Executive advisory for C-suite leaders and business owners.
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I work with C-Suite Executives and Business Owners to help you sharpen your judgment, lead more effectively, and significantly improve your business performance.
Meet Lisa
Lisa Christen
Executive Advisor
Lisa Christen is an internationally recognized Executive Advisor. For over a decade, she has worked with senior leaders across Europe, the Middle East, and the US, and today advises a select number of C-Suite leaders and executive teams through long-term advisory relationships. Her work is grounded in the neuroscience of high performance and focuses on the patterns and decisions that separate those who deliver under pressure from those who falter.
Spear's named her a Best Performance Coach of 2026. She is a Professional Fellow of the Institute of Coaching at McLean, Harvard Medical School, and a member of the invitation-only Forbes Coaches Council, and she lectures at the University of St. Gallen and speaks at leadership events worldwide, including in Davos during the World Economic Forum.
Before her advisory practice, Lisa held roles at Sony, AIG, and the U.S. Department of Defense, and she holds an MBA. Her writing has appeared in Forbes, CNN Money, and Thrive Global, and elsewhere.
Originally from New York, Lisa now calls Zug, Switzerland home. She enjoys balancing her work life with her home life, including coming home to a loving husband, two inspiring young daughters, neon running shoes, and an overflowing bookshelf.
2026 Best Performance Coach
Professional Fellow McLean / Harvard Medical School
Member, Forbes Coaches Council
Lecturer University of St. Gallen
Speaker in Davos during WEF
Outcomes
What changes over time
01
You thrive in uncertainty.
When things are uncertain, you keep moving while others wait, and you see the openings they miss.
02
You stay steady under pressure.
When the stakes are highest, you keep a clear head, and you hold that level over the long run.
03
You become more influential.
You get your point across and move people to action, with or without the formal authority to rely on.
04
You decide, and you move.
When the right answer isn't obvious, you decide and commit, instead of turning it over in your head for weeks.
05
You navigate the politics.
You see the real power and what's going unsaid, and you move through it without losing the room or yourself.
06
Your team steps up.
The people around you take more on, decide more for themselves, and need you in the room less.
In their own words
What clients say
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Niels Geduldig
Business and Innovation Executive, Siemens
(Former SVP, Building Products, Siemens)
Lisa has a rare ability to combine empathy with the courage to challenge us as leaders when it matters. Within a year, we achieved double-digit growth and a 20% cost reduction while significantly improving employee engagement. We couldn't have done this without her.
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Dr. Eric Hughes
EVP, Global R&D & Chief Medical Officer, Teva
(Former Global Development Unit Head, Novartis)
Lisa Christen is unlike any other Executive Coach out there. Lisa always finds a way to help me push beyond my comfort zone and she's helped me to achieve results far beyond what I imagined could have been possible.
GM
Geraldine Matthews
Former COO, The Kusnacht Practice
If you're looking for a partner who can unlock what's really holding your leadership team back, Lisa Christen is the one to call. Lisa worked with our team for over 5 years and several strategic retreats. Lisa doesn't just add value: she has transformed our trajectory, we couldn't have done it without her!
Working together
Long-term advisory
Individual
1:1 Executive Advisory
A long-term partnership with you alone. Lisa helps you sharpen your judgment and stay at your best through the decisions that carry the most weight.
A long-term partnership with you and your leadership team. Lisa works across the whole leadership system, so a group of strong individuals operates as one.
Executive advisory is a long-term partnership that helps a leader sharpen their judgment, lead more effectively, and improve business performance. Engagements start at twelve months. Lisa stays actively involved by being present at the meetings where real decisions get made, helping you prepare for big events like Board Meetings or keynotes, and stays a direct line when important topics come up.
What's the difference between an executive advisor and an executive coach?
Coaching helps you reach your own answers through skilled questioning. Advisory includes that and adds direct counsel: Lisa gives you her read on the decision in front of you and stays a resource when you need one. She has been advising senior leaders for over a decade.
What makes the change last?
Lasting change comes from working at the root of what's holding you back, not from a one-off intervention. Lisa's perspective stays with you across the year as new habits get practiced on real situations, so when a challenge arises you have what you need to meet it.
How long is an engagement?
The deepest and most lasting growth comes from a real relationship over time. As Lisa comes to know you and your world, the work goes further and faster, and the results build on each other. In practice, engagements start at twelve months and often run well beyond.
Do you also work with leadership teams?
Yes. Alongside one-to-one advisory, Lisa works with a leader and their whole leadership team as one system, so a group of strong individuals operates as one. Team engagements run over the same long-term horizon, starting at twelve months.
Working together
Lisa takes on a small number of leaders at a time. Every engagement begins with a conversation.
