Pride ERG Programme

Your LGBTQ+ talent
deserves more than
a safe space.

They deserve the tools to thrive — at work, in relationships, and in life. A programme built on Neuro Pathway Mapping™, designed specifically for LGBTQ+ professionals.

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The Programme at a Glance

Format 4 half-day sessions + weekly group coaching

Commitment 10–12 hours per month

Group Size Up to 9 per cohort (10+ split into two)

Duration Delivered over 2–3 months

Languages English and Dutch

Location Netherlands · Virtual worldwide

THE GAP

Inclusion has improved.
The glass ceiling hasn't.

"LGBTQ+ professionals often carry a conflict between their identity and how they lead — and it follows them everywhere."

Years of adapting, hiding, and performing leave patterns that don't disappear when the workplace becomes safer. They show up in how people communicate, how they ask for what they need, and how they lead.

High-achievers who second-guess themselves in leadership conversations

Talented people who people-please rather than advocate for themselves

Professionals who perform confidence but feel disconnected from their own authority

LGBTQ+ employees who are out — but not fully themselves — at work

Managers who struggle to build genuine trust with their teams

the program

Four sessions.
One clear arc.

Built around Neuro Pathway Mapping™, a methodology that maps the relational wiring people built under pressure, and gives them practical tools to rewire it.

01

VIRTUAL

How You Were Wired

Introduction to Neuro Pathway Mapping™. Participants discover the relational patterns built during years of adapting — and why those patterns still run the show today.

02

IN-PERSON

Your Relationship Archetypes

Participants map their dominant relational archetypes and leave with a clear personalised framework for how they should up, and ho to shift when needed. This is the natural gateway to coaching.

03

VIRTUAL

EQ in Relationships

Emotional intelligence applied to the relational nervous system. Not "manager your emotions", but understand the relational patterns you bring into every room, and learn to shift them.

04

IN-PERSON · CLOSING SESSION

Lead from your Core

Participants bring together everything from the programme to define their leadership identity — their values, their patterns, their authority. They leave with a clear personal framework and a natural next step into individual coaching.

01

IN-PERSON · OPENING SESSION

How You Were Wired

Introduction to Neuro Pathway Mapping™. Participants discover the relational patterns built during years of adapting — and why those patterns still run the show today.

02

VIRTUAL

Needing, Wanting, Welcoming

How to ask for what you need from a manager, a colleague, a team. The difference between needing, wanting and welcoming, and why it changes every professional relationship.

03

VIRTUAL

EQ in Relationships

Emotional intelligence applied to the relational nervous system. Not "manager your emotions", but understand the relational patterns you bring into every room, and learn to shift them.

04

IN-PERSON · CLOSING SESSION

Your Relationship Archetypes

Participants map their dominant relational archetypes and leave with a clear personalised framework for how they should up, and ho to shift when needed. This is the natural gateway to coaching.

INvestment

Choose Your Level
Of Commitment

All programs begin with a free 20-minute discovery call. Prices in EUR, ex-VAT is a Paragraph Font

tier 1

Workshops Only

€4,000

4 x half-day workshop sessions
2 in-person + 2 virtual delivery
8–15 participants per cohort
Reflective tools included
90-min virtual integration call
Available in English and Dutch

tier 3

Full Program

€4,000 + €2400 pp

Everything in Tier 1
8 x 60-min individual coaching sessions
Mix of in-person + virtual coaching
NPM™ diagnostic and methodology
Personalised transformation plan
WhatsApp support between sessions
Exclusive tools beyond group programme
Up to 4 individuals coached per site visit

tier 2

Workshops & Light Coaching

€4,000 + €1000 pp

Everything in Tier 1
3 x 60-min individual coaching sessions
1 mid-programme, 1 at close
Company selects sponsored participants
Ideal for high-potential talent

Travel within 75 km of Helmond (Noord Brabant) is included in the programme fee. Beyond 75 km, travel is invoiced separately at standard km rate. Overnight accommodation required when the day begins before 10:00 — covered by the client. Fully virtual delivery available for teams outside the Netherlands at the same programme rates.

how it works

Designed Around Your Team

In-Person Sessions

Delivered at your premises

Sessions 2 and 4

Half-day format (approx. 3–4 hours)

Travel within 75 km of Helmond included

Accommodation covered by client if before 10:00 start

Virtual Sessions

Sessions 2 and 3 delivered online

Zoom, Teams or Google Meet

Same depth and quality as in-person

Fully virtual delivery available for all sessions

Available worldwide

On-Site Coaching Day

Up to 4 individuals coached per visit

Sessions last 60-90 minutes per person

Delivered at your premises

Coaching day starts at 11 am

Start With a Free Talk

"Beyond the Peach and Eggplant"

45–60 min keynote for your ERG group

Identity, belonging and showing up whole

No commitment required

Virtual or in-person

01

IN-PERSON · OPENING SESSION

How You Were Wired

Introduction to Neuro Pathway Mapping™. Participants discover the relational patterns built during years of adapting — and why those patterns still run the show today.

02

VIRTUAL

Needing, Wanting, Welcoming

How to ask for what you need from a manager, a colleague, a team. The difference between needing, wanting and welcoming, and why it changes every professional relationship.

03

VIRTUAL

EQ in Relationships

Emotional intelligence applied to the relational nervous system. Not "manager your emotions", but understand the relational patterns you bring into every room, and learn to shift them.

04

IN-PERSON · CLOSING SESSION

Your Relationship Archetypes

Participants map their dominant relational archetypes and leave with a clear personalised framework for how they should up, and ho to shift when needed. This is the natural gateway to coaching.

About markus

I've spent 18 years
understanding what
holds people back.

I'm a relationship and identity coach based in Noord-Brabant, working with LGBTQ+ professionals across the Netherlands and internationally. My work sits at the intersection of neuroscience, emotional intelligence, and the lived experience of growing up queer in a world that asked you to be someone else.

I developed Neuro Pathway Mapping™ after years of watching high-achieving people repeat the same relational patterns — at work and at home. The methodology maps the neural wiring built under pressure, and gives people practical tools to shift it.

I bring this work into organisations as a programme, a workshop, or a keynote talk — always in service of the same goal: helping LGBTQ+ professionals show up more fully, relate more honestly, and lead with more authority.