


DiscernYard
DiscernYard is about helping leaders to sense, think, act and learn to ensure the long term sustainability of their businesses.
It's also, for me, the right time to share 25 successful years of observations, experiences and practice in a corporate international environment.
Sharing experiences and knowledge means an ability to :
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engage large scale organizations through changes
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influence diversified international corporate cultures
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grow talents and teams to create value
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manage successful CEO & Board members' transitions
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develop C-suite and teams' engagement
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Contact :
+ 32.477.700.488
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Pourquoi DiscernYard ?
L'idée de DiscernYard est née à partir de vingt- cinq années d'observations, d'expériences et de pratiques en entreprises internationales. C'est aussi pour moi le moment de partager.
Dans un monde digitalisé en profonde accélération, la compétence humaine différenciatrice sera de développer, à titre individuel et collectif, le champs du discernement, d'où DiscernYard.
Why Discernyard ?
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DiscernYard was born through 25 years of observations, experiences and practice in a corporate international environment. It was also the right time for me to share.
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In a fast paced digitalized world in profound, acceleration, the differentiating competence will be the unique ability to develop, individually and collectively, the field of discernment. This is the reason behind the creation of DiscernYard.
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Motivational
Speaker
I can animate, set-up the content of your conference, give motivational talks about
Corporate Culture, Change management, Leadership
engagement & motivation,
Corporate Social
Responsability,
and of course Discernement...
COUNSELLING
&
Career adviser
Looking for a sparring partner role, a sounding board ensuring that culture and people become fully
"part of" and "not next to"
your strategy
Questions about your career move, your next step...
Let's sense, think, act and learn together...
Leadership and Corporate Social
Responsibility
Corporate Social Responsibility activities bridged to your leadership development curriculum, linking
people development and sense of purpose
Crisis management
I can support you and your team to set-up your crisis preparedness plan
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Set up your crisis team
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Simulate and learn from an exercice
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Bridge crisis management with leadership capabilities
EXPERIENCE
2008-2017
Executive
Vice-President
Excom member

UCB - biopharma - Belgium - UCB.com
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Change management program called «Patient Value Strategy»,
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New employer branding
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CEO transition and ambitious talent engagement programs
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Launch of UCB's Corporate Societal responsibility strategy
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New Corporate Communication strategy
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«Shared UCB»: cultural program leading to engagement
results above norm (Kenexa survey),
2000-2007
Vice-President
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals - Human Resources and Communication (Vaccines division)
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Implementation of company change program in fully integrated and international division.
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Driving cultural change in a fast growing and highly competitive environment (internal growth and acquisitions)
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Developed a new leadership model for managers. (Score / Daisy)
GlaxoSmithKline France - Vice President Human Resources
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Implementation of Glaxo-Welcome and SmithKline-Beecham merger. Set-up new organisations, structure, employee status and social plan.
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Implementation of a new people development program and GSK culture. “Energence”
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Novartis Pharma France - Human Resources Executive Director
Pharmaceutical operations –
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Driven all HR matters during Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz merger
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Set-up of new organizations, structure, employee status and restructuring plans
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Deploy new people development programs for management team. Cultural program deployed (“Trajectoires”)
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1996-2000
Director


EDUCATION
1989-1990
Master's Degree

Management School - Master in Human Resources
Major of the promotion
1983 - 19987
Institut D'études Politiques
Institut d'Etudes Politiques - Sciences-Po
Strasbourg
Service Public

CAPABILITIES

CHANGE Management
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An ability to support organization and teams going trough changes
CULTURE Management
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Managing proactively your culture as "part of" and "not next to" your strategy
ORGANIZATION effectiveness
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Let organizations breath with the strategy and make the necessary changes
TALENT management & succession planning
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Set-up the right framework for talent management
Leadership & Corporate Social Responsability
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Link directly talent development to your CSR strategy to grow your top leaders
CRISIS management
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Help you to set-up your crisis management strategy and implementation plan