The most expensive decisions I see are not made under pressure. They are made by capable people with nothing left worth doing. This runs against everything boards are trained to watch for. Risk committees model stress. Succession plans anticipate collapse. Everyone...

A coach who is still necessary after two years has failed. I say that to every board that hires me, usually in the first conversation, and it is not modesty. It is the design specification. The deliverable of this work is not the sessions; it is the handover. The...

What happens inside executive coaching? Arvid Buit’s 7-step change process — 15–25 stakeholder interviews, behavioral design, change as subtraction.