Wise Leaders Fellowship

A 10-month cohort experience blending modern leadership with timeless wisdom for visionary founders and CEOs. 

In the words of past fellows:

*”These models help me navigate and live my life by.”*

— Francescu Santoni (CEO Mojo, YC W19)

*“This program has changed my mind. It will change yours .”*

— Raffael Fellmer, CEO SirPlus

 *“I never knew I have so much kindness in me”*

— Claire Midwood, Former CEO Amorelie

*“Nikolas teaches the science of meditation in a way that immediately is applicable to help me be a better leader”*
— Franziska Schmitt, CEO Humanize

*“An amazing program to reflect how I am showing up as a leader”*

— Oddur Magnusson, Founder Klang Games

Founder 

ForChiefs Alliance | Leadership Sidekicks

I help CEOs and Founders to create the most meaningful work and organisations of their lives. 

My clients typically have 20-1000 employees, have raised $5-150M of capital, and are scaling fast. 

How can I support you?

As a sidekick, I work hand in hand with leaders and their organizations to empower and support ambitious change. 

I design coaching and facilitation experiences that connect minds and hearts:

- Executive & Leadership Coaching
- Leadership Development
- Workshop Facilitation (online & offline)
- Visioning and Strategic Planning
- Executive Team Coaching

Contact me if you need a sidekick to help drive your transformation or a coach to support your team.

Executive Coach/ CEO Sidekick

The Mindful CEO

Receive 1 short email every Monday about modern leadership and timeless wisdom.

Over 5 million people read my writing in the last year. My newsletter "The Mindful CEO" is a must read for leaders that try to "do the hard things in a human way". Sign up below for free.

Writer

Shift Collective

With ForChiefs we co-founded Shift Collective, a group of innovative agencies and consultancies in Germany, that stands for a new economy. 

We have joined forces to provide even better support for organisations, with the agility of 10 founder-managed companies.

We are all united not only by our mission to change the economy in a sustainable way, but also to be a role model for this new economy: 

With the Shift Collective we turn 10 competitors into one strong partner.

Board Member

ŌHIA

Assembling and leading a crew of experienced mind travellers to chart a spaceship on its mission to help curious souls fall in love with their mind. 

Head teacher guiding monthly workshops & weekly sessions on the art, science and tradition of meditation.

Head of Meditation 

Mind Inc

Leadership Coaching, Executive Workshops & Organisational Design 

Supporting the mindful champions of the future - Mind Inc advises organisations & change makers to become mindful leaders in strategy, culture and reflection.

 At Mind Inc we coach change-makers in innovative organisations like Google Deep Mind, AKQA, Sir Plus or Siemens. We are on a mission to inspire the next generations of organisations and change-makers to lead with purpose. Our clients range from the C-Suite to ***Star Michelin Cooks - all shaping the world to come.

Founder

Onyra

Your Home for Mental Wellbeing

Guides, Courses and Community for aspiring & advanced Meditators

European Parliament

The Spokesperson/Coordinator sets the strategical political direction on Data Protection, Migration, Visa and Rule of Law legislation for the second biggest political group in the European Parliament. This work involves the election and coordination of elected decision-makers in high stake negotiations with the aim of delivering fair rules applicable to all European citizens. The Spokesperson is also the European Parliaments negotiation lead (rapporteur) for the E-privacy (the update to the EU cookie law) and the e-evidence regulation.
My role includes i.a.
▪ Advising the S&D spokesperson on Justice and Home Affairs negotiations and policy strategy
▪ Elaboration of strategic position papers, speeches, briefings, amendments, resolutions, reports 
▪ Public relations/Communication with stakeholders & key journalists

Advisor (APA) to S&D Coordinator on Justice and Home Affairs

•	Assisting the President's Internal Policies Team in its general work,
•	Preparing Briefings and drafting speaking notes for the President's meetings with stakeholders (Jürgen Stock, Secretary General of Interpol; Tim Cook, CEO of Apple; Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of Estonia; Margrethe Vestager, European Commissioner for Competition, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, President of the Eurogroup; Suma Chakrabarti, President of the EBRD),
•	Researching detailed information for the President on various policy questions (Digital Single Market, European Deposit Insurance Scheme, Banking Union, Tax practices of multinational corporations)
•	Attending and drafting feedback notes from meetings of different committees (Economic and Monetary Affairs, Internal Market and Consumer Protection, Employment and Social Affairs, Industry, Research and Energy, Constitutional Affairs, Special Committee on Tax Rulings), the Conference of Committee Chairs and Trilogue meetings,
•	Drafting speeches, interventions and correspondence of the President in the field of internal policies,
•	Following issues related to the Digital Single Market on behalf of the Cabinet.

Trainee - Cabinet of the President of the European Parliament

TEDx

Leading a team of ten talented people in the organization of a TED conference with nine international speakers and an audience of 150 people. Curated a modern art exhibition showcasing the work of ten local artists in the College of Europe.

Lead Organizer TEDxCollegeOfEurope

Leadership is lonely.

The higher you climb, the higher the stakes, and the fewer people you can truly trust to help you cut through the complexity.

I’ve sat with founders at €2M ARR and with boards of billion-dollar family enterprises.

Different contexts but reality is the same:

• Blind spots no one dares point out.
• Cultures drifting because clarity slipped.
• Teams looking to you for answers you’re still trying to form yourself.

My work is to hold up the mirror and walk leaders like yourself back into clarity.

Sometimes that looks like a silent retreat.

Sometimes it’s a boardroom reset.

Sometimes it’s a series of 1:1 conversations.

But it’s always about one thing:

Turning the inner game of leadership into outer results.

And if you’ve actually read this far, it probably means something here spoke to you.

That recognition (the moment you see yourself in these words) is usually where the real work begins.

I work with scale-stage founders & CEOs above €150K MRR who are willing to grow themselves as much as their companies.

If that’s you, send me a DM saying “CLARITY” or even “Nikolas, I actually read your about section” and let’s talk!

Nikolas Konstantin 🌱

Career Edge

• Recommended growth strategies for an ed-tech startup via market penetration and product development to increase revenues by 5X in 18 months
• Group Case Prep. Market Entry, Market sizing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Growth. Mentored by Management Consultants

Consulting Fellow

Motels

• Realized $81,000 of revenue- $1800/ room/ month for 5 rooms for 9 months by generating word-of-mouth referrals
• Attained 60%+ repeat rate by offering $1000+ worth of refunds for dissatisfied customers. Collected $8000 of delinquent rent
• Improved Average Daily Rate (ADR) by $2.5/day over 4 months by revoking 28-day max-stay policy to retain regular customers
• Resolved 100+ issues of confrontations/commotion between customers by intervening for distress calls, neighbour complaints

Manager of Operations

Days Inn by Wyndham

• Generated $87,360 worth of revenues- $480/ room/ week for 7 rooms for 6 months, by developing and nurturing relationships with 2 corporate customers, and offering 20% discount for extended patronage
• Shortened review response time from 'Poor' to 'Great' by promptly responding to negative reviews within 3 days; Increased
review response rate from 'Poor' to 'Great' by replying to 20+ past and current negative reviews
• Spearheaded the reintroduction of Breakfast, contactless key system by scrutinizing 100 reviews; introduced kiosk check-in
• Raised Booking.com customer experience score from 5.6 to 5.7 out of 10, by soliciting guest feedback upon checkout

Motel

• Secured referral of 24 clients over 6 months by maintaining cordial relationship with SF Pre-trial Diversion Project, leading to revenues $67,000+
• Reduced the annual cost of supplies by 15% through establishing a partnership with a new supplier
• Maintained consistent occupancy rates of over 80%, Allocated budgets, Instituted Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)

Operations Specialist

San Jose State University

🗹 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐞- Flag Football, Basketball, Soccer, and Volleyball; enforced rules and regulations of respective sport, clarified rules to players.

🗹 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 overall- Spring 2018 (out of 25); 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 appropriate Sportsmanship and spectator conduct during games.

🗹 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 a cordial working relationship with 24 Intramural teams, led to 50% 𝐟𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬.

🗹 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐝 to Flag Football Head Referee in 1 year, broke up 3 scuffles/ brawls during tenure.

🗹 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐧-𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 to officiate Flag Football; one of the 2 non-Americans to officiate Basketball (out of 25).

🗹 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 at Flag Football NorCal Intramural Officials Clinics in Oct 2017 (out of 50), sharpened officiating skills.

🗹 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 at Basketball NorCal Intramural Officials Clinics in Mar 2018 & Feb 2019 (out of 50); solved 15 hypothetical tricky scenario plays.

Intramural Sports Referee

Streamlined procurement processes by configuring the Material and Vendor Master in SAP-Process Orchestration; achieved a 20% reduction in payment processing errors, enhancing overall operational efficiency and accuracy

Associate Systems Engineer

Cognizant

Graduate Engineering Trainee

🎓Recent MBA grad | 🎯Strategy consultant | 🎯Competitive analysis | 🎯Corporate Strategy | 💰Driving revenue growth, operational efficiency, cost optimization | 👑CSSGB | 👑TPM | 🏆I help with building long-term value

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