Tineke Zoet
TZ
Life Coaches
Tineke Zoet
Suite 402A, Glasgow G3 8AZ
# Tineke Zoet – Maritime Team Development & Coaching
Tineke Zoet is a certified maritime workplace coach and former maritime officer based in Glasgow, working with ship and shore-based teams across the maritime industry. She specialises in resolving workplace conflict and building collaborative cultures in high-pressure, multicultural maritime environments.
The business addresses a specific problem: in maritime settings characterised by generational differences, cultural diversity, male-dominated hierarchies and unspoken norms, teams often struggle with miscommunication, eroded trust and burnout. This directly impacts safety, retention and operational effectiveness. Tineke works with organisations to strengthen psychological safety, improve communication and develop emotionally intelligent leadership before stress escalates into disengagement or safety incidents.
What sets Tineke apart is her dual credibility: she combines lived experience as a maritime officer with formal training in human factors research and workplace coaching. Her approach is distinctly practical rather than theoretical, acknowledging the specific realities of seafaring life—multicultural crews, hierarchical structures and cultures of toughness that can undermine wellbeing. She works with both the interpersonal dynamics and systemic factors preventing effective collaboration.
Her clients include maritime lecturers, marine services companies and shipping professionals. Testimonials highlight her ability to create genuine insight around generational and communication differences in accessible, non-threatening ways. Rather than generic team-building, she delivers targeted interventions that create lasting cultural change in complex working environments.
Tineke Zoet is a certified maritime workplace coach and former maritime officer based in Glasgow, working with ship and shore-based teams across the maritime industry. She specialises in resolving workplace conflict and building collaborative cultures in high-pressure, multicultural maritime environments.
The business addresses a specific problem: in maritime settings characterised by generational differences, cultural diversity, male-dominated hierarchies and unspoken norms, teams often struggle with miscommunication, eroded trust and burnout. This directly impacts safety, retention and operational effectiveness. Tineke works with organisations to strengthen psychological safety, improve communication and develop emotionally intelligent leadership before stress escalates into disengagement or safety incidents.
What sets Tineke apart is her dual credibility: she combines lived experience as a maritime officer with formal training in human factors research and workplace coaching. Her approach is distinctly practical rather than theoretical, acknowledging the specific realities of seafaring life—multicultural crews, hierarchical structures and cultures of toughness that can undermine wellbeing. She works with both the interpersonal dynamics and systemic factors preventing effective collaboration.
Her clients include maritime lecturers, marine services companies and shipping professionals. Testimonials highlight her ability to create genuine insight around generational and communication differences in accessible, non-threatening ways. Rather than generic team-building, she delivers targeted interventions that create lasting cultural change in complex working environments.
Services offered
Team coaching workshopsLeadership communication trainingConflict resolution facilitationPsychological safety developmentMulticultural team buildingNeurodiversity inclusion supportMaritime-specific wellbeing consultancyPodcast and speaking engagements