Simon Jansen’s slogan “Simon is here for you ” is still memorable for me after more than 2 years because he is there for you indeed! I was matched with Simon through my organization and he has coached me in my search for ‘what’s in my career’ (e.g. where should I grow into, what do I like, is there a passion, what’s my ultimate goal)? With self-assignments but also connecting with people from his network I developed the framework for my further career path. In this search he also mentored me in situations on the actual work floor. As a modest person I learned from Simon to think big, to be more bold at times and use this to also define my ultimate career goal. He would motivate me to literally act big and give me small assignments so that I could practice in my own safe space. That was great. Eventually I think the overall message from his coaching/mentoring is to ‘think bold, think also big in what you want to achieve’, which is so clear that I from time to time still remember during my daily work.

Xianting P.