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Joséphine DésertJD

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About Joséphine

I help organizations strengthen their leadership, talent management, and people strategies during periods of growth, transformation, or change. With over 15 years of international HR experience experience across the private sector and international organizations, I work closely with executives, HR teams, and managers to design practical, people-centered solutions that improve performance, engagement, and long-term sustainability.

My expertise covers leadership development, talent reviews and succession planning, performance management, organizational culture, and change management. I am particularly effective in complex, multicultural environments, where clarity, trust, and alignment are critical.

What differentiates me is my ability to combine strategic thinking with hands-on delivery. I translate business priorities into actionable HR initiatives and support leaders in making informed people decisions, while ensuring solutions are realistic, scalable, and aligned with organizational values.

I typically support clients on projects such as:

- Design and facilitation of leadership and management workshops

- Talent reviews, succession planning, and career frameworks

- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion intiatives ans roadmaps

- Performance management redesign and feedback culture initiatives

- Change management support and HR transformation projects

- Advisory support to HR teams and senior leaders

- Team workshops and Internal academies design and facilitation

- Design and facilitation of intercultural training programmes, helping leaders and teams collaborate effectively within multicultural and international teams

I value collaboration, integrity, and pragmatic execution, and I enjoy working on meaningful projects that help organizations and people grow together.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Spanish

    Native or bilingual

  • Italian

    Native or bilingual

  • German

    Conversational

  • Arabic

    Basic

  • Russian

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Annecy (up to 30km)

Experience

  • World Food Programme - United Nations
    Regional Head of Talent Management
    March 2022 - March 2024 (2 years)
    Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
    - Piloting Talent Management solutions in the Region (Talent identification and succession planning)
    - Driving Leadership skills development strategy in the region
    - Establishing Learning & Development strategy and perform Learning Needs Analysis (LNA) in countries to establish Country annual learning plan
    - Supporting countries to enable culture shifts and improve workplace culture
    - Driving HR strategy implementation in the region with focus on Leadership development
    - Partnering with Country offices to develop an HR Roadmap
    - Starting a Disability inclusion program for the region
    - Supporting countries in Organizational Alignment exercises (design & implementation)
    - Managing a large budget (3,7M) to accelerate implementation of the People Policy in all countries
  • Schlumberger
    Head of SWP, Talent Management Strategy & HR Data Analytics
    ENERGY AND UTILITIES
    August 2019 - September 2021 (2 years and 1 month)
    Paris, France
    - Strategic Workforce Planning for Regions, Product Lines and Functions (5-10 years)
    - High Value Flagging Process Product Owner
    - Talent Management & Performance Management Process and Strategy revamp
    - Succession Planning for Leadership positions
    - Global Top Tiers and Top Talents review
    - HR Digital Transformation
    - People Health Dashboard: HR Metrics dashboard (PowerBI) to support SWP
    - Tools and Data analytics dashboards to support Talent Management processes and Strategic Workforce Planning
    - Talent Management Trainings to Managers and HR


    (Managing a team of 7)
  • Schlumberger
    Talent Management & Staffing of a Product Line
    ENERGY AND UTILITIES
    April 2017 - July 2019 (2 years and 3 months)
    Paris, France
    Talent Management, Staffing & Training for Wireline Product Line (9.000 employees)
    - International Career Management for Managers, Staffing
    - Internal Leadership trainings organization and delivery
    - Line Managers coaching in leadership skills
    - High Potentials Program and Succession Planning
    - HR Performance Management and Continuous Improvement Projects
    - HR Analysis, Compensation line driving


    (Managing a team of 14)

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Education

  • Masters Degree
    ISIT (Institute of Intercultural Management and Communication)
    2010
    Masters Degree
  • Classe
    Préparatoire Littéraire
    2007
    Classe

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