CEO Reset
Málaga, Spain
Two days away, for the one knot that won't come loose from inside the building.
WHEN FINE-TUNING IS NOT ENOUGH
You've sharpened the strategy. Adjusted the team. Reframed the message. All reasonable. And still it won't move.
The question isn't how to fine-tune it anymore. It's whether you're even working on the right thing.
That's hard to see from your own chair. You're in it. The noise, the calendar, the people who all want something from you.
Some things you can't think clearly about in the building where they live.
WHAT IT IS
Two half-days in a private premium setting on the coast near Málaga.
Confidential. One issue, the one that matters.
I don't bring answers. I ask the questions that pull out what you already know but haven't said yet. Then we take the time to follow them.
You don't leave with a report. You leave with a decision.
THE THREE AXES
How the market sees you. Does the direction still hold, for the business, the team, you? What's shifted since you last set it?
POSITIONINGWhether it's still moving. Plenty of activity, little progress. Where's the real drag?
MOMENTUMYour room to decide. It narrows quietly. What do you need to take back before it's gone?
AUTONOMYOr something that fits none of these. Often that's the most interesting one.
HOW IT WORKS
An intake call first, to set the focus. A few questions to prepare.
Two half-days, 9 am to 1 pm, and lunch together. Real conversation, no templates.
The afternoons stay open. Not a break. The sharpest things rarely come at the table. They come on the walk after, once it settles.
You arrive the evening before, three nights in all, so the two days are unhurried and you start each one fresh. You work and sleep in the same quiet place. No meeting room, no hotel lobby.
A follow-up within 30 days.
WHAT YOU LEAVE WITH
A sharper read on the issue. A decision, or the clear path to one.
Next steps you can take the week after.
Steven Piessens. 20 years alongside CEOs and founders, through growth, transitions, and the pressure you can't show the people around you.
I built and exited my own company. I've advised more than 250 leaders across Europe. I know the weight of the seat, and what it costs to carry a decision alone.
I'm not a coach. I have no stake in what you decide, no hours to sell, no position to protect. Just the questions, and the time to think them through.
WHO YOU’RE DOING THIS WITH
THE MATHS
One wrong senior hire costs more. One acquisition that stalls for six months costs more. A year spent defending a position that no longer fits costs far more.
Two days that surface the right question at the right moment pay for themselves many times over.
€9.500. Two days work, three nights in a private setting, breakfast and lunch, the intake and the follow-up included. Travel not. A limited number each quarter.
START HERE
It comes down to how the market sees you, whether the business is still moving, and how much room you have to decide. Or, it's something else entirely. That's part of the work.
Request a short conversation. We talk through what's shifted and whether a Reset is the right next step. No cost, no pitch.