WHY HAVE  JAN & FONS SET
UP THE BASTA ACADEMY?

  • Time for us to give back. We did our thing and want to handover our experience
  • We believe that everyone needs a purpose. Who will cry when you die?
  • We know how to teach others to reduce stress – the number one reason for long term sick leave: a staggering loss of energy and productivity
  • We know that a soft approach will not work, that’s why we will shake the tree
  • Fulfillment is rewarding. We like to share

WE HAVE MADE IT
DIFFERENT

BASTA organises Retreats in the South of Spain at the BASTA Academy. You will be guided by us and we are two experienced ‘self-made’ senior managers who themselves have been through the same journey as yourself. Jan is now an executive coach and Fons is now a yoga teacher.

We will shake your tree by using our brand new designed ‘down to earth’ no non-sense approach grounded in 50 years of corporate experience and multi cultural knowledge enriched with our new certified ‘body & mind’ skills.

WE HAVE COME A LONG
WAY

  • Friends for more then 45 years

  • From pastry chef to Vice President

  • Humble background, self-made senior guys

  • Never stopped working hard and being teachable: we’re still learning

  • Time to share and give back: leaving something behind

WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT
YOU GET

  • No nonsense , no bullshit, down to earth, integrity
  • Provocative, non-confirmative, disruptive. But we do care
  • We are as real as we can be. What you see is what you get
  • We love to break the rules and overturn what is not working
  • We do like to have fun. Life is already complicated enough

WE HAVE BEEN
THERE

  • Together 50 years in sales, marketing, finance, change and general management all over the world
  • So 50 years experience in managing stress, with ourselves and with others
  • Our fair share in self mastery and self knowledge: trainings, seminars, courses and the necessary therapy sessions
  • The best of both worlds: senior management experience + emotional well being skills
  • We know how to make things happen: ideas into reality, dreams into action

JAN

Born and raised in Bussum, Jan is the son of two deaf parents. His father and mother were both born deaf. This also meant studying was not an option and Jan’s father was given the choice between being a tailor or a painter. He became a tailor, Jan used to say he always had ‘tailor made’ clothes.Jan grew up in ‘silence’, he learned to live without sound and was always running around and caring for others.

He is thankful for his background, it helped him gain his successful international corporate finance career with the accent on leading large-scale, global change and people programmes within the world of ING.

He also feels strongly about following your dreams. That’s exactly what he did, left behind the certainties and chose for himself. He followed several studies about this, the knowledge he gained makes him capable of teaching you how to be there for yourself and for others. Jan’s method of teaching is hard and sometimes provocative, but it is taught from the heart (HARD for HEART)!

FONS

When Fons was 12 years old he wanted to become a pastry chef and that’s exactly what he did. At some point he wanted to do something different, to see what else was out there. He started studying Marketing and Management and worked at Sony and Texas Instruments. After this he started an impressive international career in the world of cosmetics and perfumes, he worked in Zurich, Rio de Janeiro, Mexico City, Miami, New York and Singapore.

Not everything is as rosy as it seems, 30 years ago Fons got chronic headaches, 24/7. This was difficult and tiring, but it also had a good side because it Made him the person he is today. He followed NLP, EFT and Yoga courses. The headaches didn’t change, he did. He found a way to deal with it.

. Fons knows how to keep his power on the right energy level. He can teach you everything about conquering your body and mind to really BE YOU!