US & partners

Monika was born in the Netherlands, continued (part of) her youth in Pakistan and developed an interest in cultures and diversity. Married to Everard Warffemius and mother of Sander.

Professional Background
Monika holds a Masters Degree of Science in Organisational Development and a Masters Degree of Science in Education, and an MBA from Henley Management College.

Furthermore she is a Certified Management Consultant and holds licenses for several methods, like the Intercultural Readiness Checklist, Management Drives and Multiple Intelligences Development Assesment Scales, MIDAS. She is qualified to work with the Diversity Icebreaker, DISC Genuine as well as Cultural Transformation Tool of Barrett. She has been active as a Board Member of the Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research and was chair of the female entrepreneurs in her region, Dea Dia. Of course she is a long time member of the Order of Management Consultants in the Netherlands. For years she was a Member of PWN (Professional Women Network) and the EWMD.

She is a specialist in organizational development, change and strategic management with a long term commitment to the effective intercultural interaction. Focus is on creating opportunities for dialogue in complex organizations undergoing change with a core interest in organizational development and process consulting. She has seen the impact of combining Organizational Development with Personal Professional Development.

She works both in the corporate sector as well as with local and national governments where programmes have included leadership, business ethics, teambuilding, intercultural negotiation and conflict management. Tracking and changing mind bugs in mental models from which leaders promote their vision and implementation is always part of her approach.

She has been a lecturer at the NATO pre Partnerships for Peace Programme for Eastern and Central European Officers from the start in 1991. She has developed a new organizational due diligence project which was launched in 2002. Management Development has her full attention and spirit. She has been responsible for several years at the TiasNimbas Business School for the Professional Development Part.

Monika is an experienced executive (e-) coach and mentor, working with clients at senior levels with a focus on empowering individuals and their groups to enhance their performance. Her work has included both one-to-one executive coaching and team coaching assignments.

Clients

Monika’s recent work includes projects for clients such as MAN, NATO, Geodis Wilson, VOITH, Philips, Lufthansa, Oxfam, BOSCH, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment, Henley Management College, Tias Nimbas Business School, University of Groningen, Telfort, Avebe, Shell, Chamber of Commerce NL, Antwerp Management School, Jessa Hospital.

Certified to work with, for example:
– MIDAS: Multiple Intelligences
– Diversity Icebreaker
– Management Drives
– IRC Intercultural Readiness Check
– DISC genuine
– CTT: Cultural Transformation Tool
– Diversophy

Monika is a member of SIETAR and several Women’s and Entrepreneurs networks. Associate partner of several international management consultancies.

Strategic partners

We at Unique Sources develop through cooperation with a number of strategic partners. The following people with their skills, talents and passion have contributed throughout the years in projects, trainings, product development and existence of Unique Sources. New connections make this list with names grow. To be as effective as possible we construct the most effective and attractive diverse team of trainers, coaches and consultants. Many interns like Hibo Mohammed, Najat Agzanay, Hicham Chamekh, Paulina Quivuoazoa and a diverse team of 50 Youth Ambassadors have learned at Unique Sources and increased the organizational strengths and dynamics.