Inspirational Speaker: bringing Courage, Creativity and a more Human touch into the world of work.Today:1. A business sideBusiness growth Strategic part.Helps IKEA Country management teams around the world to grow business by strategic planning.Combining global with local. Since 2007- now.2 A People sideLeadership development part. Has a Scandinavian collaborative leadership DNA. 
Helps leadership teams and individual leaders to have courageous conversations and decisions. 3. A life mission and heart for Gender: Pioneered on Gender, part of panel discussions, in media, for a) Strategic focus on Female Customers at IKEA worldwide from 2001 and onwardsand b) Leadership focus for Women at work from 2007 on4. Co founder of YIN United where we help companies to make innovative thinking an everyday habit for your team. In all corners of the organisation. Going away from the classic 2-days external meeting once per year with the remaining 363 days just in business as usual. YIN stands for You INSPIRE Now, You INCLUDE Now, You INNOVATE Now. UNITED stands for "All of us are smarter than one of us". I combine my DNA & Scandinavian management expertise with new thinking which comes from helping IKEA grow globally for 20+ years, training as IKEA country-CEO, to creating -after a serious medical mistake- my company empowering female leaders in 2007, SHE works with women. Pioneering at that time.Some of the companies I have partnered with are :
Astra Zeneca, Coca-Cola, Danone, Disney, IKEA on global-country-market level, Inditex/Zara group, Rio Tinto, Belfius Bank, The Red Cross, University of Sydney - Business School, PWC, Deloitte , DPG media, AccentJobs, InBev as well as also small and medium-sized companies such as Biotech Start upsCreative agencies like Serviceplan, FamousGREY, tv & media production agencies and moreHappy to listen: ld@liesbethdillen.com or liesbeth@yinunited.com