At Avant Edge, we believe empowered individuals are the key to lasting business success. We're not your typical Learning Agency pushing a one-size-fits-all approach.

Organizational change begins with choices and structure. Structural change often also entails a need for different behavior from leadership and employees.

We focus on strengthening people's capabilities. Our programs are linked to a specific change objective and distinguishes between knowledge transfer and strengthening people's capability.

Knowledge can be explained. Capability is developed, practiced, and embedded in practice.

Founded in

2022

Trained professionals

600+

Average rating of development programs

8+

Average trainer score

8,9

  • Deep exertise

    Critical perspecives and fresh insights that speak directly to the challenges facing today’s organizations.

  • Highly interactive

    Active learning methods and practical exercises ensure that theory is applied immediately.

  • Pesonal approach

    Experienced trainers who stimulate individual development and effectively guide teams towards their goals.

A selection of the Development Programs we currently offer:

Leadership and Team Dynamics

Focussed on leadership development, team dynamics, decision making, business agility, difficult conversations, and boardroom coaching.

Behavior and insights

Facilitated reflection using:

  • Deep Democracy
  • Effective feedback
  • Altered communication styles
  • Voice dialogue
  • Various assessments (e.g. DISC, DISC Insights, Cliftonstrenghts, Profile Dynamics)

Practical workshops under pressure

  • Management games
  • Instinct reflection using boxing
  • Team dynamics with techniques from the Dutch Special Forces
  • Conversation Coaching

Agile for- and Agility in Hardware Engineering teams

A variety of trainings in the operations of Stable (Hardware) Engineering Teams to enhance:

  • Scope ownership
  • Co-develop reliable plannings and forecasts
  • Risk-based development
  • Knowledge transfer on-the-job

Agile Coach Development Program

Our extensive training program equips professionals with essential skills to lead agile teams and implement agile methodologies at scale.

Agile Tester Development Program 

The key differences between an Agile tester and a traditional tester revolve around their approaches, methodologies, and mindsets towards testing in a software development environment.

By adopting an Agile mindset, testers can significantly contribute to the success of Agile projects through enhanced adaptability, collaboration, continuous improvement, customer focus, fast feedback loops, and effective use of automation.

Chief People Officer

"Professional, reliable, and results-oriented. The Avant Edge team helped us develop a future-proof HR strategy. The impact on employee satisfaction and retention was immediately noticeable."

Chief People Officer

Attendee Trainer & Coach Program

"Insanely interesting, educational and immediately applicable."

Attendee Trainer & Coach Program

Andre Roos

"Avant Edge has played a crucial role in strengthening the effectiveness of my leadership team. Using the Deep Democracy method, they deepened our understanding of group dynamics, and we now work noticeably more closely together. Their professional approach and keen understanding of our challenges made all the difference. I recommend Avant Edge without hesitation to teams looking to optimize their collaboration and performance."

Andre Roos

Head of Tax Operations - ING

Attendee of a role specific development program

"Very enlightening – with concrete insights about myself and my team.”

Attendee of a role specific development program

Chief People Officer

"Professional, reliable, and results-oriented. The Avant Edge team helped us develop a future-proof HR strategy. The impact on employee satisfaction and retention was immediately noticeable."

Chief People Officer

Attendee Trainer & Coach Program

"Insanely interesting, educational and immediately applicable."

Attendee Trainer & Coach Program

Andre Roos

"Avant Edge has played a crucial role in strengthening the effectiveness of my leadership team. Using the Deep Democracy method, they deepened our understanding of group dynamics, and we now work noticeably more closely together. Their professional approach and keen understanding of our challenges made all the difference. I recommend Avant Edge without hesitation to teams looking to optimize their collaboration and performance."

Andre Roos

Head of Tax Operations - ING

Attendee of a role specific development program

"Very enlightening – with concrete insights about myself and my team.”

Attendee of a role specific development program