Workshops & retreats

Aligning teams towards a new vision

For what purpose?

Culture Change
Leadership Behaviors
Communication Skills
Emotional Intelligence
New Manager, How Do I “Manage”?
Influencing & Personal Impact
Effective Relationships
Coaching Skills for Managers
Individual and Team 360° Feedback Processes and Follow-up Facilitation
Conflict Resolution

How do I work?

I design and facilitate ad hoc off-site retreats aimed at aligning boards and other senior teams around a new vision – and supporting them to embed the new vision in their organizations.

I help team members connect the dots and reach a higher level of collective mindfulness and self-awareness, so they can increase their impact and grow collectively as leaders.

I also design and facilitate workshops to develop leadership behaviors or emotional intelligence amongst managers or other leaders in your organization, to improve communication or relationships within a particular team or across your organization, or to help your most talented people become effective “people developers” themselves. These are just a few examples of experiential “group learning events” that we can create together.

For workshops and retreats, I use a four-step approach to structure our work together: diagnostics; design; delivery; and review.

Design principles for group programs

I always take a “coach-like” facilitation approach, which supports groups of people to feel empowered and responsible for their own process:

I help organizations establish a “common language” and a culture in which people can better communicate and learn from each other.
I take an action-oriented approach to create learning in “real life”. For example, training participants will need to implement their learnings in their work environment as part of the program.
I provide inspiring and relevant learnings through a combination of diagnostic tools, theory, the best methodologies – and real workplace experience.
I offer active follow-up, including individual coaching or further group sessions, to embed learnings in real life and improve the sustainability of key learnings.

Interested? Contact me to discuss your needs or your project.

What they say about me

Peter S.

Retired Global Brand Director

Type: Individual coaching, Workshops and retreats, Leadership
Consumer goods sector
Place: New Jersey, USA

I have been a colleague and good friend of Véronique for twenty years now. Véronique has always possessed a unique talent for strategic thinking, drilling down into the issue at hand and then identifying various solutions, all while building and strengthening a brand's image. She tackles issues and business building with a sense of constructive dissatisfaction, always looking to achieve excellence in her outcomes. While a great planner who's a collaborative, energizing team builder, she considers innovative and practical angles to problem solving, ensuring the input of all stakeholders and managing the politics along the way with aplomb. Her voice, thoughtfulness and leadership commands the respect of everyone at all levels of an organization. Véronique is one of the best examples I can think of after working in the corporate world for 33 years, as someone who truly manages with head, heart and hands with a great sense of humor! She's been a valuable mentor and coach to many junior talent, as well as some of her peers, who've gone on to achieve big success. She's always been a trusted advisor to her supervisors, providing unvarnished feedback regarding people and organizational development, as well as the business. Now embarking on her post-corporate life, there's no doubt in my mind that Véronique's passion for inspiring people to find their own voices, strengthening their leadership abilities and building their own "brand" is now her true calling in life!