Barbara Blokpoel
Expertise
Barbara’s passion lies in helping individuals, groups and teams
develop their cross culture competence in order to help clients benefit
from the (cultural) value differences they experience in both their professional
and private lives.
Professional Experience
Prior to relocating to the Netherlands, Barbara supervised a variety of
national education projects and was an educator for young adults in a
variety programs. She has also worked with the Canadian Ministry of Health
on various National Workshop projects.
At Trompenaars Hampden-Turner she has been involved with global corporate
clients, national and international educational institutions and international
business schools, both organizing and running culture awareness and dilemma
reconciliation workshops and programs. As a member of the training department,
she has worked intensively with such global clients as Philips, NXP, and
Maersk, both as program liaison and as trainer.
In addition to her current role, she was assistant professor for the Master’s
Cross Cultural Management course at the Vrije University in Amsterdam
in 2007. More recently, she has co-translated Fons Trompenaars’
latest book, Servant-leadership Across Cultures.
Background
Born to Dutch parents, Barbara grew up in Canada where she completed degrees
in Comparative International Studies and Native (Indigenous) Studies,
as well as a Master of Social Work (MSW). Involved from a young age in
international peace organizations, she furthered pursued her interest
in cross cultural relations working and living in different parts of Canada,
Ecuador and Israel, as well as completing an internship in Kenya. She
speaks fluent English and Dutch, as well as moderate French and Spanish
and enjoys travelling internationally in her free time.
