Arrêtez de vous conformer : l'authenticité rend les leaders meilleurs | Veroniek Vermeulen | TEDxUniversityofGroningen

Veroniek Vermeulen, fondatrice et CEO de la société de santé numérique Silatha, raconte comment des années passées à s'intégrer comme « une des gars » dans des milieux d'entreprise à dominante masculine l'ont conduite à s'oublier. Grâce à un travail intérieur, elle a compris que l'authenticité est un atout stratégique de leadership et non une simple qualité relationnelle. Elle affirme que les organisations deviennent prêtes pour l'avenir lorsque les personnes se sentent en sécurité pour être elles-mêmes. Elle plaide aussi pour un meilleur soutien aux femmes dans les étapes de leur santé, comme l'endométriose, la fertilité et la ménopause.

• Le coût personnel de l'intégration à tout prix
• L'authenticité comme atout stratégique de leadership
• Sécurité psychologique et organisations tournées vers l'avenir

After years of being “one of the guys” in male-dominated corporate environments, Veroniek Vermeulen discovered that fitting in on the outside meant abandoning herself on the inside. Through years of inner work, she learned that becoming yourself is not a soft skill but a strategic leadership advantage. As she began to see the system around her more clearly, she noticed the brilliant colleagues it was quietly pushing out: not for lack of ambition, but because they could not be themselves. Organisations, she argues, do not become future-ready by upgrading technology, but by upgrading how safe people feel to show up as themselves. Veroniek Vermeulen is the founder and CEO of Silatha, a health-tech company dedicated to transforming how workplaces support women’s health and authentic leadership. An engineer by training with a background in male-dominated corporates, she combines rigorous business experience with years of inner work in monasteries. Her work centers on creating psychologically safe workplaces where women can lead from their full selves, instead of fitting into outdated systems that ignore their bodies, emotions, and life transitions such as endometriosis, fertility, and menopause. In her TEDx Talk in Groningen, “Becoming yourself is a leadership advantage,” Veroniek shares how missiles over Qatar, corporate pressure, and women’s untold health stories led her to redefine leadership and build Silatha as a catalyst for more human, future-ready organizations. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx