Executive Hitchhiking

Movement changes more than the view. It creates distance from the routines, language, and expectations of the working day. That distance can make room for reflection, a different question, or a perspective that was harder to see while sitting behind a desk.

Executive Hitchhiking is coaching in motion.

The idea grew from a simple observation: executives already spend a considerable amount of time travelling. That time is often filled with calls, email, documents, and more work. It can also become something else: uninterrupted time to think.

The vehicle is not the point. The movement, the temporary distance, and the conversation are.

The name The Hubler is inspired by Ludovic Hubler, who hitchhiked around the world for five years through curiosity, trust, and adaptability.

That became a useful image for how I see coaching. I join you for part of the route, but I do not take the wheel.

Sometimes that route is metaphorical. Executive Hitchhiking makes it literal.

The conversation may concern a strategic decision, a transition, an Executive team, organizational change, a difficult relationship, or something that is still difficult to put into words. The setting changes, but the work remains grounded in the reality you are navigating.

In the Netherlands, Executive Hitchhiking can take place in a chauffeur-driven executive vehicle. The chauffeur takes care of the road. We use the journey as a private space for conversation, reflection, and perspective. The route itself is secondary. What matters is the uninterrupted time and the temporary distance from the usual environment.

Executive Hitchhiking can also take place during suitable travel already arranged by you or your organization.

That may include:

• rail travel;
• travel between offices or locations;
• private aviation;
• travel to or from an offsite, retreat, or important leadership event.

Travel does not always have to become more working time. It can also become reflection time.

Sometimes the simplest form of movement is enough.

A conversation while walking can change the pace and orientation of the coaching. Walking side by side can create a different dynamic from sitting opposite one another in a room.

Executive Hitchhiking is not a separate coaching methodology.

It can form part of:

• Executive Coaching;
• Intelligent Leadership Executive Coaching;
• an extended coaching session;
• a half-day or full-day reflection;
• a significant transition, decision, or leadership moment.

The right setting depends on what would genuinely add value.

The first step is not to choose a vehicle or route. It is to understand what you are navigating and whether coaching in motion would create the right conditions for the conversation.