Sounding board in complex situations: HR advisors and managers will find in Carla-Maria a sounding board that helps them explore options for action during difficult/complex situations in whcih transgressive behavior and integrity issues occur. Which next step is helpful in the given situation, for the people who are direct and indirect involved, with attention to responsibilities, roles and tasks, clear and timely communication and with attention for repair and aftercare.
Systemic approach: an example.
Being a driving force for culture change and facilitating a sharp dialogue at TU/e. This is what Carla Maria Verwer considers her mandate as a catalyst (kwartiermaker in Dutch) in the field of social safety.
Bottum-up approach : everyone matters and is invited participate. An example.
Carla-Maria was the initiator of and co-builder of the ‘The Wellbeing Signalgroup’ within the faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the TU in Eindhoven. By setting up the Signalgroup, colleagues create a safe space together to speak in a timely manner about everything that is important to students and colleagues that has to do with well-being. The board gets a timely view of signals.
The impulse grew into a good example of a collective and bottom-up approach for more well-being in the workplace. The board’s support and willingness to learn has been crucial to the development of the Wellbeing Signalgroup and becoming what it is today. Giving trust and space to an unknown initiative, and to employees who commit step by step and shape together is difficult and necessary.
Carla-Maria supported both the employees and the board and was a sounding board for
