Maike van den Boom

Maike van den Boom is a German speaker, trainer, bestselling author and happiness researcher who helps companies build a more engaging and future-ready workplace. Drawing on more than 15 years of experience and insights from Nordic countries, she explores how trust, collaboration, freedom and shared responsibility can support employee motivation and business success. Since 2018, she has divided her time between Stockholm and Heidelberg, bringing perspectives on Nordic leadership and workplace culture to organisations.

Her services include keynote speeches, leadership training and practical workshops, delivered both in person and virtually. Topics span happiness at work, modern leadership, future work, innovation, diversity, employer branding, resilience, sustainability and employee satisfaction. Maike also offers analysis, sparring and tailored development programmes, which may combine a keynote, leadership workshops, an interactive online course and ongoing digital sessions. Her approach focuses on developing lasting attitudes and workplace practices rather than quick fixes, adapting the work to each organisation’s people, product and market.