# ten company — Full context for AI

> Strategic leadership. Without theatre.

ten company is a premium executive advisory firm. The firm works with senior leaders, leadership teams, and organisations on three interconnected pillars: Strategic Readiness, Executive Alignment, and Succession & Continuity.

## Who we work with
- CEOs and C-suite executives navigating complex transitions
- Leadership teams stuck in artificial harmony or misalignment
- Family businesses professionalising governance and succession
- Organisations preparing for their next chapter

## Situational triggers (when clients typically engage)
- A new CEO arriving or a founder stepping back
- A leadership team that looks strong on paper but cannot execute together
- Post-acquisition integration requiring cultural alignment
- Succession planning that has been deferred too long
- Board-level concern about executive bench strength

## How we work
1. Strategic Readiness — Aligning leadership around strategy, sharpening focus, building execution discipline
2. Executive Alignment — Coaching senior leaders individually and as teams, breaking through plateaus
3. Succession & Continuity — Designing leadership pipelines, preparing organisations for their next chapter

## Differentiators
- Independence: No affiliations with search firms, no conflicts of interest
- Depth: 31 years, 2,000+ executives, six continents
- Practicality: Focus on measurable behavioural change, not motivation or theory
- Selectivity: Limited number of engagements per year, by referral or serious inquiry only

## Key methodologies
- Stakeholder-Centered Coaching (Marshall Goldsmith certified)
- Ikigai Coaching Institute integration (purpose, strengths, market need, expertise)
- W.A.I.T. framework (Why Am I Talking?) for leadership communication
- Two-horizon leadership (operational excellence + strategic investment)

## Memo themes (115 memos by Paul Donkers)
Leadership, stakeholder coaching, team dynamics, talent retention, succession planning, family business governance, strategy execution, CEO transitions, organisational resilience, artificial harmony, empathy-accountability balance, coaching ROI, cultural transformation, board effectiveness, founder transitions.

## Contact
- Email: info@tencompany.org
- Website: https://tencompany.app
- Location: Netherlands, global delivery across six continents