無理に合わせるのをやめる：本物の自分であることがリーダーを強くする | Veroniek Vermeulen | TEDxUniversityofGroningen

ヘルステック企業Silathaの創業者兼CEOであるVeroniek Vermeulenは、男性中心の企業環境で「男性の仲間の一人」として馴染もうとした長年の経験を語ります。その過程で自分の一部を手放していたと振り返ります。内面と向き合う取り組みを通じて、自分らしくあることは柔らかいスキルではなく、戦略的なリーダーシップの強みだと捉えるようになりました。彼女は、人々が安心して本来の自分を出せる組織こそ将来に備えられると主張し、子宮内膜症、妊活、更年期などの女性の健康を職場で支えることの重要性にも触れています。

• 男性中心の環境に馴染もうとすることの個人的な代償
• 自分らしさが持つ戦略的なリーダーシップの利点
• 心理的安全性と将来に備える組織

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on creating psychologically safe workplaces where women can lead from their full selves, instead of fitting into outdated systems that ignore their bodies, emotions, and life transitions such as endometriosis, fertility, and menopause.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