Work with me
One conversation at a time. With someone who is not going to squeeze you into a framework, call it coaching, and hope for the best. That's not what I do.
This is the Work. Yes, I wrote that with a capital W. Because this kind of work will invite you to reflect on you, on your business. It'll challenge and push you to chase all your dreams. Therefore, this will have its impact. I won't stop until you feel unstoppable, just like at the beginning.
If you got here, something in what you read thusfar, clicked. This page is going to tell you what working together actually looks like, so you can decide whether it makes sense to reach out.
How it works
We start with a chat. Not an intake form. Not a questionnaire. I take the time to listen, and you tell me where are you right now. And then we go from there.
We work through three layers. In the following order, you'll see why the sequence matters.
You first.
Before we look at anything else, we look at you. Not you as a founder or a CEO or whatever title you have on LinkedIn. You. Who you are, what you actually want, what is driving you and what is quietly wearing you down. Why you started this and whether that reason still holds.
Most founders have not had a real conversation about this in years.
The business kept moving and the reflection stopped. We slow that down. We create space for the questions that do not fit in a board meeting, a strategy talk or a conversation with your team.
This is not therapy. It is honest, direct work. But it starts with you because everything else we build has to be built on something real.
You don't build a company. You build the people.
Then your business.
Once you can see yourself clearly, we look at the business. Where it actually is, not the version you tell people at dinner. What decisions you have been putting off and why. Where it is heading. What is working and what you have been quietly tolerating.
We get specific. The vision, the financials, the structure, the direction. We don't fit this into a generic roadmap. We create yours. And we'll build it around who you are and what you are actually trying to create here.
We get concrete. If something needs a plan, we build one. If something needs a hard conversation, we have it. We can craft the budget, the financial plan, strategic milestones, personal dashboard, even your own AI assistent. Anything you need to get your hustling juices flowing again.
We have a habit of rushing over the work, ourselves, and meetings because everything always feels busy. Let's slow it down.
You'd be surprised to see how fast you can grow, if you take time (again) for the work and decisions that actually matter.
Then the people around you.
You've probably heard of the saying: "If you're the smartest person in the room, then you're in the wrong room." And then there's the more Buddhist way to look at people: "You're only sometimes a teacher but always a student.".
We keep people around because they inspire, challenge, stimulate, question, or support us. Whatever way you look at it, the people around us shape us. But sometimes, you might wonder if things would be different if you were telling your story to, and sharing your ambition with different people.
Your partner. Your management team. Your friends and family. That circle is influencing you constantly, whether you are aware of it or not. And you are doing the exact same thing to them.
If the people closest to your business are not aligned with where you are going, everything else we build together has a ceiling. So we look at that circle. From employees, to customers, to suppliers, and managers, who is in it, how do they influence how you think and operate, are they pulling in the same direction. And if they are not, what do you want to do about that.
What my role is
There's a magical thing that happens when you slow down and take the time to see someone, properly. To understand their business, thoroughly. To listen with real attention, sincerely.
Most of us listen to react, to advice, to steer. In business, people mostly list to sell, to demonstrate why their solution is what you need, preferably right now.
Conversations can turn so manipulative, especially in business talk, that you forget what you were even talking about in the first place. Networking is probably one of the worst ego-experiences you can have in that field, hence the extreme fatigue you feel afterwards.
I go about things differently. I create space, I listen, I am fully present and genuinely interested in your story. This is your time, your moment. Without judgement, quick fix, or take-over.
That's why people tend to say things to me they haven't said out loud before, or in a really long time. I wouldn't call it a skill. It is just part of what I do. That presence shows up in three specific ways.
• Mirror: I reflect back what is actually there: what you are saying, avoiding, repeating, or contradicting. Without judgement, without agenda. Sometimes that alone is enough to shift something.
• Catalyst: I create the conditions for change without becoming part of the reaction. I ask the question that reframes everything. I point at the thing in the room nobody has named yet. And I optimize for the future.
• Guide: I have walked paths that overlap with yours. I share that experience honestly, not as a prescription, but as a reference point. You find your own way. I have found mine. Those are different journeys.
All of this won't make me a consultant who hands you answers, a teacher who tells you what to do, a therapist who absorbs everything, and certainly not a cheerleader who validates your current thinking and doing.
This makes me your sparring partner. The one in your corner, helping you to figure things out.
The work requires honesty. Sometimes discomfort. And the expectation that you will do something with what we uncover.
What I expect from you
You show up, just you. You can leave all the expectations others have of you, at the door. We won't be needing them anyway. And it's not just to the meetings. You show up to the work between them too.
You feel at ease to be your authentic self. You tell the truth, including the parts that are uncomfortable. I cannot work with what you do not say, even if you've never said it out loud.
You take ownership of what you find. I will hold the mirror. I will push, I'll stay in the room. But I won't carry you or the work. The decision to change something is always yours.
If that sounds like too much: this is probably not the right fit, and that is fine. Not every engagement should happen.
The rhythm
We meet weekly as a default. The rhythm adapts when it needs to. More when something is building, less when you need time to let things land.
In between, you evaluate. You try things. You sit with what came up. And you come back with what happened.
And if something pops up on a Tuesday afternoon that cannot wait: reach out.
There is no fixed timeline. Some people need a few months. Others need longer. We go at the pace the work requires.
The investment
Working together is a significant investment of time and money. I am deliberate about that because your time matters and so does mine.
The exact structure depends on what the work requires. We talk through it in our first conversation.
Engagements start at 3.000€ per month. I do not work with hourly rates. There is no clock running when you reach out. When we work together, we work together fully.
Relative to the cost of another year of drifting, most people find it straightforward.
Ready to start?
Let's have coffee. Or lunch. Or a walk. Whatever suits your mood and schedule.
No agenda from either side. No pitch. You tell me what is going on. I ask a few questions. We see if there is something worth building from there.
When you feel ready, just click below to access my calendar or send me an email: hello@anneswers.eu.
