# ten company
> Strategic leadership. Without theatre.

ten company is a premium executive advisory firm working with Fortune 500 C-suite executives, family business leaders, and senior leaders in NGOs and international organisations. Founded by Paul Donkers, the firm operates globally across six continents from its base in the Netherlands.

## Services

### Executive coaching
Stakeholder-centered coaching for C-suite executives and senior leaders. Focus on behavioural change that sticks, measured through stakeholder feedback — not self-reported satisfaction surveys.

### Team development
Building high-performing leadership teams through structured alignment. Breaking through artificial harmony, addressing the real dynamics that hold teams back.

### Management consulting
Strategic readiness engagements that align leadership around strategy, sharpen organisational focus, and build execution discipline.

### Leadership assessment
Evidence-based assessment of leadership capability, potential, and readiness for senior roles. Used in succession planning and talent pipeline development.

## Approach
Three interconnected pillars: Strategic Readiness (aligning leadership around strategy), Executive Alignment (coaching individuals and teams), and Succession & Continuity (designing leadership pipelines).

The firm works through the Ikigai Coaching Institute methodology, integrating purpose, strengths, market need, and professional expertise.

## Team
- Paul Donkers — Managing Partner. 31 years executive coaching experience, 2,000+ executives coached across six continents.
- Neil Munz-Jones — Partner, London. Specialist in executive coaching and leadership development.
- Peter Accettura — Partner, Sydney. Focus on executive coaching and team development in Asia-Pacific.
- Eric van der Maarel — Associate Partner. Expertise in strategic consulting and organisational transformation.

## Practical Wisdom
117 memos by Paul Donkers on leadership, strategy, team dynamics, talent, coaching, and organisational change. Published from January 2018 to early 2026.

Topics covered: leadership development, stakeholder-centered coaching, team alignment, succession planning, CEO transitions, family business governance, talent retention, artificial harmony, strategy execution, empathy and accountability in leadership, AI integration, climate resilience, career reinvention.

Full memo index: https://www.tencompany.app/insights
Individual memos: https://www.tencompany.app/sitemap.xml

## Selected memos
- https://www.tencompany.app/insights/655-execution-is-not-the-problem
- https://www.tencompany.app/insights/653-when-a-company-grows-the-leader-must-grow-too
- https://www.tencompany.app/insights/651-flip-the-script-winning-the-talent-war-in-an-ai-driven-era
- https://www.tencompany.app/insights/650-artificial-harmony-why-leaders-must-speak-up-and-shut-up-wisely
- https://www.tencompany.app/insights/647-what-leaders-can-t-ignore-in-2026-reading-the-signals-beneath-the-noise
- https://www.tencompany.app/insights/646-deep-expertise-the-human-edge-in-an-ai-driven-world
- https://www.tencompany.app/insights/645-is-fear-driving-your-career
- https://www.tencompany.app/insights/644-the-leadership-sweet-spot-empathy-and-accountability
- https://www.tencompany.app/insights/643-beyond-the-offsite-3-steps-to-turn-team-building-into-team-breakthroughs
- https://www.tencompany.app/insights/642-strategy-execution-leading-two-horizons
- https://www.tencompany.app/insights/640-between-stimulus-and-response-the-space-where-leadership-happens
- https://www.tencompany.app/insights/638-fifteen-years-in-lessons-from-building-ten-company
- https://www.tencompany.app/insights/636-time-confetti-take-back-control
- https://www.tencompany.app/insights/629-from-footprint-to-handprint-our-journey-to-becoming-carbon-positive
- https://www.tencompany.app/insights/625-the-graceful-exit-mastering-the-art-of-ceo-succession
- https://www.tencompany.app/insights/623-thousands-of-leaders-later-here-s-what-actually-works
- https://www.tencompany.app/insights/621-your-time-or-your-money
- https://www.tencompany.app/insights/572-executive-presence-what-it-is-and-why-you-need-more-of-it
- https://www.tencompany.app/insights/554-does-your-boss-really-listen-to-you
- https://www.tencompany.app/insights/537-how-do-you-receive-feedback
- https://www.tencompany.app/insights/562-are-you-a-winner

## Contact
- Email: info@tencompany.org
- Paul Donkers direct: Paul.donkers@tencompany.org
- Website: https://www.tencompany.app
- Location: Netherlands (global delivery across Europe and beyond)
- Access: By referral or serious inquiry only