BUSINESS PSYCOLOGY
Psychology for entrepreneurs
You run a business. Or several. You are an independent professional, manager, director, or investor. You know what you are doing—substantively, strategically, and commercially. And yet, things get stuck somewhere.
Not based on numbers. Not on plans. But on people. Or rather: on the interaction with people.
Employees who don't understand you. Partners who withdraw. Or perhaps your own struggle to still feel what you are actually doing it for. You become irritated, empty, avoidant, or even dominant. Not because you don't know what you are doing — but because you are missing the underlying layer of why you do what you do.
I am not a coach
Let me start with that.
I have no NLP training, no whiteboard full of core quadrants, and no endless series of 'powerful questions'. Nor do I work with personality colors or standard questionnaires in which you have to assess behavior in hypothetical work situations. Such instruments sometimes seem useful, but usually lack the layering and context needed to truly get to the core.
I know what I'm talking about. I see what others often overlook.
Because I have been doing this work for well over twenty years — and because I do know how far people can go in avoiding themselves. Even when they are brilliant. Especially then.
I am a psychologist. Provocative, engaged, sharp.
I work with people who are used to maintaining control, but who run up against a limit in relationships, collaboration, or even within themselves.
What I do is not soft. But it is honest.
No therapy, no team coaching. You.
I don't work with your team. I don't look at processes. I look at you. At who you are, what you carry with you, what you avoid, and why that no longer works.
And yes, that sometimes goes back to your family of origin. Not because it 'has to', but because that is often where the blind spot lies.
Your way of interacting with others — inside or outside of work — is often an echo of something that originated earlier. If you dare to examine that, space opens up again. Freedom. And direction.
When you are a good match for me:
- You are successful, but feel emotionally numb, pent-up, or easily hurt.
- You know rationally how things work, but notice that that is no longer enough.
- You have had coaching or therapy before, but found it too non-committal or too academic.
- You long for genuine sharpness — not polite dialogue or compliments.