Mindful CEOs live by one mantra:
“Leadership is doing the hard things in a human way.”
They embody what the world deeply needs today:
• They courageously face their blind spots.
• They lead with humility, curiosity, and care.
• They reinvent themselves when faced with new realities.
But those skills don’t come overnight.
They need to be trained, honed, and integrated.
Enter the Wise Leaders Fellowship:
Each year, I curate a training to help people who hold so much be able to hold even more.
The training is held by a global faculty of some of the most sought-after organizational experts, facilitators, and coaches.
The majority of the 2025 fellows is already nominated and choosen. But there is one place left.
If you want that last 2025 Wise Leaders Fellowship place, just answer to this email, and share with me why you would be the right fit.
And if you want to apply for the 2026 program you can do so here.
Let me introduce you to the program and faculty:
🌿 The Wise Leaders Fellowship
A 9-month, cohort-based journey for CEOs & Founders ready to do the inner work required to step into the next stage of their leadership.
Fellows shape world-class cultures, engineer high performance with heart, and leave a legacy of meaning.
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From Ambition to Your Life’s Mission
• Mindfulness to Mastery
Dive deep into the world’s most powerful meditation traditions and scientific practices to unlock sustained flow and peak states.
• Resilience to Peak Performance
Internalize evidence-based tools for long-term excellence, mental clarity, and wellbeing.
• Startup to Legacy
Use timeless design principles to build organizations that will shape the next era.
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🔭 The Fellowship Experience
Join a curated cohort of 10 exceptional peers and embark on a self-awareness journey that balances cutting-edge mental models with timeless wisdom traditions.
🌌 5-Day Meditation Retreat
Five days of silence and guided leadership workshops to rewire your mind for clarity, resilience, and strategic creativity.
🧠 Monthly Virtual Expert Labs
Live 2-hour sessions each month exploring the latest in leadership science and self-awareness—guided by a faculty of world-class thinkers and practitioners.
🧬 Biofeedback Integration Retreat
A 2-day immersive experience using biofeedback and somatic tools to cement new patterns in decision-making, self-regulation, and embodied leadership.
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The Wise Leaders Fellowship Faculty
A global network of guest faculty members supports the creation and delivery of the Wise Leaders Fellowship. These include world-leading advisors, management thinkers and wisdom keepers.
Zen Monk Shoukei Matsumoto distills centuries-old temple wisdom into modern regenerative strategy, guiding Davos leaders with the mindful precision that made his cleaning manual a global bestseller.
Nikolas Konstantin is the strategist-coach behind scaling founders, fusing boardroom rigor with deep contemplative practice in his book The Mindful CEO.
Joe Hudson—the secret weapon of Silicon Valley’s unicorn elite—integrates neuroscience, psychology, and spirituality to ignite game-changing breakthroughs in leaders and their companies.
Hugo Suidman turns the friction of scale-up growing pains into catalytic fuel for creative, mission-driven cultures through his firm ForChiefs.
Dr. Michael Korpiun weaves systemic transactional analysis into executive playbooks, upgrading boardroom dynamics as captured in his book The Leadership Triad.
Jana Schmitz channels embodied relational practice and NARM® trauma work, enabling leaders to cultivate presence that transforms teams into coherent intelligence networks.
Bernd Kessel has spent three decades shaping purpose-anchored, high-performance cultures from energy giants and finance boards to Bundesliga locker rooms.
Vanessa Faloye designs transformative anti-oppression learning journeys through Held Collective, turning complexity and difference into inclusive leadership superpowers.
Jan-Philipp Martini pairs stress biometrics with evidence-backed routines via Sapiens, engineering data-driven habits that sustain elite performance without burnout.
Peter van Woerkum translates cutting-edge respiratory science into practical breathing protocols that reboot focus and resilience in minutes.
If you want to know more about the program you can find it here.
"The problem isn't getting rich, it's staying sane..”
Programs like this are hard inner work.
But I haven’t found a replacement or quick fix that can replace facing yourself, learning to regulate your nervous system, and reflecting on what matters most to you.
Until then, I will continue this work that I so dearly love in support of those who hold the organizations that hold us.
Yours,
P.S. Leading is hard.
Here is how I can support you to lead yourself and your organization:
A la Carte Executive Training:
Each year, I support selected leaders & their organizations in transforming into more resonant versions of themselves. Want to be coached by me? Apply hello.
The Yearly Reflection Space for Leaders:
Put yourself on the waitlist for my 2025 "Wise Leadership Retreat.“ A 10-month cohort experience blending modern leadership with timeless wisdom for visionary founders and CEOs. Apply here.
A Beautiful Mind for Executives:
My virtual “A Beautiful Mind Meditation Course” for Executives. Train here.
The CEO Playbook Library:
My CEO Playbooks library features the best management and leadership theory. Exclusive access here.
Three Pillars of Wise Leadership
PPS: And because you deserve it - here is your bonus.
My 10 “Most Popular Mini Leadership Guides”:
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