Four transformative steps, unlocking your unique leadership potential and aligning it with a purpose-driven, impactful life.
The Grounding Experience
As a leader, you’ve navigated challenges, driven success, and shaped your career with your unique talents. But in a rapidly changing world, even the most seasoned leaders need a moment to reflect and recalibrate.
At this crossroads, you may find yourself questioning:
Am I leading in alignment with my core values in a world of constant change?
How do I balance transparency and ethical leadership in an era of misinformation?
What can I do to ensure my organization’s resilience amid geopolitical uncertainty?
Or, on a more personal level:
How do I deal with the loneliness of leadership? Who do I trust with my most vulnerable thoughts?
What hidden fears or insecurities hold me back from fully stepping into my power?
How can I balance my professional and personal life without guilt?
Am I truly leading at my highest level?
These aren’t just questions, they are signals. Signals that it’s time to step back, reflect, and reconnect with your leadership at a deeper level. Through the Grounding Experience, we will explore these themes together, unlocking your unique strengths, working with your ingrained beliefs and aligning your leadership with a renewed sense of clarity and purpose.
These aren’t just questions—they’re invitations to reflect, and dig deeper into the journey ahead. Together, we will explore these questions and more, rediscover your unique strengths, and realign your leadership with a deeper sense of purpose.
About Ruud
I spent much of my career as an executive and board member, and after earning a Master’s in Executive Coaching from Ashridge Business School, I now guide leaders like you in realizing their full potential. My goal is to create the space for leaders to discover their unique strengths and ambitions.
Having walked the path of leadership myself, I understand the challenges and the weight of decision-making from the top. I know the feeling of “lonely at the top” and the immense pressure you face. This mutual understanding allows us to quickly get to the heart of the matter.
During my own executive journey, I experienced both a personal and business crisis that prompted deep reflection. That reflection helped me rediscover my true purpose and gave me the freedom to choose a new path. It’s this experience that I now share with others—guiding you through meaningful reflection to uncover what’s truly important for you as a leader.
After two immersive days together, you’ll leave with newfound clarity and a deep sense of purpose. You’ll be equipped to redefine your leadership role, both in your career and in your life.
The Grounding Experience in four steps
The experience unfolds in four transformative steps, offering you profound insights into your unique qualities and leadership style. This highly personal experience is designed not only to refine your leadership but to align it with a meaningful life and a sustainable impact on the world.
STEP 1: STARTING WITH CONNECTION
Every transformation begins with trust. Before we meet in person, we connect—whether over a walk, during a meeting, or at your office. This initial and complementary conversation ensures that our collaboration is the right fit, and it provides an opportunity to define your core question and step to next-level leadership.
STEP 2: LAYING THE FOUNDATION: The BluePrint Scan
The BluePrint Scan, an online test that only takes 15 minutes of your time, is a cutting-edge tool that taps into your subconscious patterns through a structured leadership assessment. It reveals essential insights about your decision-making, leadership style, and the hidden dynamics that shape your professional and personal life.
We’ll dive into the results together during a 90 minutes debrief session to provide a tailored foundation for the program and begin addressing the heart of your leadership.
What makes this different from other leadership assessments?
It’s not just data—it’s deep awareness. Many tests give surface-level results; this scan uncovers the patterns behind your leadership behavior.
It’s not just information—it’s transformation. The insights gained help you integrate real, actionable change into your leadership.
It’s not just another tool—it’s a mirror. It shows where you unconsciously hold back and what is needed to move forward.
STEP 3: The Work – Your Path, together at your Pace
The core of the Grounding Experience is tailored to your unique leadership rhythm.
Some leaders prefer an immersive two-day deep dive, while others spread the sessions over a longer period to integrate insights at a more natural pace. Whether you choose to pause intensely or evolve gradually, the focus remains the same:
✔ Shedding distractions to reconnect with your authentic leadership.
✔ Exploring the deeper layers of your decision-making process.
✔ Aligning your mind, heart, and actions for lasting clarity and impact.
We’ll navigate four transformative phases:
Awareness: We begin with a pause to reflect on your current reality—where you stand in your life, work, and purpose. This step sets the stage for meaningful transformation.
Observation: You’ll begin to observe your daily actions and decisions with fresh eyes, uncovering instinctive patterns and unlocking pathways for intentional leadership.
Experience: Through all kind of reflective exercises, we’ll reconnect with your intuition, enabling clarity to emerge. This phase helps you lead with authenticity and confidence.
Visualization: Together, we’ll craft a vision for your future—both as a leader and as a person. You’ll leave with a clear, actionable direction for your personal and professional life.
STEP 4: MEANING IN MOTION: SUSTAINING THE TRANSFORMATION
True transformation takes time and deepens over months. I provide ongoing support to help you integrate your insights into daily leadership.
Monthly Conversations: Personalized sessions to sustain your progress.
On-Call Support: Available between sessions for reflection, guidance, or a listening ear.
Since this phase is tailored to individual needs, pricing is customized accordingly.
Where We Work – A Setting That Transforms
The Grounding Experience is not just about what we do, but also where we do it. Together, we select a location that removes you from daily distractions and creates the ideal setting for deep reflection and transformation.
For example, Berlin – A City of Transformation
For some, the energy of Berlin—where history, transformation, and resilience meet—provides the perfect backdrop for redefining leadership. A city that once embodied division now stands as a symbol of integration and clarity, mirroring the process you will go through. But I work around the world from Amsterdam to San Francisco.
Nature – Silence and Clarity
Others find clarity in nature—where stillness replaces noise and space replaces urgency. Whether in a secluded forest, a tranquil lakeside retreat, or rolling hills under open skies, nature offers the rare luxury of uninterrupted time to think, feel, and realign.
Wherever we meet, the location is not just a backdrop—it is a catalyst for the transformation ahead.
Why the Grounding Experience?
40+ years in the top of organizations → I understand your world.
Ashridge & Tavistock certified → I bring depth and structure to reflection.
One-on-one deep-dive coaching → A tailored, immersive experience.
Not another leadership course. No formulas. Just space for real clarity.
Investment – Flexible & Tailored to You
Step 1: Complimentary Intake
To ensure alignment, the initial conversation is free of charge.
Step 2: BluePrint Scan (€1.500 ex VAT)
A deep leadership assessment with a 90-minute debrief session.
Step 3: The Work – Fully Customized
Designed to match your pace and leadership style, whether as an intensive two-day deep dive or a structured, long-term approach. Pricing is customized after Step 2.
Step 4: Ongoing Support – Tailored Pricing
Includes monthly conversations and on-call support, structured to meet your needs.
Your Return
Clarity & Focus → Cut through distractions, make better decisions, and act with conviction.
Resonance in Leadership → Align your actions with your deeper values, creating impact.
Stress Reduction & Presence → From overdrive to grounded awareness in high-stakes situations.
Tailored to You → No formulas, no one-size-fits-all. A deeply personal, effective approach.
📩 Curious? Let’s talk. Book a free intake and take your leadership to the next level.