1 Connect

Resistance often comes from the absence of connection.

Connect top and middle managers to each other - and to your strategy - before you roll it out.

Don't wait until resistance appears. When relationships are healthy and robust, strategy execution moves faster.

2 Clarity

When priorities compete, clarity is missing.

People become confused. Their decisions become hesitant, uncertain, and ineffective.

Clarity gets top and middle managers aligned in action – across your divisions, functions and global locations.

3 Co-Create

4 Know-How

Strategy defines what should happen. Competence determines what does.

Middle management know-how is the quiet engine of execution success.

When managers know how to lead change, they build up confidence and they sustain results.

5 Motivation

Low energy is usually not laziness.

It's a signal to drop "compliance-mode" and add in commitment.

Design the daily experience to boost motivation by tying work to business outcomes that matter.

6 Recognition

What we recognize and reward becomes valued. What is valued is repeated.

This is the main way all culture is shaped.

Use a system that shows people their contribution counts, and strategy execution speeds up.

Speed to Results

You want business results. We only take on projects with clear business objectives. Our engagements typically last 3 – 6 months, so your top and middle managers see fast results.

Experts in Change

You get our expertise – over 30 years of working with management groups worldwide, in 27 countries and over 60 nationalities.

International Reach

With a global network of contacts and a close team of Associates in Hamburg, Munich, London, New York and San Francisco, you have access to the right experts for your implementation initiatives.

Respectful Challenge

Senior Managers don't need sycophants. We aren't. What our clients like are the ways we strengthen strategy execution with a skillful mix of support, trust, and challenging questions.

Uniquely Qualified

People make profit. With me, you get support for both: with a MSc in Clinical Psychology, a qualified coach and Gestalt Facilitator, and a professional background in Finance.

Flex-to-Culture

We make a big effort to understand the ways you work and the core business drivers. Then we adapt to it. Our approach selects tools and models that fit your way of working.

Whispers into Words

Change is tough. Difficult issues and dysfunctional relationships often come up. When they do, we create a safe space where your managers and employees put the unspoken into open, trustful dialogs.

The Masterful Mentoring System

You want to help younger managers to learn the ropes, improve key skills and expand their internal network, so that they can achieve their potential. You have senior managers willing to mentor them.
All new mentors have good intentions. But many use an old-school approach to mentoring or the same old mentoring tools.
The Masterful Mentoring System develops senior managers into skilled mentors. It shows them how to build highly productive relationships. And it gives them a full set of coaching and advisory tools.
No more "When I was your age…" stories; just focused and engaging dialogs to boost performance.

Executive Coaching

Executive Coaching to Accelerate High Performance
You're doing well, flying high. Everybody's happy and your reputation is growing. But challenges are on the horizon. You need to figure out how to shift the way you lead, optimize your time and refine your executive management mindset.
Executive Coaching to Deal with Underperformance
Situational or people factors are causing issues like bottlenecks, misunderstandings, negative relationships, conflict, poor collaboration or product quality problems. You want a new, individualized approach to get back to higher performance levels.
You choose your objectives. We'll advise on the best time-frame and coaching cadence for you.

BuILD for High Potentials

Nobody learns to captain a ship by sitting on the harbour wall staring at the sea. Potential develops by being out on the water. Because the other options don't work:
- We all know sit-and-consume leadership programs belong to yesterday.
- Online programs increase knowledge but – crucially – don't increase know-how.
Executives want to know: have our High Potentials got what it takes to lead at higher levels?
Business Integrated Leadership Development (BuILD) provides the answer. It uses coaching on stretch assignments and global projects. High Potentials get practical experience outside their function and their country. Plus, they get visibility with senior executives. And top managers see the High Potentials in action – steering real projects, not in the training room.
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"Steven helped to set up projects across our entities in EMEA. Through his advisory and coaching work, people got out of their comfort zone and managed projects which helped us to improve our internal Operations processes, e.g. in planning; customer complaints; and identifying new product markets. All of these projects created positive returns… and higher efficiency."
Managing Director, Industrial Manufacturer

"You have always proven to be highly flexible in adapting to our specific business situation, highly pro-active in suggesting how to design each module to the needs of the various target groups and high commitment in delivering each module to our satisfaction… You have become, over the years, a trustful and valuable partner."
Senior Manager, Strategic Planning

"You create this safe space where people can open up and talk about the difficult issue. This is an art – you can either do it or not; and you definitely can."
CEO, Electronics Manufacturer

"I like your ability to listen, re-phrase, summarize and let the people figure out what the options were out in the group. I also appreciate your expertise: the way of working because you come to the point. I got very positive feedback from the Board."
Senior Executive, EMEA

"You address what's standing in the way of successful behaviour. And you offer ideas on what to do. Then you get people to choose and you help them to make sure they do it."
Senior Executive, EMEA