Our coaching and consultancy activities are concentrated in three areas:

• Core Issue Analysis: Identifying what is for a group or organization the strategic core issue that is decisive for its evolution.

• Systemic Issues: Understanding persistent or recurrent problems that resist traditional approaches; finding new leverage points, using organizational constellations.

• Personal Mastery: Developing the core competences of mindful leaders in learning organizations.

Norman Schwarzkopf said that everyting boils down to character and strategy. And if you would have to do without one, you drop strategy. So, character comes first, strategy second. Jim Collins reaches a similar conclusion in From Good to Great. Companies transforming themselves from good to great, didn’t start with a brilliant strategy, but with a brilliant team. First good people, than good ideas.

The core of that character that Schwarzkopf talked about, is mindfulness. We help to restore that, to ignite that, to focus that. Energy without direction doesn’t help. When we have energy, we need direction. Sometimes out of vision, sometimes out of ambition, sometimes to survive. Or any combination of those three. Sensing that we are on course, energizes us. Vison, mission, direction stimulate energy, mobilize energy. We speak about thrust when we speak about directed energy.

We work for executives who lead organizations that:

• are suffering the consequences of growing too fast
• have extraordinary and durable ambitions
• want to strengthen or restore good governance
• are in danger of stagnation
• have insecure prospects
• have serious problems
• are in shock because of recent comprehensive and painful changes: mergers, take-overs, massive layoffs, breaking up
  

Some companies need to be restored to financial health. We are talking about organizations that need to be restored to mental health and mental energy. Or that simply want to increase their mental energy. Or to stay mentally healthy under great pressure or in great turbulence.

By the way, how do you rate the mental health and the mental power of your own organization? Satisfactory?