Leadership.
Beyond Borders.

Lift Your Cross-cultural Leadership Skills
to a Higher Flight Level

Even the best multicultural teams
face conflict and miscommunication.

Passage to Purpose helps you to navigate cross-cultural challenges with confidence.

By reducing friction and enhancing meaningful collaboration, you will reach new levels of purpose and performance.

Authentic. Transformational. Sustainable.

Struggling to lead effectively across cultures?

Cultural turbulences can challenge even the most experienced leaders, making decisions harder, relationships more complex, and your influence less effective.

I support leaders like you to navigate these challenges with confidence - developing the skills, clarity, and mindset needed to lead across cultures with impact.

Gain practical tools, personal insights, and strategies that empower you to thrive as a cross-cultural leader - without losing your focus or energy.

Take control of your leadership journey and
rise above cultural turbulences.

Matthias Holighaus
Executive Coach (PCC) &
Leadership Trainer

Two decades in leadership
15 years in Asia
Aviation industry background

Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts.
It is about one life influencing another!

John C. Maxwell

YOUR FLIGHT PLAN.
to Purposeful Leadership.

TAKEOFF - Identify the Challenges

Every successful journey starts with clarity. Together, we uncover the turbulence that is slowing you down - from misunderstandings and communication breakdowns to unresolved conflict.

CLIMB - Build Situational Awareness

Once airborne, it’s time to gain altitude. Together, we enhance situational and cultural awareness, utilizing practical tools to navigate differences and ensure smoother teamwork and reduced friction within your team.

CRUISE - Strengthen Leadership & Communication

At cruising altitude, stability and direction matter most. We work with leaders to refine communication, delegate effectively, and foster trust, creating a high-performance culture that can handle any challenge.

LANDING - Achieve Purpose, Unity & Sustainable Success

Every flight needs a safe landing. You and your team arrive with stronger collaboration, renewed clarity, and a shared sense of purpose - ready to deliver lasting results.

Did You Know?

What percentage of intercultural employees leave their jobs due to interpersonal problems?

49%

What percentage of intercultural employees leave their job within the first five years?

47%

What percentage of this is potentially avoidable?

71%

E.g. team conflicts, lack of adaptation to culture and language, lack of education, emotional problems...

What are the five main causes of employee turnover?

1. Lack of recognition
2. Lack of intellectual stimulation
3. Poor management
4. Lack of development opportunities
5. Lack of scope for independent work

* Source: peoplemattersglobal.com and World Evangelical Alliance

Partnering.
for Purposeful Leadership.

Analysis – We go beyond symptoms to treat the root cause. Our careful analysis helps us determine the best approach to ensure lasting improvement for your team.

Together – Together we develop new perspectives in caring for yourself and your employees.

Support – We’ll strengthen your back and help you take your leadership skills to the next level.

Sustainability – Our support is not a one-time thing! We will accompany you and support you in implementing the impulses in the long term.

Customer Feedback

As an organisation we had the recent privilege of working with an exceptional external coach Matthias Holighaus who played a vital role in helping us navigate a challenging crisis within our organization.
Through interviews with key stakeholders, he gained insights into the complexities of the situation and examined the events that led to the crisis. Matthias provided us with a comprehensive written situational analysis report which was shared with those involved and followed by a verbal presentation. This stimulated a fruitful discussion. His approach was insightful and thorough. His impartial perspective was invaluable in guiding us towards effective resolutions, and the recommendations he provided allowed us to reflect and strategise for the future direction in that specific situation of our organization. With his expertise and guidance, we have been able to overcome such a complex issue and gain perspective and hope. We are very grateful for his support and highly recommend ‘passage2purpose’ to any organization in need of strategic guidance for complex situations with conflicting views.

Matthias hat mich über viele Monate als Coach begleitet. Ich schätze besonders seine professionelle, empathische und mutmachende Art. Er hat in meinem Leben einen riesigen Unterschied gemacht. Er hat mich immer wieder reflektiert, mir genau die richtigen Fragen gestellt und mir geholfen, meine Probleme und Engpässe von verschiedenen Perspektiven zu betrachten und Lösungen zu finden. Klare Empfehlung!

I have known Matthias in a professional capacity for over 10 years. When I was considering a career change, Matthias provided coaching that enabled me to gain clarity regarding my required next steps in that process. This was a significant help for me for which I am very grateful to Matthias. He brings many years of coaching experience to his work with clients and is extremely gifted at helping them explore the decision making avenues they need to without pushing his own views onto them. His insights into the circumstances being explored are so helpful in helping clients to identify how they might best approach the matter being considered, enabling them to come to well worked through and considered decisions to take forward. I have no hesitation in recommending Matthias to anyone seeking coaching support as they seek to work through matters they are desiring to.

Ich kenne Matthias seit mehreren Jahren insbesondere aus gemeinsamen Netzwerktreffen und themenbezogenen Task Forces. Ich schätze Matthias als einen sehr professionellen Gesprächspartner im Bereich Beratung, Training und Coaching, der bereitwillig seinen fundierten und umfangreichen Wissens - und Erfahrungsschatz mit anderen teilt, um sie in ihrer Entwicklung - sei es als Individuum oder als Organisation – weiterzuentwickeln. Auffallend ist dabei die sehr konstruktive und unterstützende Art und Weise, mit der Matthias seine Kompetenzen zum Besten aller einbringt.