Trusted by investors and leadership teams across Europe.
Elite Leadership development, redefined.
A 6-month quest for seasoned leaders ready to confront their patterns under pressure and create the impact they truly want to have.
Leadership blind spots scale with the role.
Senior executives rarely stall for lack of talent.
They stall on the patterns they cannot see in themselves.
Engagement
70%
Driven by Leadership
Seventy percent of Employee Engagement is directly influenced by the quality of leadership (Gallup)
Performance
~2x
EBITDA
Organizations in the top quartile for Leadership Development generate double the EBITDA (McKinsey)
Executive Quest is a 6-month leadership journey for seasoned executives who have outgrown conventional development programs.
Two immersions in our Barcelona loft, each spread over 3 days, online follow-up in between, and a peer group of 8 to 12 leaders from different companies who hold each other to account.
Development at the depth seasoned leaders rarely reach
without stepping away from the business.
Over 6 months, 8 to 12 leaders from different companies work on what drives their behavior under pressure: their patterns under pressure, their impact on others, and the leadership their role now demands. Twice 3 days in the loft, everything else applied in their day-to-day role.
Two immersions (2 × 3 days) – in our Barcelona loft
360° Leadership Assessment – baseline, progress tracking, sponsor visibility
1:1 Executive Coaching (4 sessions) – applied to live business challenges
Peer Leadership Calls (4 sessions) – peer-to-peer support on goals
Alumni Network & Custom GPTs – ongoing strategic leverage
A 360° model of what you bring, and what takes over under pressure.
Five leadership families show how others experience your leadership. Three urges under pressure reveal what drives you when the stakes rise. The 360° sets your starting point; the Quest works on what it reveals.
Standing firm
Developing
Collaborating
Steering
Sensing
Executive Accelerator Timeline
Preselection, Alignment & 360° Baseline
Sponsor alignment, participant selection, and a 360° assessment of each leader. This phase establishes a clear baseline, from patterns under pressure to coaching goals, before the first immersion.
Immersion I – Leadership Under Pressure
Executives work on their patterns under pressure and how they show up when the stakes rise. Live feedback, individual and group work sharpen judgment, presence, and personal leadership impact.
Between Sessions – Coaching & Peer Calls
Six 1:1 coaching sessions and four peer leadership calls turn insight into new behaviors in the day-to-day role, with the cohort holding each other to account.
Immersion II – Executive Impact & Influence
Focus on authority, courageous conversations, and influence. Executives clarify their leadership stance, anchor what has shifted, and leave with a lasting network of peers.
Executive Outcomes & Transition
Final sessions support integration and transition into the On a Quest. executive network.
Behind the Quest
Founder & Program Lead
Founder of On a Quest. and architect of Executive Quest, Charles designs and leads every immersion, coaching session and peer call himself.
He has worked with executive teams from scale-ups to global groups across ten European countries.
ICF PCC, ORSC and Co-Active certified, he works in English, French and Spanish.
A Private Loft in the Heart of Barcelona
On a Quest. Loft, Poblenou, Barcelona.
Both immersions take place in a private 200 m² loft, reserved exclusively for the cohort.
The setting is deliberately unlike a corporate venue, designed for candour, concentration and depth.
Over the two immersions, participants work on their patterns under pressure, executive presence, courageous conversations and influence.
Central Barcelona, within easy reach of every major European hub.
Who You Should Sponsor
Eligibility
Founders, C-Levels, and senior VPs at scale-critical inflection points
Operating in fast-growing companies (200+ employees) or large corporates
Sponsored by Investors, Boards, or CEOs who expect a step change in how they lead
Identified as high-leverage leaders with disproportionate impact on enterprise value
Program Requirements
Full commitment to feedback, stretch, and real transformation
Maximum 2 participants per company to preserve cohort quality
Cohort size: 8 to 12 executives
Nominate a Leader for Executive Quest
For seasoned executives ready to face how they lead. 8 to 12 leaders per cohort, by application.
