About us

HOST in a nutshell

HOST2Transform builds on over 30 years of expertise in global leadership education and consulting. Next to our HOST Education Certification and Licensing program for consultants & leaders, we provide sustainable human-centered:

  • executive (team) coaching
  • global leadership program design & delivery
  • change leadership capability building (interim & consultancy)
  • strategy enablement through culture change
  • high-performing teams
  • effective multidisciplinary collaboration
  • workplace social innovation
  • executive search

The personalized and tailored HOST approach enables you to anticipate to emerging workplace challenges. We partner with forward-thinking and purpose-driven consultants (individuals, agencies, firms), leaders and organizations to humanize the way we work, learn, and lead (host) to transform people, businesses and societies towards a sustainable future for all. 

Are you ready to drive human-centered leadership for sustainable change?

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Our Story

What in 2012 began as 20-minute HOST sessions—a “Fitness for your Mind & Network” in a co-working space in Amsterdam, has evolved into the cutting-edge HOST platform for human-centered leadership education, consultancy, training, and coaching.

HOST stands for unlocking Human energy, Openness to engage, Shared perspectives & resources to help Transform people, teams, organizations, and societies.

Over the years, HOST has grown into a vibrant global community of practitioners—experienced consultants, trainers & coaches, and L&D-, HR-, Change leads, and executives, all united by a shared mission, namely:

Humanizing the way we work, learn, and lead (HOST) to transform people, businesses, and society towards a sustainable future for all.

Our growth journey

2030 - HOST to be the standard in leadership & L&D

2030 state

2025 - HOST Licensing - Growing a sustainable business ecosystem

Current state

2020 - 7 HOST B2B Solutions One Platform

To increase accessibility of HOST Solutions and career and business opportunities for our growing community, we launched the online HOST platform: an interactive workplace that continuously evolves by sharing best practices, skills and experiences between HOST professionals and consultants who are on a mission to support the transformation of people, business, and society towards a sustainable future for all. 

2017 - Global partnerships to scale impact

HOST certification allowed for rapid growth of a global community of practitioners. HOST practitioners were eager to spread human-centered leadership across and beyond organizations, and thereby make HOST accessible to more people. This inspired the partnership approach introducing Licensed Partners of the HOST framework to scale impact, and create win-win-win opportunities on a people, business, and societal level.

2016 - Certified over 150 HOST practitioners in one year

Forward-thinking organizations, like-minded peers, change consultants, coaches, and trainers based in the EU, USA, and Asia requested a train-the-trainer experience to enable their own organization and clients to transform from the inside-out and outside-in. The network of HOST practitioners grew organically over time. The train-the-trainer approach was further professionalized by setting up the HOST certification.

2014 - Hosting human connection in the workplace

Jessica Tangelder and the early HOST adopters, peer consultants, coaches, facilitators and trainers, validated that “a sense of belonging” and feeling connected with self and others was lacking in most (co)workspaces which is a primary human need to flourish in (work)life.

The lack of connection and engagement in the workplace inspired Jessica, now HOST2Transform founder, to initiate 20 minute “fitness for the mind & network” sessions. These sessions became known as “host to transform” sessions. The goal bak then was to help leaders and business owners, part of teams and organizations, continuously develop and grow as a person, professional, and business, by boosting their networks and mindset.

The HOST approach

HOST2Transform leverages the HOST approach to set the new human-centered standard in leadership, business, and education (L&D) by connecting people with themselves, others, and their environment; their ecosystem and nature. HOST stands for:

  • it’s independent and evidence-based approach created by and for the people
  • a global community of HOST Practitioners— experienced purpose-driven consultants, L&D, Change, HR leads and executives— integrating and validating in their day-to-day work, business and life
  • a global ecosystem of licensed partners collectively scaling our people, business and societal impact
  • a way of working, educating (L&D) and leading
  • cutting-edge platform with well-rounded integral solutions for all your leadership and change programs and interventions
  • agile for the people 
  • the social method for human connection
  • approach to lead yourself and others, to become as normal for leaders as an MBA

HOST is...

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With the HOST approach
you & organizations leverage

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HOST’s Purpose

Paradigm shift from system-centered towards human-centered ways in how we work, learn, and lead.

HOST’s ways of working

Personalized, virtual & blended for continuous leadership development and improvement on all levels.

HOST’s Platform

One platform – 7 HOST integral Solutions to drive sustainable human-centered development, change, innovation & transformation.

HOST’s Impact

Scaling people’s wellbeing, business innovations, and sustainable societies.

Work with us and scale the ripple effect of people-business-societal impact. Our profit is shared with our 
HOST business ecosystem, invested in HOST Hubs & Facilities, and in SDG-startups & -programs.

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Our Shared Values, Mindset & Behaviors

Human Energy

The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles is the primary quality we look for when building long term trustworthy partnerships with our team, clients, participants, stakeholders, and communities.

Openness
to Connect

We are curious and open minded to discover new perspectives, solutions and ways of working. Our highly diverse team represents various disciplines, generations, ethnicity, and gender.

Sharing Perspectives
& Resources

We are curious and open minded to discover new perspectives, solutions and ways of working. Our highly diverse team represents various disciplines, generations, ethnicity, and gender.

(Systemic) Transformation –
World Citizenship

We are curious and open minded to discover new perspectives, solutions and ways of working. Our highly diverse team represents various disciplines, generations, ethnicity, and gender.

Our Team of Talent

Meet our diverse ecosystem of talent!

What Client-Organizations say:

HOST Events

Regularly Licensed HOST Consultants offer HOST Demo's
and tasters for individuals and organizations. Check the availability below

HOST Demo's
for Individuals

Experience the HOST approach to unlock transformation (change and innovation) within individuals, teams, organizations, and societies

HOST Demo's
for Organizations

Discover how we help strategize, upskill, and guide your organization and leaders to build a culture for resilience, adaptability, and continuous improvement —a future-ready organization

HOST Retreats (new!)

The tables of turned! Now you, HOST practitioner, get the opportunity to be HOSTed: to decompress from your daily work-life, being of service to others. Together we (re)design our work-business-life style while balancing our physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing. Get connected with self, others, and nature.

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HOST2Transform Talks Podcast

Drive transformation inspired by renowned gast speakers, global leaders driving
sustainable people, business, and societal transformation. Anytime, anywhere.

HOST blog & podcast

About us

About us HOST in a nutshell HOST2Transform builds on over 30 years of expertise in global leadership education and consulting. Next to our HOST Education Certification and Licensing program for consultants & leaders, we provide sustainable human-centered: executive (team) coaching global leadership program design & delivery change leadership capability building

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