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I support leaders, executive committees, and management committees in moments when the current functioning is no longer working and a clear direction needs to be re-established: vision, decisions, cooperation.
Former HR Director at Microsoft/HP, 25 years of experience in complex transformations, reorganizations, and leadership structuring.
I intervene where it all comes down to: the foundational imbalance®, that moment when the collective must be realigned to build the future.
What I do:
– Diagnosis of the functioning of the management committee / executive committee
– Strategic review of vision, priorities, governance, rituals
– Strengthening cohesion, decision-making, and collective voice
– Structuring leadership and the leadership collective
– Facilitation of management committee seminars (1 to 2 days)
- Collective workshops for teams undergoing reorganization/legal redundancy/merger
– Management of sensitive transitions: departures, arrival of a CEO, hypergrowth, silent crisis, team overload, reorganizations, legal redundancy
My approach: clear-sighted, structuring, human, and tailor-made.
I do not offer comfort coaching. I support the moment when refounding is necessary, not reassuring.
Examples of assignments:
- Support for the Management Committee on culture, engagement, and managerial posture
- Individual coaching for leaders and managers during transition periods
- Facilitation of a seminar during a restructuring phase (30 people)
- Facilitation of a seminar during a commercial & relational crisis (90 people)
To learn more:
French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km), Biarritz (up to 20km)
Experience
- Santilae ConseilHR Consulting & Coaching - FounderHUMAN RESOURCESSeptember 2015 - Today (10 years and 9 months)Paris, FranceFormer HR Director – 25 years of experience in transformations and human dynamics.I help leaders, organizations, and individuals transform their imbalance into a foundational moment: a clearer direction, coherent decisions, a fairer path.For 10 years, I have been intervening where stories are rewritten:• reorganizations, legal redundancies, mergers• hypergrowth and team tensions• Management committees/Executive committees seeking alignment• professional transitions and moments of uncertaintyMy approach is entirely tailor-made: a blend of HR consulting, narrative coaching, and a keen understanding of individual and collective dynamics.My role: to clarify what is shaky, make the stakes visible, restore meaning, and support decisions that stand the test of time.Support for organizations:– Management Committee/Executive Committee Coaching– Team Seminars– Alignment of vision–framework–decisions– Support for leadership teamsSupport for individuals:– Pause and Reflect (1 session)– The Next Chapter (6 weeks)Interventions throughout France, in person and remotely.
- MicrosoftDirector of Recruitment France / HR ManagerTECHNovember 2006 - June 2015 (8 years and 8 months)Issy-les-Moulineaux, France2011-2015: Responsible for all recruitment activities, internal mobility, school relations, and employer branding for Microsoft in France – Approximately 700 recruitments per year – Management of a team of 16 people2006-2011: Responsible for HR for France in the sales and marketing divisions – 500 people – 7 entities (key accounts, SMEs, Marketing, Consumer, Online...) – Management of a team of 4 people•
- Hewlett PackardHR ManagerTECHJuly 1999 - October 2006 (7 years and 4 months)Les Ulis, France2002-2006: Within a European HR team, reporting to the European HR Director, HR Manager for France for HP's support functions: Finance, Human Resources, Marketing, R&D, and European HR Manager for the "Networking" division1999-2002: Responsible for all recruitments for the HP France sales entity (approximately 1000 people)
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Education
- Master 2 in Human Resources and PsychologyEcole des Psychologues Praticiens / Psycho Prat
- CESA Executive CoachingHEC
Certifications
- Everything DISCDyscernis2019