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How I help.

Everything I do starts with one question: what needs solving? Sometimes one sharp day with your team is enough. Sometimes I take the helm myself.

01 Strategy Session 02 Strategy Programme · BRIGHT 03 Interim & Fractional CEO 04 Operating Partner + ELiN & HIGH SEASON
Question first

The question decides the shape.

Sooner or later, growth companies run into the same thing. The ambition is big, yet the organisation isn't moving at the pace it needs.

That's where I start: with what is really going on. Only then do we choose the shape that fits.

When it's complex, I simplify. When it's stuck, I move it forward.

Alongside · With your team
01
Strategy Session

One day. Sharper decisions.

For when the strategy is there and the team still isn't aligned.

What it solves

Many teams have been circling the same choices for months. Everyone senses it could move faster, yet the decision stays on the table. And the ambition hangs in the air, without anyone knowing quite what it means in numbers.

What I do

I prepare the day thoroughly, with your team's own answers and your own figures. On the day, I keep bringing the conversation back to what matters. I ask the questions nobody inside asks anymore.

What you walk away withA team looking in the same direction, a route to the ambition in numbers and a handful of projects with names on them.
FormatHalf day or full day · With the leadership team · Preparation and report included
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Ineke at the flip chart during a strategy sessionOne day with your team
02
Strategy Programme

One quarter. A plan that is yours.

For companies with a big ambition that feel one day won't be enough.

What it solves

Doubling or quadrupling a business doesn't happen with a plan written in the boardroom. It has to be carried by the people who make it real every day. Otherwise it becomes a nice document in a drawer.

What I do

Over a few months we build the plan together. First I speak with every member of the leadership team one-on-one. Then come three working days, and in between, project groups from your own organisation get to work. Everything comes together in a private client portal.

What you walk away withA plan for next year with a clear line to the ambition further out. Backed by numbers and made by your own people.
FormatAbout three months · Conversations and three working days · Private client portal
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Ineke in conversation with a leadership teamWorking day
At the helm
03
Interim & Fractional CEO

At the helm when it counts.

For when you need an experienced CEO, for a while.

What it solves

A CEO leaves unexpectedly, or the company stalls and something has to happen fast. That is not the moment for someone who starts with a six-week study.

What I do

I take the helm, bring calm and set the course. Meanwhile I build the team that will soon carry it on its own. Once the permanent leader is in place, I hand over.

FormatFull-time or fractional, 2 to 4 days a week · Typically 3 to 12 months
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Alongside · For investors
04
Operating Partner

An operator's view.

For investors who need senior firepower in their portfolio.

What it solves

A portfolio company grows slower than the plan promised. The CEO carries too much alone, or the buy-and-build doesn't get going. That calls for someone who knows the work from the inside.

What I do

I know the full cycle from experience. Ten years as Group CEO of YoungCapital, then Group CEO of Circle8 under Axiom Partners, where I helped shape the buy-and-build from Zurich. I work alongside the portfolio CEO, as sparring partner or hands-on where it's needed.

Format1 to 3 days a week · Across the portfolio or one company
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What else I build

Two platforms. One conviction.

Growth companies need the right leader and a stage for their story. So next to my own practice I built two platforms.

Executive search · Co-founded with Elbrich Batstra

ELiN Partners

Context over pedigree.

Board and C-level search for organisations building what's next. A CV tells you what someone has done. We want to know who someone is when things get difficult.

When a conversation with me shows you need a permanent leader, I bring in the ELiN team.

  • Mandate · Board · C-suite · Senior leadership
  • Offices · Amsterdam · Zürich
Visit ELiN Partners → Platform for growth companies · seasonalleader.com

HIGH SEASON

Your news has a season. Give it a stage.

A platform on leadership in growth companies, built on the seasons from my whitepapers. Founders and CEOs of scale-ups tell their story there, placed in the season their company is in.

It is also a stage for your story. Have your company featured in a conversation or publish your own news. It stays online and is made to share on LinkedIn.

  • Conversations · With founders and CEOs
  • Research · Leadership research in plain language
  • Press · A permanent home for your news
Visit HIGH SEASON →
Not sure which shape fits?

Let's just talk.

A first conversation usually takes half an hour. Often we know within ten minutes which shape fits. And if nothing fits, I'll tell you that too.

WhatsApp ineke@intermanage.nl →