Guiding Leaders to getting the best out of their teams by seeing Emotions as Data, not Distractions.

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Enabling Leaders & Teams to advance through increasing

Emotional Intelligence & AI assistance.

Thomas Orths

to empower leaders, unite teams, improve organisational health—and life balance.

The Leadership Transformation Coach

Want to get better at leading teams?

Learn how to bring Emotional Intelligence and AI technology together to get remarkable business results—and balance in life.

Balance isn’t a luxury. It’s your competitive edge.

Results count.

"Thomas Orths worked with our board, senior and middle managers in our major EMEA roll-out ‘Performance Coaching for Leaders’.

His program transformed our leadership, organisational health and bottom-line results."

Oliver Kim, Vice President

"Thomas is at the forefront of Leadership development. Combining EI & AI, he transforms leadership, boosts emotional awareness and data-driven clarity. The result?

Stronger leaders, healthier culture, and a smarter, more connected organisation."

Joe Geraghty - Business Owner

Why work with us on Leadership Transformation?

We know leading can feel overwhelming, especially when everything moves so fast. Our approach helps you deal with those moments by blending emotional intelligence with practical AI tools.

You don’t need to figure it all out on your own; we’re here to give you support that helps align your team and improve your organisational health.

Which improves your balance - and personal health.

Lead better. Live better. No trade-offs required.

Bottom Line:

We’ll help you lead in a way that feels more focused and creates better outcomes for your team, your organsation—and your loved ones.

How We Help You Build Stronger Leadership Skills

I coach leaders on how to use Emotional Intelligence and AI-tech together so they can lead with more clarity and direction.

Through my Leadership Transformation Coaching, we take clear steps to help you build stronger teams and grow your organisational health—and balance.

Follow me if you want tips and strategies that actually work for leaders to move forward in today’s fast-changing world— in a balanced way.

Time to grow. What’s your next step?
Thomas Orths

Here’s what I’ve learned from my own journey:

How I’ve helped people become purpose-driven leaders, build strong teams, and using AI in ways that actually make sense. 

They’ve started to see emotions as useful data—not as something that gets in the way—and it’s made their organisations healthier. 

Hey, I’m Thomas Orths. I’ve been in leadership development for decades. Most of the people I’ve worked with call me their “Leadership Guide.”

For the last 25 years, I’ve helped leadership teams and companies like yours become more focused, bringing together emotional intelligence, mindset change, and practical leadership strategies—including working with AI in smart, human ways.

So why do I do this?

Because I know what it’s like to be in your shoes, as I am going deep into the hearts & minds of execs and managers in my leadership transformation coaching, and I see what’s really going on.

I know how hard it is to get your team on the same page, boost performance, and sharpen your leadership mindset. Especially when you're constantly putting out fires, feeling stretched thin, or second-guessing every decision, struggling with impostor syndrome. And being too exhausted and worried to have quality time with loved ones.

I went through this as well. I dealt with impostor syndrome and experienced burnout from being of purpose and decision fatigue. It seemed like every day was just about solving crisis, with a team of coworkers and associates that wasn’t aligned. Which brought me out of balance.

And when AI hit mainstream in 2023-24 we were overwhelmed by all the "noise" and no clear way to improve leadership through AI and automation without losing the human touch.

But that crisis made things shift for me…!

From the Desk of Thomas Orths, Leadership Transformation Coach
Updated: 11 May 2025

I stopped ignoring what really mattered. I realised that combining strong leadership with emotional intelligence and smart AI use was the way forward. Guiding leaders to see emotions as data, not distractions.

I started building a continental team of experts to create innovative solutions in a client-centred approach.

I get how important it is to make better decisions and keep your team aligned, especially nowadays when AI is changing the game. And now I help people like you step into purpose-driven leadership, build stronger teams, use AI tools to save time, create more balance in life, and see results you didn’t think were possible.

As a result, you can check in on the most undervalued KPI: your inner peace.

To help you get going, I’ve put something together for free.

It’s a new 'Leadership Transformation Guide', and it walks through how to stay flexible in a fast-changing business environment, get better teamwork, and bring your leadership style up to speed with what’s actually working right now.

No hype, no fear of missing the AI wave, no forgetting that emotions and balance matter—just clear insights you can actually use.

Click below to grab it:

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Hope you find it helpful.

Thomas Orths, Leadership Transformation Coach

CASE STUDIES

  • Emotional Intelligence for Sales Success, AI-Driven

    CHALLENGE: A B2B sales team faced inconsistent closes, poor follow-up, and emotionally reactive selling under pressure. Leadership saw a need to improve emotional intelligence (EI).

    SOLUTION: Thomas and a team of experts used AI tools to analyse sales calls for tone, pace, empathy, and interruptions. Reps received personalised feedback and targeted EI micro-coaching on impulse control, empathy, and stress management. Weekly call reflections reinforced learning.

    IMPACT: 93% of reps reported higher confidence and emotional awareness

    Close rate ↑ 29%, Follow-up rate ↑ 42%, Sales cycle ↓ 18%

    TECH STACK: AI call analysis, Python, EQ coaching app
    METHODS: Voice emotion analysis, behavioural feedback, EI coaching

  • Collaboration Boost - driven by Emotional Intelligence

    CHALLENGE: As a scale-up grew from 50 to 150 staff, communication friction, low emotional intelligence, and declining client satisfaction emerged. Leadership needed better insight into internal dynamics.

    SOLUTION: Thomas and a team of experts deployed AI sentiment analysis tools across internal communications—email, chat, and meetings—to detect emotional tone and engagement. Anonymised insights were shared via dashboards, paired with targeted EI coaching for managers and teams.

    IMPACT: The initiative led to stronger collaboration, fewer conflicts, and better client outcomes: Collaboration ↑ 41%, Conflicts ↓ 60%, Client satisfaction ↑ 23%. We also noticed a positive shift in client reviews, and 87% of staff reported improved emotional awareness.

    TECH STACK: Python, GPT-based sentiment engine, Power BI
    METHODS: Sentiment analysis, EI coaching, real-time feedback loops

  • Toxic Staff: 'Emergency Acupuncture' for the Organisation

    CHALLENGE: The client faced serious issues with actively disengaged staff who disrupted team morale and performance. One case even escalated involving a police shootout.

    SOLUTION: Thomas was called in to help. He and selected Associates conducted confidential “Personal Interventions” with the individuals, resolving deep-rooted resentment through one-on-one coaching and hypnotherapy. Each staff member either re-engaged or resigned—eliminating toxicity without conflict.

    IMPACT: Team harmony was restored, culture improved, and performance increased. The interventions acted as “emergency acupuncture,” preventing further organisational damage.

    TOOLS: Human-led intervention, Hypnotherapy
    METHODS: Anonymous coaching, behavioural turnaround strategy

  • Leading Virtual & Hybrid L'ship Teams to Cohesion

    CHALLENGE: Globalisation and COVID-19 brought an urgent need to build leadership team cohesion virtually, as in-person facilitation came to a halt.

    SOLUTION: Thomas and his partners designed deep, interactive online sessions that encouraged vulnerability and trust. Surprisingly, virtual settings allowed for even deeper emotional breakthroughs when facilitated intentionally.

    IMPACT: The approach became a core offering. Since 2021, hybrid delivery—blending online and in-person sessions—has become the standard for fostering leadership team cohesion across global clients.

    TOOLS: Zoom, Miro, custom collaboration tools
    METHODS: Virtual facilitation, emotional safety, hybrid transformation design

  • Turning Conflict Into Culture: L'ship Team Sabotage

    CHALLENGE: A new procurement leader was rejected by her team after sabotage by her predecessor. Her boss avoided involvement, leading to workflow collapse and union escalation.

    SOLUTION: Thomas ran fact-finding interviews, EQi assessments, and coaching for key leaders. A full-day offsite with mediators enabled open confrontation, resolution, and the creation of team rules with a WHWNH accountability protocol.

    IMPACT: The team rebuilt trust and transformed its culture. Purchase lead time ↓ 22%, Inventory ↓ 18%, Sick leave ↓ 68% and Zero staff turnover the following year.

    TOOLS: Interviews, EQi assessment, mediation
    METHODS: EI coaching, team confrontation, cultural reset

  • Landing the CFO Role—Without Compromising Family or Values

    CHALLENGE: A senior finance manager (C-suite -1) aimed to become CFO but struggled with misaligned company culture and difficult dynamics with the current CFO and CEO. He felt stuck—ambitious, yet unsure if advancement was worth the personal cost, especially with two young children.

    SOLUTION: Through six months of executive coaching with Thomas, he gained clarity, developed key EQ-i leadership capacities, and prepared for a high-level recruitment process sparked by a headhunter's offer. Coaching sessions focused on self-leadership, balancing career and family, and preparing strategic questions for the final interview.

    IMPACT: He secured the CFO role at a much larger firm with higher pay, greater impact, and a healthier culture—something he would not have achieved without coaching.

    TOOLS: EQ-i Leadership Assessment, Interview Preparation
    METHODS: Executive coaching, values alignment, emotional intelligence development

  • Scaling Culture Change Across 100 Employees—With Measurable ROI

    CHALLENGE: After a successful 2-day team alignment workshop with the D-A-CH marketing team, the CEO saw the need to scale this cultural transformation across all 100 employees—without disrupting day-to-day operations.

    SOLUTION: Thomas designed a scalable rollout: two online prep sessions, one intensive workshop day, and two follow-up implementation sessions per group. Using MURAL and cross-functional collaboration, teams conducted deep-rooted analysis of current challenges, envisioned better outcomes, and created actionable, measurable plans.

    IMPACT: Over six months, the company experienced measurable gains in meeting culture, remote collaboration, role clarity, conflict readiness, and cross-team connection—delivering a clear, multi-fold ROI.

    TOOLS: MURAL, Zoom, KPI tracking templates
    METHODS: Team alignment, systems thinking, culture design, hybrid delivery

  • When Trust Breaks in the C-Suite—Mediation makes Unity possible

    CHALLENGE: The EMEA leadership team of a Japanese multinational—six senior leaders managing 700 staff—was in crisis. A post-merger fallout fractured the relationship between the CEO and CSO, long-time friends, putting the entire leadership team's trust and collaboration at risk.

    SOLUTION: Thomas began a phased mediation approach began with individual fact-finding calls, followed by five remote 3-way sessions with each leader, the CSO, and a mediator. These clarified perspectives, built empathy, and restored respect. A final on-site half-day meeting allowed for open dialogue, clearing misunderstandings, and sincere apologies—guided by non-violent communication and deep listening.

    IMPACT: While some emotional scars remained, the leadership team found renewed unity, trust, and strength—able to move forward together.

    TOOLS: Google Meet, 3-way mediation sessions
    METHODS: Conflict resolution, non-violent communication, team repair facilitation

  • From Vision to Action: Aligning 3,000 People for a Bold Transformation

    CHALLENGE: A global business unit with 3.000 staff of a chemical company, needed to reshape its value proposition. Driven by innovative huge projects to open new customer segments. The leadership team faced the task of preparing 3,000 employees across multiple levels for a major transformation over 18 months.

    SOLUTION: Thomas and a larger team of selected associates worked closely with the top leadership team and three successive management levels to align vision, readiness, and messaging. A flagship 3-day convention in Berlin was co-designed, facilitated, filmed, and supported with custom workshops, marketing assets, and video-based facilitator training.

    IMPACT: The convention was a milestone in the transformation process—seamless, energising, and widely regarded as a turning point for future readiness and cultural alignment.

    TOOLS: Live event design, video production, training content
    METHODS: Strategic alignment, change facilitation, leadership engagement

“I transform leaders & teams through Mindset Mastery, increasing Emotional Intelligence and AI assistance, to improve organisational health—and life balance.

Improve bottom-line results. By being on purpose, more innovative & fulfilled at work. 

We expand our collective impact by building a Leadership Transformation Community.”

Thomas Orths, MTP