00 to 10 MIN
Your context
You tell me where your organisation actually stands: the people, the load, the moment it is in. I listen first, because anything I say before that is just a guess with confidence attached.
Leading Beyond Pressure // Exploration Call
Let us start with a conversation, not a proposal.
Thirty calm minutes to understand where your organisation actually stands, what is creating the pressure your people carry, and what you would want to change. By the end we will both know whether a meaningful next step exists. That is the only thing I am here to find out.
Format
Video call, one to one
I send you the link with your confirmation
Length
30 minutes
One sitting. Nothing for you to prepare
Availability
[AVAILABILITY]
Shown in your own local time
Cost
[COST]
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Confirmed
Your time is booked.
Thank you for making the space. I am holding the time for you and I am looking forward to our conversation. Your confirmation is already on its way to your inbox, and everything below is what I do next.
Patrick Thiele
I hold this call myself. If something is unclear before we meet, reply to your confirmation email and it comes straight to me.
What happens now
My confirmation
I send it within a few minutes. If it is not in your inbox, look in promotions or spam and move it across, because my reminders travel the same way.
Your calendar
Use the buttons above while it is in front of you, and block the ten minutes after our call as well. If you want to bring a colleague along, forward them the invitation.
Two reminders
I send one the day before and one an hour before, so our time does not arrive by surprise. If you left me your number, they can come by WhatsApp too.
Before we meet
Honesty and curiosity
That is the whole preparation. There is nothing you need to read, assemble or rehearse. What helps me most is the situation as it actually is, including the parts that are not resolved and the parts you would not put in a board update. I am not here to be impressed. I am here to understand.
- Find a quiet room. Somewhere you can speak openly without someone walking in. That matters more than anything technical.
- Join two minutes early. Test your camera and your microphone before we start, so the time we have is the time we use.
- Use headphones if you have them. They make listening easier for both of us, and the conversation more direct.
- Leave your notes closed. I am not expecting a company presentation. A conversation tells me more than a deck.
Patrick Thiele I hold this call myself. If something is unclear before we meet, reply to your confirmation email and it comes straight to me.
For more than 8 years I have worked with Olympic champions and with senior leaders at global brands like Google, Meta, Microsoft and Konica Minolta.
How I use the time
I take our thirty minutes in three movements, in this order.
No slides from me, and no discovery script. This is an exploration, so I keep it in the order that lets the real answer surface rather than the polite one.
10 to 20 MIN
What is creating the pressure
We clarify what is generating the pressure, not what is absorbing it. Those are rarely the same thing, and most teams I meet are working hard on the second one.
20 to 30 MIN
Whether a next step makes sense
We explore whether a meaningful next step is available. If it is, I will tell you plainly what it would look like. If it is not, I will say that just as plainly, and you still leave with a clearer read than you arrived with.
No pressure, and I mean that literally
This call is an exploration and nothing else. There is no proposal waiting at the end of it, no follow-up sequence disguised as a conversation, and no decision you are expected to make on the day.
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