For founders and CEOs — 50 to 150 employees
Most leaders I work with aren't doing anything obviously wrong. They have real talent on their team, a strategy that mostly makes sense, and enough ambition to power a small city. What they don't have is a company that executes as well as it thinks. That gap gets more expensive every quarter you don't close it.
The Problem
The strategy exists but doesn't travel — by the time it reaches the people executing it, it's been filtered into something vaguer than you intended. Good people work hard but not always on the right things, because the priorities keep shifting and the brief was never fully clear. There's no shared system for deciding what actually moves the needle, no rhythm for reviewing whether it's working, and no simple way to course-correct when it isn't. Everyone is busy. The company isn't compounding. That's the gap. And it's almost always fixable faster than you'd expect.
Is This for You?
Who You're Working With
Co-founder, Stun & Awe · Fractional COO
I've been the CEO of a 100-person tech company operating across 15 countries. I've sat on the executive committee of a $1.5B business. I've run operations inside WPP, PwC, and Bombardier — and I'm currently fractional COO of two 60-person organizations while running Stun & Awe.
Two weeks into my current fractional COO engagement, I'd already mapped the core issues. That's not luck. It's pattern recognition built across 20 years of running and fixing companies at every scale. I've been in every seat at the table, and I know exactly where things break down when a company outgrows its operating system.
Leadership teams transformed
Startups and scaleups advised
Markets operated in
Days to visible results
Proof, Not Promises
Here's what the work actually looks like when you go in, make the hard calls, and leave a system that holds.
Transformation Consultancy — 60 Employees
Strategy lived in the founder's head. Eleven product lines pulled sixty people in different directions with no shared metrics and no communication rhythm. The company wasn't failing — it was bleeding slowly and expensively.We cut the portfolio to two core products, identified €50,000 in immediate savings, moved people into roles that matched their strengths, and deployed custom AI agents for the sales team. Within two months the energy of the place had shifted entirely — not because we ran a culture workshop, but because people finally knew where the company was going.
Tech Company — 100 Employees
Real capability, real potential, no shared map. Strategy existed at the leadership level but never traveled — by the time it reached the people executing it, it had been filtered into something unrecognizable. Underperformers stayed too long. High performers grew restless.We established a strategic direction that actually traveled through the organization, addressed the people issues directly, built the communication infrastructure, installed metric visibility, and deployed the AI systems that held everything together after we left. The team came with us because we brought them into the process, not just the outcome.
How It Works
Every engagement starts with a conversation. We scope the work together based on what you actually need. The goal is always the same: your team runs without you in every room.
Week 1–2
We map exactly where clarity breaks down — team interviews, priority audit, metrics review. We find the real bottleneck, not the comfortable one.
Week 3–4
People, products, priorities. The decisions that should have been made six months ago get made now — and we help you make them well
Week 5–7
Communication structure, metric visibility, custom AI tools trained on your business. The operating model built for how your company actually works.
Week 8
We verify the gains are holding, hand over the full operating playbook, and set you up for what comes next. Ongoing support available if you want the momentum to keep compounding.
The Investment
A Head of Operations costs €80,000–120,000 per year in salary alone, before benefits, before onboarding, and before the six months it takes them to understand your business well enough to actually help.One client identified €50,000 in immediate savings before the first invoice cleared. The question isn't whether you can afford this. It's what another six months of the same problem is actually costing you.Every engagement starts with a free 45-minute call. We scope the work together based on what you actually need — there's no fixed package, because every company's situation is different.
Workshop or Advisory Day
One-Day Intensive
Leadership alignment, priority reset, and a shared execution plan. A fast way to create clarity and see how we work together before committing to more.
Full Engagement
60-Day Transformation
Strategy, people, AI systems, and execution habits — all four pillars, built for your specific company and designed to hold after we leave.
Ongoing Partnership
Fractional COO
An experienced operator embedded for the long term. Scope and commitment designed around what you actually need and how fast you want to move.
What Leaders Say
Every engagement starts with a conversation. We scope the work together based on what you actually need. The goal is always the same: your team runs without you in every room.
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Michel brought a valuable external perspective that helped us clarify our opportunities and evaluate different go-to-market paths. He challenged our assumptions in a thoughtful way. Together we mapped out short-, medium-, and long-term tactics that aligned with our product vision and commercial goals. The process gave us both strategic clarity and practical next steps.
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Right from the start, Michel had this amazing way of making complex things feel simple and manageable. He helped us see exactly what opportunities and risks lay ahead, gave us concrete tools and methodologies, helped us save time, money, and energy, and empowered us to make a tough call with confidence. He is highly experienced and truly cares about his clients.
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Michel's sessions were among the highlights of our Germany Market Entry Program. He brought deep expertise and practical, real-world insights that resonated with our startups. His ability to break down complex corporate dynamics and sales strategies into actionable steps was exactly what our founders needed. We highly recommend working with Michel to anyone looking to go beyond theory and into execution.
Let's talk
We'll identify your biggest execution constraint together. You'll leave with a clear five-point action plan you can use immediately — whether you decide to work with us or not.
No pitch. No pressure. Just an honest conversation about where your company is losing momentum and what it would take to close that gap.
Free. 45 minutes. Useful regardless of what you decide next.
Turn your business into a well-oiled machine that generates the revenue and impact that you're dreaming of.
