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My journey

I'm a social and organizational psychologist with a PhD in Organizational Behavior from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. As an academic, I researched all kinds of organizations — from large banks to government institutions, from start-ups to football clubs. Talking to people at every level, one thing kept coming back: the challenges organizations face are rarely about the "hard stuff." They're about the "soft stuff" — people struggling to communicate, collaborate, and understand themselves and others, especially early in their careers, before they've had the chance to develop those skills on the job.

That observation, combined with the sobering numbers around student and employee wellbeing, led me to shift my focus away from a full-time academic career, to pursue what I believe truly matters: helping students and young professionals build the interpersonal and leadership skills that shape the rest of their careers — whether they're finding their footing individually, or growing into their first leadership role within an organization.

I called it the Connectors Lab. Every programme we design — for students, young professionals and leaders — stays grounded in evidence-based psychology, combined with experiential and systemic methods. Not theory for its own sake, but frameworks that hold up in the room.

With love always,

Lisanne

Curious about my full academic background and career? Visit my personal website.
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Our Philosophy

We ground everything we do in evidence-based psychology, combined with experiential and systemic methods. You don't just learn a concept — you practise it, feel it, and see how it plays out in your actual relationships and environment.

This works whether the format is a single masterclass or keynote that shifts how you think about a challenge, or a longer coaching trajectory that builds new behaviour over time. The depth differs — the method doesn't.

Connectors Lab works with a select group of experienced freelance trainers and coaches, each bringing their own background in psychology, leadership, or behavioural change. They're chosen for the same standard we hold ourselves to: work that's grounded in evidence-based psychology, combined with experiential and systemic methods.

The team