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William Marques

Coach & Leadership Management Consultant | Ex-COO

€1,500/day
Marseille, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About William

A management committee doesn't lack intelligence. It often lacks alignment, decision-making clarity, and shared accountability.

After ten years as Chief Operating Officer in growing and transforming environments, I now support leaders, managers, and executive committees in structuring their leadership and strengthening their collective performance.

I intervene particularly when:

• Debates are rich but decisions are not fully embraced
• The leader becomes the permanent point of arbitration
• Tensions remain implicit and slow down execution
• The strategic vision is not clearly translated into action
• Growth generates more complexity than fluidity

My work is to secure the functioning of the leadership team.

I combine executive coaching, management committee seminars, and managerial structuring. My approach is based on the Process Communication Model (PCM), clarifying roles and responsibilities, analyzing decision-making circuits, and implementing governance rituals adapted to the organization's maturity level.

The goal is not to run a seminar.
The goal is to create the conditions for a management committee to function as a true decision-making, alignment, and execution body.

Observable results:

• Clearer and better-embraced decisions
• Responsibilities genuinely distributed
• Reduction in the leader's systematic arbitration
• Improved quality of exchanges and feedback
• Reinforced coherence between strategy and execution

I work in French and English, with scale-ups, SMEs, and large groups.

Formats: Management committee support (seminar + follow-up), individual executive coaching, managerial pathways, and operational consulting missions of 3 to 6 months.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Marseille (up to 50km), Paris (up to 50km), Lyon (up to 50km), Nice (up to 50km), Toulouse (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Erborian
    International Seminar – Self-Esteem & Communication (Erborian)
    LUXURY GOODS
    April 2025 - April 2025
    Facilitation of a large-scale seminar for Erborian's international team (130 employees), in the context of developing corporate culture and cohesion. The objective: to strengthen self-esteem, self-awareness, and communication quality, serving a more aligned, confident, and collaborative collective.

    🎯 Objectives:

    Provide a space for self-reconnection in a supportive and stimulating environment
    Foster a better understanding of one's own strengths and those of others
    Improve communication and interpersonal relationships
    Strengthen team cohesion around common values

    đź’ˇ The seminar, conducted in English, alternated inspiring sessions, experiential workshops, guided introspection moments, and small group discussions to allow everyone to explore their own posture, know themselves better, and interact more fluidly within the organization.

    ✔️ Results:

    Deep and authentic exchanges between employees
    Better mutual understanding and more benevolence in interactions
    Strengthened collective dynamic around trust and commitment
    Team Management Team Cohesion Group Cohesion Professional Coaching Workshop Facilitation
  • Confidentiel
    Director Support – Leadership & Crisis Management
    CIVIC AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS
    January 2025 - April 2025 (3 months)
    Individual support for an association director facing a tense situation, involving overload of responsibilities, internal crisis, staff departures, and team tensions. Objective: to enable her to regain a stable leadership posture, gain perspective on emotional challenges, and calmly lead her organization.

    🎯 Objectives:

    Strengthen her leadership and managerial posture in a turbulent context
    Manage the crisis with perspective and clarity, without burning out
    Set clear boundaries for her team while maintaining healthy communication
    Regain confidence in her legitimacy and decisions

    đź’ˇ The support combined work on emotions, role clarification, systemic analysis of the organization, and implementation of governance rituals. Tools such as Process Com, assertive communication, strategic prioritization, and managing high-tension relationships were used.

    ✔️ Results:

    A more assertive, clearer, and calmer posture
    Better management of pressure and crisis situations
    A more peaceful team climate and a refocus on priority missions
    Individual Coaching Process Communication Model Leadership Development Team Management Leadership and Team Management
  • Confidentiel
    Experiential Seminar – Leadership & Management through Oenology
    LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN
    December 2024 - December 2024
    Design and facilitation of a 2-day seminar for a management team, combining professional coaching and oenology experiences. The objective: to work on leadership and management postures in a playful, sensory, and grounded manner.

    🍷 Through guided tastings, sensory analysis workshops, and parallels between wine, personality, and managerial posture, participants were invited to explore their operating modes, refine their listening skills, adjust their posture, and reconnect with how they embody their role.

    🎯 Objectives:

    Develop more conscious and embodied leadership
    Strengthen team cohesion and trust
    Break away from the classic framework to foster lasting awareness
    Create bridges between personal soft skills and professional posture

    đź’ˇ This immersive seminar combined sensory experience, collective intelligence, and coaching in an environment conducive to letting go and transformation.
    Professional Coaching Agile Team Coaching Individual Coaching Leadership Development Workshop Facilitation

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Education

  • Professional Coaching - Practitioner Coach
    INSTITUT MAIEUTIS
    2023
    Formation au Coaching Professionnel - Coach Praticien
  • Professional Coaching - Technician Coach
    INSTITUT MAIEUTIS
    2023
    Formation au Coaching Professionnel - Coach Technicien

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