Clarity in Leadership and Work
For professionals and organisations under pressure.
Seeing what is really at play
Not only the visible problem —
But what keeps it in place.
Standing firmly in position
Without becoming harder. Without making yourself smaller.
Decisions that fit
Not from tension.
Not from pressure.
When it starts to rub
People rarely get stuck because of a lack of intelligence or commitment. It starts to rub when role, responsibility and mandate no longer align. Where responsibility is carried, but no one truly stands. Where decisions leak energy. Where it may still function — but no longer fits. Leadership then becomes something you endure — instead of something you carry. That is where I work. With senior leaders, founders, experienced professionals and leadership teams.
Leadership rarely breaks suddenly
Leadership can, however, become rigid.
You carry responsibility.
You are expected to set direction, make decisions, and remain balanced.
And yet…
You feel something needs to be said — but you hesitate.
You take on more than is yours.
Or you hold back.
Not because you lack the ability, but because it is no longer clear what is truly yours to carry. So you begin to compensate.
In organisations you see the same dynamic, differently packaged.
Decisions are made — and discussed again.
Responsibilities overlap.
Tension keeps returning.
What becomes possible when position is clear.
Seeing where you stand.
Knowing what is yours — and what is not.
Making decisions without compensating or withdrawing.
Leadership that remains steady under pressure. Teams and departments where calm has returned.
Work that costs less energy.
Clarity precedes performance.
Clarity begins with seeing what is there.
That is where the work begins.
How I work
No standard trajectories.
No fixed formats.
No interventions for the sake of intervening.
The work begins with precise observation.
What is truly happening here?
Who carries what?
What is yours — and what is not?
We make visible what prefers to remain implicit.
We do not stay at the level of behaviour or techniques.
We look at position, responsibility and coherence.
From there, we determine what is needed.
Sometimes that is an individual trajectory.
Sometimes systemic work.
Sometimes guiding an executive or leadership team.
No analysis for the sake of analysis.
No advice from a distance.
But clarity that gives direction.
And movement that fits.
I work with senior leaders, founders, experienced professionals and leadership teams — in the Hague region and beyond.
Ways of Working
Leadership Coaching.
For leaders who notice that their position is no longer self-evident in their current role.
When you carry responsibility — but your position is not clear.
Systemic Coaching.
Systemic work for professionals who notice patterns keep repeating.
When the environment changes — but the pattern remains the same.
Career Coaching.
For professionals who know their work no longer fits and want to define their next direction.
When on paper it may still look right — but for you it no longer does.
For Organizations
For organizations where leadership and structure are no longer aligned.
When decisions remain pending and responsibility is not truly carried.
Growth Center works with, among others:
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My sessions with Tristan have positively changed my life. And that is an understatement.
Sophie Schuller, Partner at Cushman & Wakefield
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Tristan is an exceptionally good coach, a grounded professional, and a genuinely kind person.
ALICE RAMSAY, FOUNDER AND OWNER AT RAMSAY COMMUNICATIONS
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Tristan has helped me find inner peace and add structure to my life. Enabling me to grow tremendously!
KRISTIAN DE LEEUW, CLUB AND RESTAURANT OWNER