Elke Geraerts

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Who is Elke Geraerts?

"We must renew our focus on what makes humans so unique - our brain." Psychologist Elke Geraerts believes this is the only way for us to be the best version of ourselves. One in four working Belgians suffers from burnout or is in the danger zone. But there is no need to panic, because our brain can be trained in the same way as muscles: body building for your brain, if you like.

Elke's speciality is the unique way in which she translates new psychological insights into fresh and accessible day-to-day applications. Her keynotes are not clinical lectures but practical workshops in which she inspires and challenges participants. She offers tips and tricks that you can immediately implement in your company or organisation. Would you like to know more about how to reinforce mental resilience in your company? Would you like to take control of your (professional) life? Or would you like to learn new survival techniques for our digital world? Elke Geraerts can get you started...

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    Focus is the New Gold

    How to Reduce Stress and Increase Productivity in a Distracted World

    How many times today have you been distracted from what you really wanted to do? We live in a world of constant connectivity, where distraction lurks around every corner. Our endless to-do lists and packed schedules are a merciless reflection of the chaos in our minds: we are constantly in overdrive, and our focus is completely lost. It’s no wonder that stress and burnout rates are at an all-time high. Yet, we know more than ever what we need to remain resilient and
    healthy. However, our overstimulated brains seem unable to process all that knowledge, let alone put it into practice.
    Elke Geraerts inspires with her keynote tailored to a generation without attention. She combines powerful insights with practical tools that are immediately applicable. Her goal? To sharpen your focus once again. Not only by making us work more efficiently and attentively, but also – and most importantly – by teaching us how to deliberately unfocus. Are you ready for a mental revolution? Then this keynote is a must-see!

    Safety First

    Discover the power of psychological safety

    Psychological safety: everyone is talking about it these days. Which begs the question: is this just another buzz word that has been initiated in the United States, or does the concept really deserve so much attention? Get convinced yourself of the value of psychological safety during this keynote by Elke Geraerts. After all, research shows that psychological safety promotes well-being, inclusion, and innovation. It establishes significant improvements in ownership, collaboration, learning, creativity, and performance. It is the driving force behind resilient and successful organisations. So there is every reason to fully focus on this crucial game changer. Discover during this keynote what psychological safety means, why it is so important and learn how to create trust in the workplace by using concrete cases and tools. Moreover, what makes this keynote truly unique is the neuroscientific basis of Elke's story. Don't miss this keynote as psychological safety is the foundation of your resilient and successful team.

    The New Now

    Building resilience in a world where change is the only constant

    Change can be challenging, but times of uncertainty also provide a unique opportunity for organisations to demonstrate resilience and emerge stronger. In this highly topical speech Elke Geraerts shares her profound insights in how organisations and people may manage to seize this opportunity. She explains why it is time to put employee health and wellbeing at the top of the C-suite’s strategic agenda, and how this may help in responding to new work paradigms. With her background in neuroscience, Elke points towards new ways to equipping leaders and employees with the mental, emotional, and social skills needed to not just cope, but adapt and thrive. Make sure to experience Elke’s speech and find out how we can build resilience in our careers, leaders, and organizations so we can better plan for and respond to the accelerated future of work.

    Mental Capital: improve your mental resilience

    Elke shares her insights on mental resilience and how we can deal swiftly with any challenge. Expect an eye opener that makes it crystal clear that investing in your own brain leads to more agility, energy and happiness and less stress. With the bestseller Better Minds as a common thread, you learn how your brain exactly works and you discover techniques to strengthen your energy and focus and to get through this time with sufficient motivation. In a 48-hour challenge, Elke will push you to apply a number of tips and tricks in practice straight away. A must-see to thrive in these changing times!

    Based on the bestseller Better Minds.

    Authentic Intelligence

    The COVID-19 pandemic has been accelerating the digital revolution and is creating an earlier-than-expected tipping point that is likely to transform businesses forever. Hence the voices asking whether we humans can still compete against robots and artificial intelligence are getting louder. In this highly topical speech, Elke points out that it is time to demystify technology and to shift the focus back onto human beings. She examines which uniquely human qualities can be used to secure our professional future, and which assets you really should embed in your organization’s DNA if you want to ensure your viability in this disruptive world. An inspiring presentation for organizations that already have both feet firmly planted in the future and want to use this pandemic as a transformational momentum.

    The mental reset: How hybrid work and life strengthen your resilience

    2020 and 2021 represented one of the greatest resilience experiments in our lives. What if we embrace this crisis as an opportunity for true transformation? What if we reset our habits so we can face challenges stronger than we ever did before? What if we take this momentum as a head start for ourselves, our teams and our organisations?

    In this talk Elke inspires you with insights that you need to prepare for a post- pandemic era. She shows you how hybrid work ánd life may render you more productivity, energy and inner peace at the same time. She takes the time with you to reflect on how this hybrid context strengthens resilience for yourself, your teams and your company and what implications it has for your company’s strategy. And on top of that, she shares her ideas about what you can exactly do to advance (self) leadership, to foster connection and psychological safety within your team, to focus on what really matters, and to touch the right future-proof chords. A must-experience if you want to get ready for the great post-pandemic reset!

    Courageous Leadership

    Transform to human-centred leadership

    As the work environment changes, so must leadership. The shifts of social and political turbulence, the merging of work and private life and flexible work arrangements are redefining the dynamic between leader and employee to a human-to-human relationship. And that requires timely skills.

    As a leader, how can you make a difference in a world where change is the only constant? In this keynote, Elke Geraerts will tell you the ins and outs of human-centred leadership, defined as leading with authenticity, empathy, and adaptability. These traits have for some time been ranked among the most important qualities of great leaders - but they were mostly considered a nice to have. Today, they are required.

    With her background in neuroscience, Elke shares insights that can have a huge impact on your self-leadership, your guts, resilience and focus, as well as on how you connect with your team members and embrace (neuro)diversity and establish psychological safety as a solid foundation. Join us on a leadership journey and discover how you dare to lead!

The only thing I can say is that Elke Geraerts is simply exceptional!

Ilse Claerhout

Belfius

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Illuminating and inspirational. Elke Geraerts adopts a clear approach to offer key insights on how to deal with our mental resilience. A must-have for any result-oriented management team.

Dirk Vander Mierde

Site Director Datwyler

Lyreco's employees are the ‘motor’ of our organisation. To maximise their potential and improve enjoyment in the workplace, it is extremely important to ensure a good balance between our superstructure (read: brain) and our infrastructure (read: body).
Elke Geraerts certainly inspired and motivated us in this regard. She places the debate about ‘wellbeing at work’ into a broad perspective and we are now determined to continue working on this with our employees.

Paul Vieijra

Managing Director Lyreco Benelux

An extremely interesting morning with many recognisable topics for our 60 managers. The best part was that people got the feeling that they don't simply have to be victims of stress and work pressure, but that they can do something about it themselves through self-control, awareness, attention and intrinsic motivation. The interactive nature of the workshop was also very useful. Managers were offered tools that can be used for themselves and their teams, to improve how they deal with workload and stress. Very inspiring.

Nicolle Mutsaers

Director De Zorgboog

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By the end of the Mental Capital Workshop, which was part of the Energy@Volvo programme, you could sense the relief in the hall. The session gave people hope and we could immediately put the practical tips into practice.

Jos Borremans

HR Manager at Volvo Cars Belgium

During our company weekend in the Ardennes, Elke gave us a fantastic guided tour of our brains and convinced us of ways to make our brain more agile. In a really inspirational, interactive and understandable (what a relief!) manner, she took us on an amazing journey and offered many new insights.
I would recommend any company that cares for its employees to immerse itself in this bath of wisdom.

Johan Vangenechten

CEO 4C Consulting

Elke addresses the theme in an inspirational and convincing manner. Science-based and presented with great insight. Intellectually convincing but also an invitation to take specific action. A revelation about creating a more qualitative life, each and every day.

Koen Bouckaert

Vice President Strategy & Business Development ALPRO

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The session on preventing burnout helped to inform the planning team at Nike about the warning signs and symptoms associated with stress and burnout. We now have practical tips to address the issue in a proactive manner. I would recommend it to any team that wants to improve its mental resilience!

Britt Mast

Distribution Planning Manager Nike