Our Story

After nearly 30 years of working with global organizations—helping them tackle everything from strategy to execution—one thing became painfully clear: consulting is broken. Too often, clients get stuck with cookie-cutter solutions, bloated teams, and sky-high invoices that don’t deliver real, lasting impact. We knew there had to be a better way.

That’s why we started Elixive—a consulting firm built to challenge the status quo and actually serve clients the way they deserve: with honesty, creativity, and practical solutions that work in the real world.

The name Elixive comes from the idea of an elixir—something powerful and transformative that gets to the root of a problem and creates real change. But there's more to it. It’s also inspired by the word "alive"—because real leadership, real change, should feel energizing, purposeful, and human.

When we put those ideas together—elixir and alive—we get something that reflects how we approach consulting:

• Not surface-level fixes, but deep, meaningful transformation.
• Not lifeless reports or presentations, but ideas that breathe life into organizations.
• Not theory for theory’s sake, but solutions that actually work.

In a way, Elixive stands for the belief that leadership itself is a kind of alchemy—the ability to turn challenges into opportunities, to inspire people to grow, and to transform uncertainty into clarity and action.

So when we say we focus on aligning strategy with execution, reshaping leadership, redesigning broken processes, or guiding organizations through change, we’re talking about creating something that lasts—something alive with purpose and impact.

Because to us, real consulting should leave people and organizations better, stronger, and more energized than they were before.

 If you’ve ever worked with a BIG consulting firm, you probably know the story:

• A revolving door of junior consultants—great at making slides, but not so great at solving real problems.
• Recommendations that look impressive on paper, but don’t work in the real world—so they sit on a shelf, gathering dust.
• Endless complexity, endless hours billed—when all you really needed was clarity, focus, and action.
• And let’s not forget: conflicts of interest—solutions designed to keep you needing more consultants, not to make you independent.

At Elixive, we do things differently—because we’ve been in your shoes, and we know what actually moves the needle:

• Real expertise: You work with senior leaders who’ve led complex transformations—not junior teams learning on your time.
• Practical, actionable solutions: Built to fit your culture, not some generic playbook.
• No fluff, no hidden agendas: We’re here to solve problems, not to embed ourselves forever.
• Co-creation, nothing generic: We work with you, so solutions stick and momentum lasts.

Because at the end of the day, you deserve consulting that delivers real value—not just pretty decks and big invoices.