Elevating executives, leaders and teams desiring growth and meaningful change
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 executives, leaders and teams desiring growth and 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 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 executives, leaders and teams desiring growth and 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 is a certified international leadership and team coach, with expertise in leadership and team effectiveness. He founded Stickbundle with the belief that organisations need to systemically change the way they operate and start embracing the power of real teamwork.
Michel coaches executives, leaders and teams to accelerate their personal and collective development and efficiency, mainly in the international trade and development sector. He also consults organisations in leadership, teamwork and organisational strategy. He works with leaders and multicultural teams all over the world, including Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Nigeria, India, Bangladesh, Thailand, the Philippines, the Netherlands and Finland.
"I founded Stickbundle with the belief that organisations need to systemically change the way they operate and start embracing the power of real teamwork"
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 30+ companies and NGOs in various sectors with developing their value proposition, optimizing their (business) strategy and raising finance.
He obtained master’s degrees in International Business & Management and Small Business & Entrepreneurship at the University of Groningen (both Cum Laude) and is an ICF-certified coach trained by TPC Leadership and the Academy of Executive Coaching.
About Zoe Thornton - Partner
Zoe is a highly skilled leadership and team coach and business mentor, and member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF). She joined Stickbundle as a Partner in 2021 a 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 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, thereby creating a ripple effect across the organisation"
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 senior leadership coaching, developing high performing teams (including project teams), and coaching through organizational change.
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.
