Consultant for executives facing conflicting objectives
I work with executives and top management teams whose initiatives stall because legitimate demands contradict each other. For more than twenty years, I led organisations through transformation and restructuring in leadership roles at C-level and SVP level, including at Kelkoo, XING, Betsson and DERTOUR. Today I research the cognitive foundations of how leaders navigate paradoxes in organisations, in my Executive PhD at Antwerp Management School.
Image: TopSphere Media via Unsplash 🎓 PhD Journey 🔬 Academia A Question That Stopped Me Cold In spring 2025, during an informal conversation with a colleague, he suddenly asked me: “Why aren’t you using your musical skills to improve your...
Image: freddi marriage via Unsplash 🎓 PhD Journey 💼 Consultancy Why leadership research and executive practice don’t fully meet—and how my background positions The Leadership Artist to bridge the gap. After two decades in management teams at XING, Nokia, and...
Image: Amy Hirschi via Unsplash 💼 Consultancy How peer-to-peer credibility transforms executive coaching & consulting from theory into practice Most consultants advising C-level executives have never sat in those chairs. They’ve studied leadership, observed...
Image: Hans Ott via Unsplash 🎓 PhD Journey How three decades of intentional preparation created the foundation for breakthrough executive coaching methodology When colleagues ask about my unconventional path from classical guitarist to C-level executive, they often...
💼 Consultancy 🏫 Business School 🎓 PhD Journey 🔬 Academia “The best leadership school I ever attended wasn’t a business school. It was the music conservatory—though I didn’t realize it at the time.” Jörg Malang The Leadership Artist After 20+...
