Kendin Olmak Liderlikte Bir Avantajdır | Veroniek Vermeulen | TEDxUniversityofGroningen

Silatha'nın kurucusu ve CEO'su Veroniek Vermeulen, erkeklerin egemen olduğu kurumsal ortamlarda "erkeklerden biri" olarak uyum sağlamaya çalışmanın kendi iç benliğinden vazgeçmek anlamına geldiğini anlatıyor. İç çalışmalar sayesinde özgün olmanın yumuşak bir beceri değil, stratejik bir liderlik avantajı olduğunu fark ettiğini aktarıyor. Konuşmada, kurumların ancak insanların kendileri olarak var olabilecekleri bir güven ortamı yarattıklarında geleceğe hazır hale gelebileceği savunuluyor. Ayrıca iş yerlerinin endometriozis, doğurganlık ve menopoz gibi kadın sağlığı süreçlerini daha iyi desteklemesi gerektiği vurgulanıyor.

• Herkese uymaya çalışmanın kişisel bedeli
• Özgünlüğün stratejik bir liderlik avantajı olması
• Psikolojik güvenlik ve geleceğe hazır kurumlar

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on creating psychologically safe workplaces where women can lead from their full selves, instead of fitting into outdated systems that ignore their bodies, emotions, and life transitions such as endometriosis, fertility, and menopause.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