Jacqueline Smit
Coach
Jacqueline has over 20 years of experience in senior executive roles at organizations including Microsoft, TMG Media, and Talpa (Radio 538). In 2017, she founded RockportInk to work with leaders at critical inflection points – moments where direction is unclear and clarity is essential.
She combines lived executive experience with deep expertise in leadership psychology. Her work focuses on helping leaders cut through external expectations to gain clarity on what they truly want and the kind of leader they aim to be.
Alongside her executive coaching practice, Jacqueline takes on interim executive roles in high-stakes situations. This keeps her closely connected to the realities of leadership at scale and under pressure.
Jacqueline’s strength lies in helping leaders navigate transition, complexity, and leadership identity with clarity and confidence.
Methodologies
- Leadership models and presence techniques
- NLP
- Systemic work
- Transactional analysis
- Years of experience
Working style
Jacqueline is known for her honest and direct feedback, creating awareness of patterns and limiting beliefs that affect leadership effectiveness. She combines deep understanding of corporate leadership with practical frameworks that generate real insight, informed by her own career transitions and leadership experience.
Her coaching approach is grounded in the Omnient methodology, integrating Transactional Analysis with leadership development. The focus is on identifying and interrupting unconscious patterns, enabling leaders to increase effectiveness and make more authentic, conscious choices.
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Jacqueline Smit
Coach