Paul van Sonsbeek​

Paul guides organizations, management teams, and boards of directors through complex change challenges at the intersection of strategy, leadership, and execution.

About Paul

Paul guides organizations, management teams, and boards through complex change challenges at the intersection of strategy, leadership, and execution.

As a certified Leading with Obeya (LWO) Specialist II, he helps organizations create more focus, agility, ownership, and cohesion through powerful steering dialogues and visual portfolio management.

With over twenty years of experience as an organizational coach, Agile Coach, and Master Black Belt, Paul combines the structure of Lean and Agile with a strong people-centered approach.

Sustainable results are created by people

Vision on change

Paul believes that sustainable results are achieved when not only processes and structures improve, but also leadership, collaboration, and behavior develop.

Additionally, he is certified in the System Intervention Method (SIM), through which he supports leadership teams in identifying and breaking underlying patterns that can either reinforce or hinder change.

Clients appreciate him as an analytical, pragmatic, and committed connector who reduces complex issues to clarity, direction, and concrete results.

Making strategy visible and executing it together

Approach

Paul helps organizations translate strategy into daily practice. By using Obeya, visual management, and powerful steering dialogues, he creates clarity, ownership, and a shared focus on key goals.

His approach combines structure, continuous improvement, and leadership development, enabling teams to collaborate better and ensuring changes are actually realized.

From strategy to organizational development

Expertise

  • Leading with Obeya (LWO)
  • OGSM & QBR
  • Strategy execution
  • Portfolio management
  • Leadership development
  • Organizational development
  • Team coaching
  • Agile, Scrum, SAFe & LeSS
  • Lean & Operational Management
  • Process management & continuous improvement
  • NLP
  • OB
  • Belbin
  • System Intervention Method (SIM)

Guiding organizations through complex change

Typical assignments

Paul assists organizations with, among other things:

  • Strategy execution with Obeya
  • Portfolio management (QBR)
  • Coaching of management and executive teams
  • Leadership development
  • Organization-wide Agile and Lean transformations
  • Setting up (Lean) operational management
  • Process management and continuous improvement

Over twenty years of experience in diverse sectors

Experience

During his career, Paul worked for organizations within, among others:

  • (Semi-)government
  • Municipalities
  • Finance & Insurance
  • Retail & Logistics
  • Energy & Technology
  • Telecom & ICT
  • Consultancy & Services

Clients include:

SVB, RDW, AIVD, Habion, WBL, GGD Gooi- en Vechtstreek, Municipality of Leiden, Gooise Meren, Servicepunt71, Tom in de Buurt, ING Bank, Volksbank, Quion, Delta Lloyd, Achmea Interpolis, Ahold, Pon, DHL, NS Reizigers, KLM, ASML, Philips, Thales, NEM, Vogel’s, KPN, UPC, Vodafone Ziggo, Logica, Brunel, and Adecco.

Analytical and people-oriented

Personal style

Paul combines an analytical perspective with a pragmatic approach. He creates clarity in complex issues, connects people, and helps organizations realize sustainable changes.

He is described as:

  • Analytical
  • Pragmatic
  • Authentic
  • Empathic
  • Structured
  • Connector
  • Humor
  • Impact-oriented

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