Els van der Helm

Sleep Neuroscientist; Adjunct Professor; Performance & Leadership Expert; Boardroom Advisor

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Els van der Helm Biography

Dr. Els van der Helm is a sleep neuroscientist, ex-McKinsey consultant and focused on improving the performance of organizations by improving the sleep of leaders and teams with through sleep training. Clients include top firms in consulting, tech and banking such as McKinsey, BCG, PwC, Facebook and AWS.

Dr. van der Helm started her career in wellbeing and performance with her Master’s in Neurosciences, where she investigated the effect of sleep on cognitive performance at the Netherlands Institute of Neurosciences and emotional processing at Harvard Medical School.

She went on to study the effect of sleep on the brain and performance during her PhD in Psychology from UC Berkeley, before working at McKinsey as a management consultant and becoming Adjunct Professor at IE University in Madrid.

Her publications have been featured by Harvard Business Review, The Atlantic, Huffington Post, Inc. Magazine, McKinsey Quarterly and many others.

Els van der Helm Speaking Topics

  • Power of Sleep

    The Power of Sleep addresses the fundamentals of the science of sleep. Learn everything about why we sleep, what the consequences are of sleep deprivation, how you build up your sleep debt but also what you can do to repay it. Walk away with tips & tricks on how to start improving your sleep tonight and get crystal clear insights on how your daily activities influence your nights. Unlock your potential by harnessing the Power of Sleep!

  • Stress & Sleep

    In the Stress & Sleep Session you not only learn about how stress influences sleep but how you can use sleep to combat external stressors. Break the vicious circle of feeling stressed and not sleeping well by learning what stress is, how it affects our entire physiological and physical being and why you respond the way you do. Sleep is the key into feeling less stressed.

  • Sleep & Mental Health

    A good night sleep is key to a good mental health. Sleep makes you more resilient and provides you with the energy on stay on top of things instead of becoming overwhelmed with everything that is happening in these weary times. Gain insights in how sleep affects your mental health and get clear tips & tricks on how to protect it.

  • Leadership & Sleep Session

    Science shows that team leaders sleep better than their team members. This leads to a false expectation on what good sleep is and maybe not even the right sleep culture in a team or company.

    This session focuses on how to remove any taboos around the topic of sleep, what a good expectation on sleep is for teams and its members as well as how to establish a healthy company culture in which sleep has a place.

  • Women's Sleep

    Women often struggle more with their sleep than men: Women are for instance more likely to suffer from insomnia than men. This can increase the risk of chronic diseases, mental health problems but also hurt performance.

    In this session we discuss some of the biological reasons underpinning this difference (e.g., how your menstrual cycle impacts your sleep) and what you can to do improve your sleep and ensure you leverage the power of sleep for your performance and health.

Els van der Helm Videos

  • Dr. Els van der Helm
    Dr. Els van der Helm, a renowned sleep expert, shares her passion for improving people's lives through better sleep. She introduces her work in sleep...

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    Els van der Helm is a keynote speaker and industry expert whose speaking topics include Consulting, Human Resources, Mental Health, Neuroscience, Psychology, Social Sciences, Stress Management.
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Els van der Helm is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Power of Sleep , Stress & Sleep , Sleep & Mental Health , Leadership & Sleep Session and Women's Sleep. The estimated speaking fee range to book Els van der Helm for your event is $30,000 - $50,000. Els van der Helm generally travels from Switzerland and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Michelle Gielan, Jenn Lim, Nicole A. Tetreault, Myrto Legaki and Katie Andrews, MS, RDN, CDN. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Els van der Helm for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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