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Designing your work and life around what truly matters to you.
Like many high-achieving executives and entrepreneurs, due to significant changes in your life circumstances, you may find yourself questioning priorities or seeking a new direction.
These changes can be external, such as restructurings or layoffs, or internal, like a shift in values, evolving interests, or the loss of previous passions and the rise of new ones.
They can happen suddenly or gradually, culminating in a major turning point, where the old path has ended, but the new one has either not yet emerged or the transition to it is unclear.
Such moments can be challenging, often leading to feelings of uncertainty, overwhelm and inaction.
Read my related articleThe unexpected Gift of “Being Lost” & how a personal Vision and Purpose show the way outThe situations differ, and so do the motivations behind them. What they share is the sense that something essential has to change.
01Fashion Industry
Entrepreneur & CEO
Unsure of whether to sell her company or just change her role. Has enough of the never-ending extra hours and longs for a better work-life balance, including a new but different challenge.Stressed by the constant pressure of her responsibility, she is uncertain about the exit and her next professional steps. No time, but a desire for personal and creative projects.Feels overwhelmed and doesn’t act.
02Global Bank
COO Retail Division
Very successful but still unhappy because banking no longer interests him enough. He’s also fed up with 80-hour weeks and constant ego battles with alpha personalities.Wants more personal freedom and is open for a fundamental change, but afraid of giving up his good income and secure position.Has neither a clear Vision nor the know-how for the needed transition. Feels stuck.
03Leading Tech Company
CTO
Feels she has reached the peak of her specialist career but wants more. Confident to take on a GM role with full P&L responsibility, yet unsure whether a bigger title would fulfil her.Is also considering founding her own AI company but has only vague ideas. Would love becoming a mother and wonders how it all fits together.Eager to unlock her true potential but lacking inner clarity and direction.
04Corporation
Former SBU Head
After a restructuring and being laid off, he is asking fundamental questions about his future. Struggles with the loss of professional identity and increasing uncertainty.Well-meant advice from friends and headhunters only adds to his confusion. Senses that simply looking for the same kind of role again is not the answer.Feels disconnected and has no perspective on career direction or developing a new life Vision.
Illustrative examples, based on typical situations from my coaching practice.
Whether you’re in crisis, stuck in a rut, or excited to explore new facets of yourself, an inspiring Vision rooted in your unique Purpose will remove uncertainty, inaction, or an outgrown image of yourself and propel you to your next level of growth!
MY SERVICE
I offer a fully dedicated, deeply personalized Coaching & Mentoring program, especially designed for the needs of Top Executives and Entrepreneurs.
Within this program, I guide you to envision and transition into the next stage of your professional journey, aligned with who you truly are and how you want to live.
The program is based on a practice-tested methodology, science-based concepts and my 25 years of experience working with top leaders, both in personal transitions and in organizational contexts.
The program uniquely integrates Purpose, Vision and Vocation: your inner compass, your guiding star and your true calling, built on a clear understanding of where you stand today. Yet clarity alone rarely changes a life.
The actual transition is often the most demanding step, which is why my guidance does not end on the conceptual level but continues through implementation, until your new path has become reality.
Flexible, bespoke and results-driven,
tailored to your needs.
PURPOSE
“Inner Compass”
Realignment
Confidence • Meaning
VISION
“Guiding Star”
Aspiration
Direction • Inspiration
VOCATION
“True Calling”
Passion
Freedom • Prosperity
After our work together, you will have fundamentally changed in how you see yourself, make decisions and shape your future. Unlike a done-for-you service often associated with traditional consulting, my role is to guide, support and challenge you throughout the process. The realized change depends on your active involvement and on putting our work into practice.
With a clear Inner Compass, you understand where you stand, what no longer fits and what you want to change.
You’ve aligned with your true essence and gained an inner knowing about your highest impact in the world. Through uncovering your authentic Purpose, you build a strong foundation for a Vision that expresses your inner core, free from external expectations, past conditioning or purely ego-driven goals.
An inspiring Vision has helped you paint a vivid picture of the life you want, across everything that matters, not just your job: family, career, health, finance, friends, community and spiritual life.
You envision where and in what kind of environment you want to live, and who you want around you. This might mean dividing your time between two cities, making a home by the coast, or living closer to family. You consider travelling more – or slowing down.
This is also where you give your dreams a concrete shape and begin planning how to make them happen.
Your work is fully aligned with your Purpose and Vision, and you therefore feel you are expressing your true calling. You have reshaped your professional life around who you are and what matters to you. Your responsibilities are better balanced with the freedom to live a life you want to live beside your work.
This may mean a new role, independent work, starting a business or a different way of contributing with or within your company.
After our work together, you will have fundamentally changed in how you see yourself, make decisions and shape your future. Unlike a done-for-you service often associated with traditional consulting, my role is to guide, support and challenge you throughout the process. The realized change depends on your active involvement and on putting our work into practice.
«Inner Compass»
«Guiding Star»
«True Calling»
You feel inspired by a clear aspiration, act with calm confidence and enjoy the freedom to shape your life on your own terms.
Clarity · Direction · FreedomPurpose · Vision · Vocation
WHO YOU WORK WITH
John-Oliver BreckoffStrategy & Transformation AdvisorStrategy Advisor & Executive Coach
With an MBA from ESADE, including an exchange program at NYU Stern, a line management background in 2 multinational companies and a career in strategy consulting, I have over 25 years of experience in strategically supporting Top-Executives and Entrepreneurs in professional and personal transformation or growth journeys.
As an aficionado of art and music, I’ve also spent years passionately co-organizing lifestyle projects like Tweakfest (a digital lifestyle festival) and Sunday Breakfast (an electronic music event) in Zurich and Barcelona.
I deeply believe that an authentic personal Purpose and inspiring Vision are the foundation for navigating major career transitions towards a true vocation that creates meaning, professional excellence, and a lifestyle that truly fits you.
After several years as Co-Managing Partner of a Swiss strategy boutique, a profound job and Purpose crisis in 2008 led me to redefine my role and continue as an independent strategy advisor. I also began practicing yoga, followed by a four-year teacher training. This opened new horizons – particularly in combining my rational thinking with intuition, thereby broadening my approach to solving complex challenges and serving my clients more holistically.
During that time, I began actively discovering and refining my personal Vision and Purpose. Living on Purpose drives both peak performance and happiness. Realizing the influence it had on my life, it became part of my calling to help others find their own Purpose and realign their job and life accordingly.
When sudden market shifts and travel restrictions threatened my business during the Covid lockdown, I adapted by expanding into executive coaching to share my 15 years of intense dedication to self-mastery, personal growth and transformation. All these challenging yet essential inner shifts and outer transitions over the years have brought me closer to my passions, unique gifts and true essence.
And yet, I still consider myself a student of life – knowing that growth is an infinitely evolving process guided by intuition, shaped by reflection, tested through action, and humbled by mistakes.
Since 2018, I’ve been living between Barcelona and Zurich, fulfilling a long-held Vision of combining meaningful work with a Mediterranean lifestyle.
Professional
Excellence& Fulfilling Lifestyle
President, Integrated Services
Orchestra
I had the privilege of working with Oliver for 9 months, during which his coaching and mentoring were essential to my success. He coached me to understand how I wanted to redesign my work life while also offering mentoring and more traditional business consulting as he guided me through a complex restructuring project.
Head of Marketing, Member of Divisional Board
Post Net, Swiss Post
I’ve been working successfully with Oliver since 2016. I particularly value his exceptional commitment, strong people orientation, and the empowering way he involves team members throughout the process. He acts with authenticity, even in difficult or conflict-laden situations.
Founder & Director, Mutek Spain
COO & Project Manager, Primavera Sound LATAMCOO, Primavera Sound LATAM
I’ve been working with John-Oliver for 6 months together with my business partner. We drastically shifted the strategic focus, both of the business itself and of my own work priorities and scope, which triggered several major changes, including the physical relocation of our facilities, and the results were way above my expectations.
