“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it.
Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
Howard Thurman
My name is Erich, I coach passionate entrepreneurs and executives that want to lead and live from a place of grounded conviction. Are you ready to invest in your leadership capabilities?
Coaching
There is enough material written on leadership out there that one could spend many lifetimes reading it. Understanding what leadership is will only get you so far. Practicing it is the key. And as a mentor of mine always told me: “Don’t do it alone”.
This is where I come in. In our coaching conversations, we create a space for you to reflect deeply on your goals, challenges, successes, doubts, and the emotional ups and downs of your journey. You’ll build the capacity to navigate complexity more effectively and take difficult decisions with conviction. Together, we’ll design courageous actions that lead to exceptional results with integrity and joy.
I ground my work on 3 core beliefs.
Coaching requires a sincere commitment to your own growth. If you are ready to walk that path, I offer a 90-min coaching call free of charge. At the end of it, we’ll know if and how we want to work together.
About me
I coach because I believe coaching is a conversation that brings alive the best people can be.
I bring two parts of my life into my practice. The first part is the entrepreneurial one. I co-founded Clair, a mission-oriented FinTech startup. In that experience, I learned much about creating something out of nothing, about displaying certainty in the midst of uncertainty, about managing the unexpected every day, about having really difficult conversations, and about having to develop myself faster than I ever imagined in order to drive our company forward.
Another part of me is profoundly interested in the simple question of “how can we create a better life for all?” A key turning point in my life was taking and coaching the course Adaptive Leadership: the Politics of Change during my Masters at the Harvard Kennedy School. In that course, I learned about building my own capacity to be a more effective change agent to make people and organizations thrive. Since then, I have taken the roles of student, teacher, consultant, and entrepreneur, with a focus on learning how to navigate complexity and building conviction for hard decisions.
In coaching, I found a way to live my passion to build the capacity of driven entrepreneurs to be the best version of themselves and through their growth, create thriving organizations.
Besides my work, I love laughing with my wife, backcountry skiing, hiking, and enjoying a loud dinner with my family and friends. The pictures on this website are taken from past adventures in my home country Switzerland. I also get energized by learning new things: at the moment, I’m into vegetarian cooking and taking Lindy Hop classes with my wife.
Good words from clients
Erich helped me voice invisible difficulties in my work, making the unconscious conscious. Facilitating an understanding from the professional to the personal. Erich's presence in sessions forced the bubbling up of entangled patterns and held space to resolve them together.
Alexandre K. Howard Startup Founder
Erich helped us understand the one true point of focus for our leadership team - trust. He created a space for us to have hard but powerful conversations and fundamentally change our way of working for the better.
Alex Kostecki Founder & COO at Clair
Erich's guidance was invaluable to me during a critical phase in my new leadership role. He helped me navigate complex situations and provided me with the tools and strategies I needed to lead my team effectively. One aspect of Erich's coaching that I particularly loved was his emphasis on physical preparation for difficult conversations and facing challenges. With this holistic approach, I uncovered powerful practices on how to manage stress and anxiety, which enabled me to perform at my best during high-pressure situations. Erich’s coaching is tailored and full of humanity. He made a significant impact on my personal and professional growth, and I am grateful for the support he has provided me on my leadership journey.
Cosima Lefranc CPO at Liiva
I started my journey with Erich at a very challenging time. It was the end of a big project and I was losing focus, motivation, and purpose. The time with Erich gave me new perspectives. Our conversations helped me to evaluate and choose my next career steps. I learned a lot about myself, my priorities, and how to be true to them. Erich is a great coach because he was always able to dig into things I was too afraid to speak aloud or even to think about. He has the ability and empathy to understand where the problems really are and allows you to face them with a new spirit.
Cecilia Chiolerio Founder & CEO at Twostay
By continuously inviting me to dig deeper and unearth the first principles behind my behaviour, Erich sharpened my pattern recognition and allowed me to open up to building a new personal foundation. His push to observe how mind, body, and spirit respond together when faced with any given scenario was a real unlock; and his action-oriented approach was powerful in accelerating my learning. The result? An increasingly calm and resilient mindset that has proven to make me more effective at work, more present in my relationships, and more confident in my decisions. Working with Erich was a true journey of personal growth. I would highly recommend working with him - the experience was second to none!
Edoardo Italia Consultant at McKinsey & Company