involved building requirements, reviewing them with the business, and submitting them to the development team. Throughout the development process, I worked with all stakeholders to test, approve, and sign off on changes.

Past projects included:

Rolling out and managing a contractor responsible for rebuilding our Internal Career sites
Implementing multi-language Hays Response sites
Coordinating and reporting on the deployment and testing of our new mobile site, with a focus on the LATAM region
My training responsibilities included instructing users on our Oracle content management system and providing countries with ongoing support and training in Google Analytics and Search Engine Optimization.

I continued to offer training on the internal recruitment database and supported our Latin American countries. This involved being a point of contact for consultants' training needs.

Online Content Manager, EMEA

As the IT Trainer for Hays Recruiting, my job was to ensure that new consultants across Europe and South America learned how to use our internal recruiting database effectively to manage their candidates, clients, and job placements.

This involved training via Webex and face-to-face sessions.

I provided content management and support for the CERoW Region, including testing, training, and support for European and South American websites. I was involved in the training and led the testing and management of the testing team for the Colombian, Chilean, and Belgian websites for Hays.

In late 2012, I was also involved in testing, training, and content support for the new Hays-Response country websites.

I worked closely with all required stakeholders to ensure their sites and staff were fully trained in testing their websites.

Working in a large multinational, I had the responsibility of collaborating with content managers and consultants globally. This meant ensuring that any training provided was tailored to the specific country and market that the consultants were working in, taking into account language differences and local customs.

IT Trainer, Continental Europe and Rest of World

Business Management Institute

As IT Trainer I was responsible for delivering IT ECDL courses and Personal Development, including job seeking skills, CV preparation and Interview techniques to long term unemployed.

The challenge of this work was to make sure all content was pitched to the right level and was relevant to the participants.

During my time working with these groups I came across many challenges but in learning styles, learning ability and self confidence.

This ranged from low self confidence to those who believed they should not be on the course. The demographic was very diverse
 
My job was to use effective techniques to ensure that all participants were catered for in an effective manner.

Freelance IT Trainer/Corporate IT Trainer FAS Registered

TBG Learning Ireland

Jobfit was part of a larger program funded by the Irish government to help get long term unemployed back into the job market.  The participants had to fit certain criteria in order to join the course.  During my time I worked with long term unemployed, participants who had criminal records and also rehabilitated drug addicts. This was both challenging and personally very satisfying.

As the Employability Skills Coach and IT trainer I had to
Deliver FETAC Level 3 courses
Deliver Self Development courses for long term unemployed
Work one on one with clients to develop job searching strategy
Deliver interview and CV workshops
Conduct mock interviews
Report back on progress of participants.

Employability Skills Coach/IT Trainer

Business Mangement Institute

I was responsible for delivering IT ECDL courses and Personal Development, including job seeking skills, CV preparation and Interview techniques

Business Coach/Life Coach/IT trainer

I worked as a private coach and mentor for nearly 2 years, helping people realise their goals and helping them map out an effective strategy to achieve what was realistically possible.

During these years I:

Provided private coaching to individuals both in Ireland, US and UK
Spoke at Internet Marketing Conferences in the UK and USA
Developed and presented a highly successful goal setting workshops
Worked with individuals and companies in Website Marketing and Consultancy for SMEs

Self Employed

University College Cork, Ireland (UCC)

Development and design of presentation and resources for an Internet seminar for Delegates from high profile Irish/Multi-national Companies
Courses included:
The Internet and Your Business – what you need to know
Creative Problem Solving in the Business Environment

The participants I dealt with were from middle to upper management and had varying levels of IT literacy.  Although a pre course screen was undertaken, in practice I found that many participants had different skills than they thought.

This meant I had to assess the group within minutes of meeting them and change my training accordingly.

Guest Lecturer - Diploma in Business Management

Froebel College of Education

Froebel College was a small college based in South County Dublin (From Sept 2013 the college will be based in NUI Maynooth).

My responsibilities included staff and student management of IT systems, including setting up of users, troubleshooting the network and managing the email and web filtering systems.

I also was the IT trainer for  staff on Office skills, and students on the methodologies of treaching IT to primary school children.

During this time I worked with pre-service teachers ensuring that their personal IT Skills were of a high standard but also showed them how to get the best out of ICT in the classroom situation.

Whilst at Froebel I also wrote a number of academic papers.

IT Trainer and IT Department Co-Ordinator

Sallynoggin Senior College

Having undertaken teaching practice in Sallynoggin Senior College I was offered a position of IT Trainer.

Having started as an IT trainer, I saw the gap in the market for a web site design course, proposed it, wrote it and was the course director. This was one of the first Web Design courses in Ireland

In developing this course, I had to research into whether there was a market, who are target audience were and then work with existing certification providers to create the necessary framework and modules for the course.

As part of this course I also had to source and supervise work placements for the participants

Course Director - Web Design (IT Trainer)

🌟 HR Communication Expert | Elevating HR Leaders | 🚀 Master Persuasion & Negotiation Skills | 🌐 Break Language Barriers | NLP & Language Coach丨 Discover Client Success Stories 👇 丨 Connect & Unleash Your Potential!

Feeling like your voice gets lost in the boardroom? 
Do you have a great deal to contribute, but struggle to express yourself confidently in English? 

You're not alone. 

Many HR professionals, despite having strong English skills, lack the confidence to speak with authority in meetings and presentations. 

This can hold them back from making a significant impact and of course means that this may limit their promotional prospects.

All this can change ….

Imagine commanding the room, delivering your ideas with clarity and impact. 

That's the power of an authentic, confident voice in English. 

My unique approach combines your existing knowledge with targeted strategies to help you speak with confidence and authority. 

We'll build a communication style that feels natural, yet positions you as an expert in the HR arena.

For 9 years, I thrived in the fast-paced world of HR at a leading company. 

I've witnessed firsthand the transformative power of clear communication. I've helped numerous executives from top companies unlock their English potential, empowering them to confidently navigate international business environments. 

Now, I'm passionate about helping HR professionals like you achieve the same success.


Whether you prefer self-paced learning through my structured modules or personalized one-on-one coaching, I have a program designed to meet your needs. Through a hybrid approach (combining self-study and personalised guidance), you'll gain the skills to:

Deliver compelling presentations
Express complex ideas with clarity
Command attention and lead discussions

Ready to take your voice to the next level? 

Don't let communication hurdles hold you back.  Contact me today for a free consultation, or connect with me to learn more about how I can help you achieve your HR communication goals.

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