Executive Culture Coach at Blue Agile GmbH | Empowering leaders to foster a culture of excellence and innovation through coaching executives, enabling teams to surpass their potential and achieve remarkable results.

I’m Eva Gysling, a three-time Olympic swimmer and executive/team leader with 35+ years in complex organisations. I know real pressure - on the starting block and in the boardroom - and how much potential gets wasted when culture is left to chance, systems are poorly designed, and leadership behaviour goes unchallenged.

My work sits where Olympic mindset, executive leadership, culture and corporate mental health meet. Burnout isn’t an individual weakness, and “tough” leadership doesn’t justify daily micro-suffering - especially when it’s driven by bad behaviour. High performance without psychological safety is a contradiction. If people pay with health or dignity, it’s not performance, it’s system failure and a culture problem.

That’s why I created The Executive Edge - ASPIRE: a clear six-module framework for senior leaders who build healthy high-performance cultures on purpose. ASPIRE turns intent into standards, rituals and tools across:

• Pressure design
• Accountability
• Resilience
• Strategic agility
• Team confidence
• Culture anchoring

Purpose:
Design pressure, behaviour and collaboration so people can deliver ambitious results while staying healthy, respected and appreciated.

Who I work with (DACH)
• Senior leaders in tech, healthcare and other disruptive environments (and their leadership teams)
• People & Culture / HR leaders responsible for culture, mental health and leadership quality
• Interprofessional bridge leaders (Product, IT, Ops, Clinical/Service) living in the friction between silos
• Selected consultants, coaches and executive-education partners who want an Olympic-tested, tool-rich system to plug into their work

Together, we redesign how pressure, workload, behaviour, collaboration and culture are handled so leaders don’t have to choose between results and system health.

What I don’t do:
I don’t train people to “be more resilient” so they can tolerate the intolerable. No glossy wellbeing without accountability. No treating bad leadership as a private issue. Psychological safety is infrastructure, non-negotiable, measurable, and owned.

What working with me feels like:
Calm under pressure; direct, respectful and appreciative; Olympic-level standards with high respect for people. We install small, robust rituals/behaviors that hold when things get tough: clearer decisions, fairer load, healthier teams, and more honest collaboration. Proof, not slogans.

If this sounds like your world, let’s explore whether ASPIRE can help you build the healthy high-performance culture you actually want to own.

Eva Gysling, OLY

Most people remember one leader from their career.
Not the title → The feeling...

That feeling came from:
→ being trusted early.
→ before confidence felt solid.
→ before everything was figured out.

And also sometimes...

✅ A responsibility handed over sooner than expected.
✅ A decision made without someone stepping in.
✅ Support shown publicly when things got uncomfortable.

Those moments stay.

↳ They change how people think about themselves.
↳ They stop waiting for permission.
↳ They start taking responsibility.

This is where leadership actually shows up.

Power moves work forward in the moment.

Empowerment builds people who move work forward again and again.

That difference compounds over time.

- People think deeper.
- They own outcomes.
- They solve problems without being asked.

And eventually:

+ Teams become stronger.
+ Cultures become clearer.
+ Results stop depending on one person.

Leadership scales through the people around it.

The strongest leaders understand this.
Their focus shifts from control to capability.
From directing work to developing judgment.

The impact lasts longer than any role or title.

Leadership shows up in the people who grow under it.
That’s how leaders become great.

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3x Olympian | Executive Sparring Partner for Senior Leaders in D-A-CH | The Executive Edge - ASPIRE: High performance that protects people’s health and dignity

You don’t need more time.

You need fewer decisions.

Most people exhaust themselves
deciding what to do next.

That’s not productivity.
That’s friction.

Here’s my personal blueprint for focus and flow - simple, practical, repeatable:

1️⃣ The Anchor Task
Forget the endless to-do list.

Pick one non-negotiable task each day.
Finish it and the day counts.

Everything else is extra.

2️⃣ Energy Mapping
Stop managing hours.

Start managing energy.

High energy → deep, creative work.
Low energy → admin, emails, chores.

Match the task to your state, not the clock.

3️⃣ The 2-Minute Rule
If it takes under 120 seconds, do it now.

Tiny tasks create invisible stress.
This clears it before it stacks.

4️⃣ Digital Fortressing
Focus is a finite resource.

Treat it like one.

Phone in another room.
Messages checked at set times.

Constant availability is not a performance metric.

5️⃣ The “Clear the Deck” Ritual
End the day on purpose.

Last 10 minutes:
– Tidy your space
– Close the tabs
– Write tomorrow’s Anchor Task

Future-you starts calm, not behind.

Time management isn’t about control.

It’s about design.

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Hi, I’m Nina Devouge.

I help high performers and leaders own their next move before the world decides for them.

Most capable people stall because pressure accumulates faster than their nervous system, identity, and operating model can adapt.

That’s where I work.

For over 20 years, I’ve operated at the intersection of people, performance, and power, inside fast-scaling, high-stakes environments where decisions have real consequences. I’ve partnered with global organisations including Starbucks, LinkedIn, Lazada, WPP, and The Trade Desk, helping them hire, grow, and retain exceptional talent across regions and cultures.

I bring a cross-cultural lens shaped by lived experience across Eastern and Western systems, and fluency in English, Mandarin, French, and Malay. This gives me a unique vantage point on how different people think, lead, comply, resist, and change under pressure.

My work today sits at the intersection of:
	•	High-agency decision-making
	•	Human performance (physical, emotional, mental)
	•	Behavioural science and systems design
	•	Leadership and organisational reality

In practice, that means I support leaders, founders, and companies to:
	•	Reclaim agency during moments of change, restructuring, or scale
	•	Design people systems that align performance, incentives, and reality
	•	Navigate complexity across borders, generations, and cultures
	•	Build organisations that perform without burning out the humans inside them

I am a Talent, Culture & Performance Catalyst for various global fast-growing businesses, Board Advisor, and Keynote Speaker, bringing calm, clarity, and consequence-aware thinking into moments that matter.

If you’re operating under pressure, personally or organisationally and need to make your next move deliberately, you’re in the right place. 

Nina Devouge

Your manager has more impact on your mental health than your therapist.
Let that land.

Because while we keep talking about office perks, hybrid schedules, and productivity tools, 
we’re still underestimating the single greatest driver of well-being at work: leadership.

A huge thank you to my friend Eva for this post.

Here’s what I’ve seen after 20 years in promotion reviews, restructures, and exit interviews:

People don’t leave jobs.
They leave microaggressions, poor communication, and feeling unseen.
Toxic managers don’t just slow performance.
They shrink people’s confidence and carry it home with them.

The best leaders?
✅They don’t just manage output.
✅They build trust, clarity, and psychological safety. Every day.

And in this return-to-office era, where companies are using “presence” as a proxy for engagement…
here’s your reminder:

💡Data should be used to understand your people.
Not to weaponise control.

Real engagement isn’t measured by badge swipes or meeting hours.
It’s built in small moments of:

✅Clear feedback
✅Transparent expectations
✅The safety to speak freely
✅Culture isn’t kombucha.

It’s how safe people feel to be themselves and do their best work.

Let’s build leadership systems that are worth coming back to.

Which manager changed your life (for better or worse)?
Tag them or reflect on what made the difference.

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Hi, I’m Nina Devouge
✅ I help leaders stop talent leaks before they drain culture or cash.
➡️ Follow me for people systems & habits that drive high-agency teams.
➕ Become a high performer now - get www.coachnina.ai FREE

Global People, Culture & Performance Catalyst | Enabling Founders to grow their business with High-Agency HR that delivers profitability | Board Member | Podcast Host | Keynote Speaker

Your inability to say NO is going to cost you more than you think.

Let me break it down for you.
I used to be terrible at saying no.

I would say things like....
↳ "Let me think about it" 
↳ "Maybe next time" 
↳ "I'll try to make it work"

These half-commitments were draining my energy and killing my impact.

Until I learned this....

If it's not a clear "STRAIGHT YES," it's a CLEAR "NO."

This simple framework changed everything:
⬆️ DIAL UP focus on what truly matters
⛔ REMOVE guilt about saying no

RESULT? 
✅ Increased respect from others
✅ Higher quality opportunities

The truth? 
Every time you say "yes" or "maybe" to something you don't want, you're saying "no" to something you do.

Your time is finite. 
Your energy is precious. 
Protect them both with clarity.

Next time someone asks for your time, ask yourself: "Would I do this tomorrow?"

If the answer isn't an immediate yes, you have your answer.

You don't have to be in every room, you need to be in the right room.

What commitment do you need to say NO to this coming week?

Share below 👇 

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