VITAL
One approach to everything I do — with a leader, their team and their company.
For years I explained people through simple management parameters. Tired means overloaded. No initiative means lost motivation.
We take a person apart, find the broken piece and try to fix it. The longer I worked with leaders, the clearer it became that people don’t work like that. Neither do companies. Goals, energy, decisions, actions and life outside work keep shaping each other.
VITAL is a way of seeing it all at once.
Vital means three things
Working on what everything else depends on, not on what is on fire today.
The energy of a leader and a team. Burnout is the most common reason people come to me.
Diagnostics and data. My product background stays with me: we look at the evidence first, then decide.
For a leader and for a company
The questions stay the same. Only the scale changes.
| Pillar | Leader | Company |
|---|---|---|
| Vision | Do I know what I want, not only what is expected of me? | Is there a picture of the future the team shares, not just a strategy deck? |
| Inspire | What gives me energy, and what quietly eats it? | What keeps people engaged once bonuses stop working? |
| Think | How do I decide, and which patterns do I repeat? | How do decisions move through the leadership team, and where do they get stuck? |
| Act | What do I do myself, and what is it time to hand over? | Goals, processes, ownership: who is really accountable for what? |
| Live | What place does work take in my life, and what does my self-worth rest on? | Can the team survive growth, crisis and turnover? |
Let’s start with a conversation
Every engagement begins with VITAL vital signs: a conversation, a short questionnaire and, if needed, interviews with colleagues.