Gijsbrecht Hillmann

Gijsbrecht Hillmann, also known as Gijs Hillmann, is a professional speaker, corporate trainer, moderator, consultant and team coach.

His work centres on the power of culture in teams and organisations. Gijs helps leaders, employees and international teams better understand how culture, communication and collaboration influence one another. Not as an abstract concept, but as a daily reality: in meetings, feedback conversations, decision-making, conflict, customer contact and leadership.

Gijs is the founder of CultureBeatz. From that platform he supports organisations in understanding, shaping and strengthening individual, team and organisational culture. CultureBeatz focuses on leadership, team development, focus group interviews and workshops on intercultural themes such as motivation, feedback, communication and negotiation. He also delivers keynotes, panel moderation and conversations.

His international perspective is both personal and professional. Gijs was born in Zambia and has lived and worked in Zambia, the Netherlands, Namibia, South Africa and Germany. He speaks and trains for organisations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, and is active as a professional speaker and international corporate trainer.

As a speaker and trainer Gijs combines inspiration with practical relevance. His themes touch on leadership, productivity, personal development, presentation skills, assertiveness, customer focus, conflict management and effective communication. His own profile also lists intercultural teamwork, presentation skills, leadership, management, productivity and personal development as areas of specialisation.

An important part of his work focuses on teams that want to perform better in complex, international or changing environments. He works on topics such as team development, cross-cultural teams, high-performance teams and high-performance organisations. Throughout, the same question runs: how do you make collaboration more concrete, more effective and more human when people bring different backgrounds, expectations and ways of working?