Marina Bianconi · Executive Coaching | Sparring Partner
The higher you climb, the less people tell you the truth. I will. With a smile.
Former HR Director turned certified Master Coach, I offer leaders a space of trust without complacency: kind enough to speak the truth, demanding enough to challenge certainties, concrete enough to turn choices into action.
Sparring Partner · in English or French
My HR Director experience on the scales. You keep the final call.
I work with CEOs, heads of department and HR Directors on the human and business stakes of a decision or a project, for international groups based in France as well as companies abroad, by video or on site.
Transformation
Evolving a business without losing your people along the way.
Organisation and governance
Structuring, clarifying roles, building governance that holds.
Talent and managers
Growing your management lines, hiring, retaining.
Employer brand
Saying who you are, and living up to it every day.
Employee experience
Aligning what employees live with what the company promises.
Learning and development
Building programmes that serve the strategy.
AI and digital projects
Anticipating the impact on jobs and teams, and bringing people on board before rolling out.
High-stakes people decisions
Preparing a tough executive committee, a sensitive announcement, a decision that commits.
How we work
A first conversation, a scoping meeting, then a few focused working meetings, one to one or with your project team. Deliverables for the early phase if needed: stakeholder and risk mapping, an options paper, a board deck. At the end, the ball is in your court.
What you get
A sharper problem, blind spots spotted, clearer priorities. And a sturdier decision, tailored to your company's culture and ready to bring your teams on board.
What it is not
Not off-the-shelf consulting, not coaching, not handing over your project. Here I challenge: I bring my analysis, my experience and my recommendations, and you stay in charge.
Executive Coaching · currently in French
The answers come from you. I hold up the mirror.
A confidential space for senior leaders to step back, find their own answers and turn them into action, at their company's initiative or their own. Usually 6 to 12 sessions of 1.5 hours, under the ICF code of ethics. Sessions are currently held in French; the three-way meetings with an English-speaking manager can be held in English.
Why me
An HR career, from the inside
- Nearly 15 years as an HR Director at the leadership table, at Club Med then Magnicity.
- An international career: Asia-Pacific, then Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
- Certified Master Coach (Institut de Coaching International, Geneva) and ICF member.
My stance
Care personally, challenge directly.
In the spirit of Kim Scott's Radical Candor, with a Mediterranean smile. Kindness without high standards is just politeness; high standards without kindness are just pressure. Neither a doormat nor a porcupine.
The first conversation
Why not open a first door ?
One hour to stop the clock. Free, with no strings attached, by video or over a coffee in Paris.
You have a question