Elevating leaders desiring meaningful growth
About Stickbundle
Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable
– Kenyan Proverb
Stickbundle is a specialized consulting firm originally founded in Kenya. The origin of the name Stickbundle comes from a Kenyan proverb “Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable”. It means that a group of collaborating people can succeed in situations where individuals cannot. This perfectly resembles our belief that we all—employees, organisations, stakeholders and society—do better if we work together and invest in the future.
Guided by our mission “elevating leaders desiring meaningful growth”, we support organisations to re-think leadership, team behaviors, and organisational dynamics. Together with you, we aim to create exceptional working environments where colleagues, partners and the wider community thrive.
We partner with organisations globally; our clients are in Africa, the Middle East, Europe and Asia across the private, public and non-profit sectors.
About Stickbundle
Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable
– Kenyan Proverb
Stickbundle is a specialized consulting firm founded in Kenya. The origin of the name Stickbundle comes from a Kenyan proverb “Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable”. It means that a group of collaborating people can succeed in situations where individuals cannot. This perfectly resembles our belief that we all—employees, organisations, stakeholders and society—do better if we work together and invest in the future.
Guided by our mission “elevating leaders desiring meaningful change”, we support organisations to re-think leadership, team behaviors, and organisational dynamics. Together with you, we aim to create exceptional working environments where colleagues, partners and the wider community thrive.
We partner with organisations globally; our clients are in Africa, the Middle East, Europe and Asia across the private, public and non-profit sectors.
About Michel Geerligs - Managing Partner
Michel founded Stickbundle on the belief that businesses can offer much more value to employees, partners and the broader community than they currently do. Recognizing that business leaders are often consumed by the daily grind, Michel emphasizes the need for them to step back, engage in reflection, and devise more effective strategies.
Michel plays a pivotal role in supporting executives and leadership teams to enhance their performance. He achieves this by helping them address underlying challenges that are overlooked, fostering clarity, and facilitating better decision-making.
"I founded Stickbundle on the belief that businesses can offer much more value to employees, partners and the broader community than they currently do."
With extensive expertise in leadership, team effectiveness, and business strategy, Michel has collaborated with organizations worldwide, primarily in the international trade and development sector. Throughout his career, he has successfully coached executives and leadership teams, accelerating their personal and collective development. Additionally, he has consulted organisations in the areas of leadership development, team effectiveness, and organizational development.
Prior to Stickbundle, Michel was a Management and Business Consultant and the Head of a business advisory firm in East Africa. In this role, he supported international social enterprises in developing their value proposition, optimizing their business strategy and raising finance.
About Zoe Thornton - Partner
Zoe is a highly skilled executive and team coach and business mentor. She joined Stickbundle as a Partner in 2021. Her passion to help people and teams reach a state of flow, whereby a ripple effect is created across the organisation.
Throughout her extensive career as a senior leader for more than 20 years in business strategy and change, she has coached and mentored leaders and teams, enabling them to realize their full potential. She has also advised organizations on, and developed programmes to build knowledge and capability in the delivery of organizational, technology, and process change.
"There is no greater reward than seeing people and teams in flow"
With a background in the financial services industry, Zoe has worked in blue-chip multi-nationals, including Deutsche Bank and Barclays Wealth Management. She also has several years’ experience in business consulting, pharmaceuticals, and healthcare industries and as business consultant, she has developed operational strategies and supported leaders with implementation.
Her areas of expertise include executive coaching, developing high performing teams (including project teams), and coaching through organizational change.
About Dawn Sowerby - Strategic Advisor
Dawn is a highly experienced executive coach and trusted business partner, with specific expertise in cultural change, change management and employee engagement. She has over 25 years of senior leadership experience across the healthcare, life sciences, and housing sectors. Beyond being a seasoned leader in People Management & Organisational Development, she has hands-on experience in leading front-line operational teams.
“A bad system will beat a good person every time”.
Dawn’s passion is in creating better and healthier workplaces. She believes that enabling people and teams to be at their best is the only sustainable route to achieving improved business results. She achieves this by examining the system as a whole and using behavioral insights to influence business practices.
In the past Dawn worked with the NHS, Aster Group, Torbay Pharmaceuticals, and LiveWest.
Our Approach
At Stickbundle, our assessments and interventions focus on three pillars of highly organisations: deep collaboration, right people and collective purpose. Through our services we aim to address these pillars.
- Deep collaboration — Organisations and leaders cultivate an environment of trust, empowerment and shared leadership, and maintain enabling structures, systems and procedures
- Collective purpose — The organisation has a strong collective purpose, with commitment from teams and departments, and people joining forces to effectuate change.
- Right people — The organisation and its teams are composed of the right people with aligning attributes, supported by the required resources.
