{"id":51626,"date":"2018-05-04T16:30:09","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T14:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/speaker\/maike-van-den-boom-en\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T11:21:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T10:21:49","slug":"maike-van-den-boom","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/speaker-presenter\/maike-van-den-boom\/","title":{"rendered":"Maike van den Boom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maike van den Boom is Europe&#8217;s most successful happiness researcher. She is a keynote speaker, Scandinavian expert and media expert for happy companies. Her clients include non-profit companies, medium-sized businesses, large corporations such as banks and insurance companies as well as numerous family businesses from Germany, Austria, Sweden, the Netherlands and Switzerland. Recently, she cracked the code of happiness and success of the Scandinavians: she shows us success factors of countries that have long been where we want to be in terms of modern working.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Right now, challenges have to be mastered, such as:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Maintaining the team spirit and the &#8220;we&#8221; feeling in the company,<br \/>\n&#8211; finding a new life balance and keeping stress under control,<br \/>\n&#8211; to deal with new leadership tasks, to let go and trust others,<br \/>\n&#8211; to learn self-leadership and to take responsibility,<br \/>\n&#8211; to create new values and value together<\/p>\n<p><strong>Charming, cheeky and engaging, Maike van den Boom gives you her first-hand knowledge, stories that touch and wisdom that moves you forward.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Maike van den Boom has set herself the goal of making people happier. To do so, she travelled the globe in search of the secret of the 13 happiest countries in the world. Her book &#8220;Wo geht&#8217;s hier zum Gl\u00fcck?&#8221; (Fischer-Verlage) was on the SPIEGEL bestseller list for 25 weeks in 2015. But already in 2016 she set off again, this time accompanied by a TV team. For two years, three countries of happiness, 30 companies, 300 people and experts. In 2018, her book &#8220;Eight Hours More Happiness&#8221; was published. It takes you to the Scandinavians, the happiest and most successful people in Europe. World market leaders and model countries in digitalisation, innovation, sustainability and education systems. What can we do differently to match the Vikings? Her short answer is: everything.<\/p>\n<h2>Maike van den Boom lecture topics<\/h2>\n<p>For Maike, every lecture is tailor-made to guarantee you the best possible benefit. Here you can get an idea of the possible lecture topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>No risk &#8211; no happiness!<\/strong><br \/>\nImpulses from the countries where the future of work is already part of everyday life \u2013 with a focus on courage, change and a positive approach to uncertainty.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Big Splashes and giving legs up<\/strong><br \/>\nWhy Scandinavians love the future \u2013 and how curiosity, co-creation and a human-centred mindset help people embrace change.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Happy Nordic Leadership<\/strong><br \/>\nThe success code of successful companies \u2013 and what organisations can learn from Scandinavian corporate cultures, productivity and leadership.<\/li>\n<li><strong>People create innovations<\/strong><br \/>\nWinning through humanity \u2013 and why people are most productive and creative when they feel good and can develop their full potential.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Where do you go for happiness?<\/strong><br \/>\nAbout the values of a happy life \u2013 based on Maike van den Boom\u2019s travels through the happiest countries in the world and the values that shape everyday happiness.<\/li>\n<li><strong>All people! Anytime!<\/strong><br \/>\nHow the Vikings conquer the world together \u2013 with a focus on team spirit, cohesion, appreciation and turning individuals into a strong collective.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- notionvc: 2d5ae021-7e16-450f-879b-ef2f8c94bec6 --><\/p>\n<p>Tailored to your questions, the half-Dutch and Swedish by choice will crack the Scandinavian happiness and success code before your eyes. So that you and your team can master the future challenges of the working world with ease.<\/p>\n<h3>Why Maike van den Boom<\/h3>\n<p>Maike van den Boom combines on-the-spot researched knowledge from her interviews with a captivating naturalness and charismatic charisma. She not only reports, she also immediately shows how it is done through her own appearance. No dry studies, no short-term promises of success, but sustainable down-to-earth inspiration with a lot of humour that moves people and, above all, stays with them for a long time.<\/p>\n<h4>Your benefits with Maike van den Boom<\/h4>\n<p>Maike van den Boom shows what makes people happy in general and employees\/leaders in particular. These are the same factors that make companies and entire countries successful and fit for the future. Not to mention that happy people are on average 20 percent more productive. Happy countries and happy companies benefit from optimal potential development, successful team work as well as courageous, future-oriented and creative thinking and working. 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