Strivance is the strategic sparring partner for entrepreneurs and management teams who want to grow. We help make sharp choices, get innovation moving and turn strategy into results. No thick reports, just concrete steps forward.
The story
Keep striving, keep moving forward.
Growth is rarely a matter of luck or one big move. It takes a clear plan, the right timing and the discipline to take another step forward, again and again.
No one does that alone. Even the strongest companies need someone in their corner who watches, adjusts and says honestly what can be better.
That is where Strivance stands: beside ambitious companies, with a fresh outside view and the experience to turn plans into results.
Services
Together we decide where your organisation is heading and how it renews itself. We ask the sharp questions, help make the choices and turn ambition into a strategy your team understands and delivers.
A strategy is only as strong as its execution. We strengthen the organisation that has to deliver your growth, commercially and with the right partners.
Temporarily at the helm in a key role, or an independent voice on your board or advisory board.
About
Founder and strategic advisor
Maarten is a strategic sparring partner for CEOs, management teams and boards. He has more than fifteen years of experience in general management, strategy and innovation, and knows what it takes to keep an organisation on course for growth.
He has built new business units from the ground up, led innovation and change programmes, and headed multidisciplinary teams, both in the private sector and at the top of a large employers' organisation.
His strength is connecting the big picture with day-to-day reality. He asks the sharp questions, helps make the choices and turns ambition into a strategy that brings teams along and delivers results.
With Strivance he stands in the corner of ambitious entrepreneurs and leaders.
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Strivance is a strategic advisory firm based in the Antwerp region, Belgium. It is a sparring partner for entrepreneurs, management teams and boards, helping with strategy and innovation, growth and commercial strength, and with interim management and board roles.
Ambitious companies that want to grow: SMEs and family businesses, scale-ups, member organisations and federations. Entrepreneurs who want to hand over or sell their business also find a partner in Strivance to map out the way.
It starts with a no-obligation introduction. After that you receive a tailored proposal: a defined project, a coaching track, or an interim or board role.
Strivance combines the words strive and advance: keep striving and keep moving forward. The name is inspired by combat sports, where no one steps into the ring alone and there is always a team in your corner that watches and adjusts.
Contact
Tell us briefly where your company stands and where you want to go. You will hear back within two working days.