How I Work With Leaders

Experienced Counsel for the Transitions That Define What Comes Next

I work with senior leaders and executive teams during the transitions that define what their organisations become next. Through strategic advisory, executive coaching, and leadership development, I help leaders find clarity, make better decisions, and build capability that sustains beyond the engagement.

Every engagement is grounded in executive leadership across financial services, SaaS, energy, and mobility, and in a deep belief that the best leadership comes from integrating wisdom, compassion, and courage.

Strategic Advisory

Experienced Judgment for Decisions That Compound

When you are navigating post-acquisition integration, technology or AI strategy, platform architecture, organisational redesign, or scaling challenges, and the decisions you make now will shape revenue, valuation, and organisational capability for years, you need counsel from someone who has been in that seat.

I work as a trusted thinking partner to CEOs, CTOs, CPOs, and executive teams. Not as a consultant who delivers recommendations from a distance, but as an engaged advisor who helps you identify what is actually at stake, test your assumptions, and arrive at decisions you are confident in.

Typical advisory contexts include post-acquisition integration, AI adoption strategy, platform and technology direction, organisational transformation, and board-level counsel on technology risk, capital allocation, and opportunity.

What the first 30 days typically look like: a focused diagnostic of the real challenge, not just the presenting one. Direct conversations with the people closest to the decisions. A clear view of what is working, what is blocked, and what the organisation is avoiding. From there, we work together on the decisions that will unlock the most value.

Engagements are clearly scoped, time-bound, and focused on specific decisions or transitions. They range from a single intensive session to ongoing advisory relationships spanning several months. The goal is always the same: clarity on the few decisions that will unlock disproportionate value.

Chris combines deep strategic thinking with a practical structure for building a business. The canvas and the conversations around it helped us position our company for growth and gave us a clear strategic direction.

Jeroen Hendriks

Digital Transformation Leader

Chris quickly absorbs complex information and translates it into clear strategic insight. His ability to summarize difficult topics and guide decision making is rare and extremely valuable.

Graham Moss

Strategy Advisor

Chris simplifies complex organisational challenges into clear strategic choices. His approach accelerates thinking and helps leaders connect vision, execution, and decision making.

Michiel Ooms

CPO

Chris played a pivotal role in transforming our organisation during the integration of our company into the group. His leadership and problem solving helped our management team navigate complexity and build a strong foundation for future growth.

Mohamed Elmasry

CEO

Chris has the rare ability to turn complex strategy into clear and pragmatic next steps. His ability to simplify difficult challenges makes progress possible where others remain stuck in analysis.

Marco Visser

Director

Executive Coaching

Strengthening the Leader, Not Just Solving the Problem

Senior leadership in complex environments is demanding in ways that go beyond strategy and execution. The pressure of irreversible decisions with incomplete information. The loneliness of leading through uncertainty when the board is watching. The tension between what the organisation needs and what you need as a person.

I coach senior leaders who want to grow, not just perform, through these pressures. Coaching focuses on decision quality, leadership presence, self-awareness, and the ability to lead authentically when everything around you is shifting.

In practice, this means helping a newly appointed CTO navigate board dynamics without becoming reactive. Or helping a founder decide which executive to let go when loyalty conflicts with performance. Or supporting a CEO through the isolation that comes with carrying transformation pressure that cannot be shared with the team.

My coaching philosophy is rooted in the belief that sustainable, effective leadership starts from within. Leaders who cultivate self-awareness, compassion, and courage make better decisions, build stronger teams, and create organisations that people want to be part of. This is not about being soft. It is about being whole.

Coaching is formally contracted and clearly bounded. Typical engagements run 6 to 12 months with regular sessions, bi-weekly or monthly, and structured reflection between sessions. Coaching is confidential and distinct from any advisory or organisational authority.

All coaching engagements are delivered in accordance with the Global Code of Ethics for Coaches, Mentors, and Supervisors, and the EMCC Global Diversity and Inclusion Declaration, which together set the expectation of professional best practice, ethical conduct, and an inclusive approach that respects the uniqueness of every individual.

Working toward EMCC Individual Accreditation under supervision from Didier Marlier, with 15+ years of coaching practice grounded in executive leadership experience.

AI-fluent, not AI-obsessed. As Customer Value Advisor at Datachef, Executive Education Lead at The AI Collective, and co-author of INFUSED: The 90-Day Handbook for Safe, Disciplined, Human-Centred AI Adoption, I bring current, practical AI understanding to every engagement. AI is one of the most important dimensions of complexity that leaders navigate today. It is never the only one.

Engaged partnership, not consulting at a distance. I do not deliver a report and leave. Advisory, coaching, and facilitation are all designed as genuine partnerships where I am invested in the outcome and available for the conversations that matter most.

A philosophy that goes deeper than performance. My coaching work is grounded in Lead from Love principles. A commitment to helping leaders develop as whole people, not just more effective executives. This produces better decisions, stronger relationships, and leadership that lasts.

Chris is not just a coach but an efficient sparring partner, always challenging me to think critically and strategically. His unwavering commitment to placing people at the core of every initiative ensures that our solutions are not only efficient but also genuinely human-centered and user-centric.

Vincent Micheli

IT Director

Chris brings a rare blend of generosity, clarity, and practical coaching. His approach helped me gain confidence and focus in my strategy as an entrepreneur. The process combines thoughtful coaching with grounded business advice. If you’re feeling stuck in complexity, this is a powerful way to reset. Their pursuit of simplicity is clear throughout, with precise questions, clear observations, and practical steps. It made the whole journey feel lighter and more focused.

Charlotte Mader

Coach

Chris brings a deeply human approach to leadership that allows people’s passion and professionalism to shine. His presence creates alignment between teams and the value the organisation delivers.

Ihab Tag

Product Manager

Chris lives the leadership philosophy he teaches. His mentorship pushed our team to grow while making the work more meaningful and impactful.

Omar Tarek

Sales Development Director

I was skeptical at first, being a serial entrepreneur with four companies under my belt. However, the Ebullient experience was super helpful as I pushed through a pivot in our strategy. Working with Ebullient felt like a conversation to me. I’d answer someone else’s questions, and that would give me new ideas (super quickly) to ponder. It felt much faster and more certain than just thinking through things alone. If you need to change directions (or set your first direction), I recommend Ebullient!

Mike Wittenstein

Founder

Leadership Development & Facilitation

Building the Collective Capability to Lead Through Change

When a leadership team is navigating transformation together, post-acquisition integration, AI adoption, scaling, organisational redesign, individual capability is not enough. The team needs shared language, shared understanding, and the ability to have the hard conversations that drive real alignment rather than polite agreement.

I design and facilitate executive development experiences that build this collective capability. Strategy sprints, leadership offsites, and multi-session development programmes tailored to the specific transition your team is navigating.

What leaders typically discover: the real challenge is rarely the one they came in with. The presenting problem, whether it is strategy alignment, AI readiness, or operating model design, usually sits on top of something harder. A trust deficit. An unspoken disagreement about priorities. A leadership team that is functional but not frank. The work goes there.

Typical contexts include post-acquisition leadership alignment, helping newly merged teams build trust and shared direction. AI adoption readiness, preparing executive teams to lead AI transformation with confidence and governance. Scaling transitions, helping leadership teams evolve their operating model and decision- making as complexity grows. Strategy alignment, facilitated sessions that move teams from agreement-in- principle to actionable commitment.

Every programme is designed for the specific context and team. There are no off-the-shelf workshops. I work with the commissioning leader to understand the real challenge, design the experience around it, and facilitate with the depth and honesty that executive teams deserve. Trusted collaborators from the Enablers and ELP networks are brought in when the work calls for it.

Working with Chris and his methodologies helped me refresh and sharpen my thinking about our business environment. He asks the right questions at the right time and creates a trusted atmosphere that leads to strong outcomes.

Lars Falch

CEO

Chris guided our team step by step through the process of building a coherent and focused strategic plan. The result was a clear direction that balanced ambition with the realities on the ground.

Simon Brod

Director Innovation and Development

Chris quickly identifies the real issues inside an organisation and brings people together to address them constructively. He turns insight into action while keeping the process collaborative and engaging.

Hans Regeer

Technology Leader

Chris brings structure and focus to complex challenges while building real alignment across the team. His approach helped us form a shared mission and move forward with confidence.

John Forcelledo

Programme Leader

What Sets This Apart

The Question Every Leader Should Ask Before Choosing Who to Work With

Executive experience, not just coaching credentials. P&L ownership, post-acquisition integration, platform transformation, and AI product delivery across multiple C-suite roles. When I work with a leader navigating a complex technology decision or an integration challenge, I have been in their seat. That changes the quality of the conversation.

What Determines Fit

Not Every Engagement Is the Right One

The leader or team is navigating a genuinely consequential transition, not looking for validation of decisions already made.

There is willingness to be challenged, to think differently, and to grow through the process, not just get through it.

The engagement has clear scope and mutual accountability. Expectations are explicit. Both sides are invested.

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