I’m Dirk-Jan, and I work with leaders as they connect with the place their best leadership comes from — and start leading from there.

The Moment We’re In

Leadership is changing. The pace and pressure of work today make it harder for leaders to stay steady, clear, and connected to themselves. What once worked now shows its limits — and many leaders can sense it.

A Different Foundation for Leadership

That foundation is inner steadiness — the capacity to stay centred in who you are, even as things move quickly around you. From that steadiness, calm, clarity and presence arise naturally. Not as tools or techniques, but as a way of being.

And when leaders meet complexity from that place, things shift: insight deepens, decisions become cleaner, and the environments they shape become more balanced, human and responsive.

Our Work Together

I work with leaders as they find their way back to a steadier sense of themselves, so they can meet their role with clarity, presence and honesty. This isn’t about fixing performance or adding more tools. It’s about strengthening what’s underneath — the inner ground that makes leadership feel aligned.

Why Leaders

I work with leaders because they have a profound ripple effect — on people, culture, and the wider world. When leaders are grounded and at home in themselves, they create conditions where others can do their best work.

There is responsibility in that, yes — but there is also opportunity: to strengthen not just performance, but the quality of how they lead, and the impact their leadership has on the world around them.

What I Bring

I spent three decades in leadership roles across fintech, financial services and digital platforms in Australia and Europe. Today, I bring that experience together with what emerged when I paused — living and working on our 200 acres of Australian bushland.

Where This Work Was Born

From a frenetic corporate world to a period of quiet on the land — that shift clarified what this moment now asks of leadership.

That pause didn’t take me away from leadership; it prepared me for the work I do now. It shaped the way I guide and advise leaders: from a place that is calm, clear, and grounded — and deeply connected to who we are beneath role and identity.

This is the foundation on which my practice is built.