Human Sustainability is the silent driver of strategy
We help leaders drive results through relational intelligence.
Adaptive Leadership
Let go of the traditional approach of power and control. Instead choose to empower your people at all levels and watch them thrive.
Participative Collaboration
Break through silo-ed behaviour and achieve collective buy-in and accountability. Cultivate team work, open communication and inclusive problem- solving.
Forward-Thinking Innovation
Stay ahead of the competition. Identify your challenges and grow through them. Generate new ideas, discuss, decide, co- create prototypes. Build on the opportunities of today.
Curious to find out your team’s trust level? Check out our Team Trust Assessment! Learn More.
When Conflict remains unaddressed:
Cost impact: Anything between €10,000 and €100,000 – (if not more).
When Collaboration fails:
Cost impact: Up to 25–30% loss in project efficiency.
When Change is met with resistance:
Cost impact: Strategy execution delay (resulting in losses measured in millions of Euros).
When Confusion derails direction:
Cost Impact: Decision latency costs ~USD 1,500/day per manager
Blindspots are the silent saboteurs of performance—unspoken dynamics that block potential and stall progress. The first step to unlocking high performance? Call them out. Here are 5 blindspots even seasoned leaders overlook:
Decision-Making at the Top
In high-responsibility roles, it’s natural for leaders to take the final call. But when challenge is quietly interpreted as disloyalty, the cost is psychological safety. Over time, voices quiet, risk-taking shrinks, and innovation flatlines. What gets lost is the very thinking you most need.
Urgency Over Inquiry
Fast-moving environments often reward speed over depth. But when thoughtful debate is seen as resistance, critical insights get missed. Quick decisions may look efficient —until misalignment shows up in execution.
The Weight of Responsibility
When accountability feels like personal liability, it’s easy to lean into control. But micromanagement rarely protects performance—it often dampens it. Trust grows where leaders feel safe to hold space, not just hold reins.
Outcomes Over Culture
Many leaders rise through results. But performance isn’t just what gets done it’s how it gets done. When metrics outweigh mindset, culture becomes background noise. In reality, it’s your deepest lever for sustainable performance.
Silos in Times of Stress
Pressure tends to narrow focus. And when results are on the line, shared ownership can give way to self-protection. But when teams don’t name shared blindspots, alignment slips—and collaboration becomes cosmetic.
Whether you’re looking to spark a new conversation, assess the health of your culture, or lead a full shift in team dynamics, our people solutions are designed to meet you where you are. Every organisation is unique — and so is the kind of support that fits best, right now.
Spark Session
(60 minutes)
A high-impact, interactive keynote designed to ignite reflection and fresh thinking around the power of relationships at work and how to
restore trust in your teams.
– A powerful starting point to shift mindsets and open up strategic conversation.
understand where your team is at and address issues such as workplace stress, conflicts or dissatisfaction before they escalate. It is also a powerful way to signal your people that you care about what they have to say AND that their feedback plays a key part in your role as a leader. The results are the hard data we can work from to diagnose the situation. Book a 90-minute call with me and uncover the meaning behind the results.
Team Trust Assessment + team intervention.
-> Comprehensive team trust assessment
-> Diagnostic report with insights
-> 1:1 pre- and post-intervention calls with the project sponsor
-> Tailored in-person intervention for your team
-> Measure your team’s trust dynamics — and find out which ingredients of trust are missing and how to rebuild a trust base.
-> Curious? A complimentary trust self- assessment is available for individual leaders ready to reflect on their own trust baseline.
Whether you need a one-off team regroup experience, or a team learning journey, your team will feel valued when you choose to invest in them. Give them the opportunity for a unique learning experience that will leave them with smarter ways of working together, greater commitment and re-energized! Book a free 30-minute call with me to explore your options to bring your team to the next level.
“All hands on deck” off-site intervention
Formats available:
– 0.5 day
– 1 full day
– 2-3 deep-dive days*
Facilitated sessions tailored to re-energize your team into strategic alignment, rebuild collaboration and momentum.
* scope-dependent
our mind, often the answers are found in the untapped wisdom acquired over the years. I will guide you into tapping into your own wisdom and make the conscious choices that will enable you to lead from a place inner strength. Find out more about our White Belt and Black Belt packages by booking a 15-minute introductory call with me.
Strategic Partner. Culture Shifter. Fire-Walker (With a Sense of Humour).
I used to play the high-achiever game — fast- paced corporate life, polished image, and the never-ending pursuit of performance. Then life hit pause. In that space, I had to ask harder questions: Who am I without the titles? What really matters in leadership?
The answers didn’t come from a classroom. They came from a raw and real journey of unlearning, healing, and shifting how I relate to people, power, and purpose.
What emerged is who I am today: a facilitator, cultural translator, and critical friend to leaders ready to do meaningful work.
With 20+ years of experience across sectors, cultures, and continents — and more recently certification in Game Theory — I bring clarity, challenge, and deep insight to the moments that matter most.
I don’t believe in growth that tiptoes. I believe in real conversations that unlock trust, shift behaviour, and align people to what matters most.
And if you’re ready to lead differently — I’ll walk that path with you.
Time. Energy. Talent. Innovation. Reputation
Together, we’ll make this easy, purposeful, and right for you — every step of the way.
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Flexible Solutions
Experience the Shift
“Bold and useful”- “What I liked the most was being together as a team, the setting, the excellent facilitation” – “overall constructive climate of work” “It was evident that the facilitator took time to understand the OPS team and that Helped a lot”
“Working with Deborah has been such a pleasure and invaluable. She encouraged me to think outside the box, challenged my thinking, provided professional and honest feedback, to help me find clarity and build confidence (…) The sessions were tailored to my specific needs, with actionable take aways that progressively built on the previous sessions. Being engaged and trusting in the process helped me learn more about myself (…)”
“Deborah, I thank you very much for our session last week. I know that it goes beyond your role as a coach but I really appreciate your attention, your listening and your words which enabled me to dare to say stop because I really needed it. I trust this leave will be beneficial”
“Deborah has a knack of delivering with high interaction. She has a unique way of simplifying complex topics and always brings practical applications of concepts with real life examples.”
“We developed a team building activity with Deborah in a newly with Deborah in a newly formed department. The day has been productive beyond expectations, thanks to her facilitation. We have collectively committed to reinforce selected behaviors; () the overall mindset of the department has positively improved with more collaboration and collegiality”
“Deborah was beneficial to the growth as a team. We were transitioning as a team, and Deborah’s coaching was essential in bringing us together”
At Leading Dragons, we ignite the human spirit at the heart of business.
In today’s fast-changing, high-pressure environment, success demands more than strategy — it requires adaptability, innovation, and a culture that empowers people to lead with purpose.
We help executive leaders and their teams unlock smarter, more human ways of working — through bespoke learning experiences that turn complexity into clarity, silos into collaboration, and pressure into possibility.
Because when your people thrive, so does your performance.
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