Manon Ruijters
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Manon Ruijters is a Dutch professor of Learning, Development and Behavioral Change at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, lecturer at Aeres Hogeschool Wageningen and consultant and co-owner of Good Work Company. Her work is characterized by an interaction between theory and practice in the field of learning and development of individuals, teams, and organizations. She combines research, publishing, coaching, facilitating, and consulting assignments. Manon publishes in both scientific and popular journals (national and international) and wrote numerous books (mainly in Dutch) about learning, professional identity, team learning, organizational development, learning organizations and other topics.
In The Netherlands she’s recognized as a thought leader in this field. Her work is the basis for a lot of organizations on how they think of and work on learning and development, not only in the educational sector but also in health care, government, and many others. She’s a regular guest teacher at various business schools, gives lectures and masterclasses and was program director of the post-master Learning, Development and Change. Also, Manon is a member of the advisory board of several Dutch journals and a member of the scientific board of the Dutch association of consultants. Manon can be contacted at manonruijters@goodworkcompany.nl.
Profile created 11 July 2022