Our Flagship Offering: Our systemic leadership intervention
When a CEO is under pressure, an executive team becomes fragmented, a transformation loses momentum or a Board needs to protect a value creation plan, the challenge is rarely about one individual.
More often, it stems from a lack of alignment between governance, leadership, decision-making and execution.
SBT Leadership Shift™
s a confidential intervention designed to address complex leadership situations. Activated following an initial diagnostic, it coordinates the programmes, expertise and decisions required to restore alignment and regain execution momentum.
Working from a single roadmap, we mobilise the capabilities best suited to the situation and oversee their implementation, enabling organisations to regain clarity, make better decisions and restore effective execution.
Led by a senior collective operating in direct partnership with CEOs, Boards and investors.
Two Activation Contexts
Executive: Stabilise the CEO and executive team, clarify key decisions and restore execution momentum.
Investors & Boards: Strengthen the Board–CEO relationship, assess leadership and organisational risks, and protect the value creation plan.
What the Shift Delivers
Following an initial diagnostic, the SBT Leadership Shift™ produces:
One Roadmap. One Governance. One Execution Framework.
The SBT Leadership Shift™ enables multiple SBT programmes and capabilities to be coordinated within a single roadmap, supported by unified governance, shared objectives and a single point of leadership.
Diagnose. Prioritise. Coordinate. Execute.
The SBT Leadership Shift™ is neither a standalone coaching programme, an alignment workshop nor a traditional advisory engagement.
It is activated when a situation requires multiple interventions to be coordinated simultaneously across governance, leadership, executive teams, succession, human capital and transformation.
Its role is to bring these interventions together within a single roadmap, a unified governance structure and a clear execution framework.
Following an initial diagnostic, we identify the underlying issues, define priorities, clarify critical decisions and mobilise the programmes and experts best suited to the situation.
Two Activation Contexts
Executive
Stabilise the CEO and executive team, clarify key decisions and restore execution momentum.
Investors & Boards
Strengthen the Board–CEO relationship, identify leadership, organisational and execution risks, and protect the value creation plan.
Expertise Mobilised Around the Situation
The Shift draws on a complementary group of senior experts who can be engaged individually or coordinated as part of a broader intervention.
Depending on the situation, this may include executive search professionals, former executives, governance specialists, leadership advisors, executive coaches and sector experts working together within a single framework and a shared set of objectives.
Leviers activés selon les situations
Nous ne remplaçons pas l’équipe dirigeante. Nous sécurisons les règles du jeu, les arbitrages et le pilotage pour remettre l’organisation en capacité de décider et d’exécuter.
Ce que le Shift™ produit (socle commun)
Pourquoi cette approche est différente
La plupart des interventions traitent un symptôme isolé : un leader, une équipe, un processus, un conflit.
Le Shift™ traite le système dans lequel ces symptômes apparaissent, en partant du facteur humain: leadership, dynamique collective, transitions et dépendances.
Cela permet de :
éviter les interventions “propres” mais sans effet durable,
reconnecter leadership, gouvernance et exécution,
produire des résultats visibles en 30–90 jours sans lancer une refonte lourde.
Le dispositif est modulaire : nous activons uniquement les dimensions utiles au contexte, sans imposer un schéma standard.
Restore decision-making and execution across the executive team (30–90 days).
Executive Shift™
Restore alignment, decision-making and execution across the executive team (30–90 days).
This activation is designed for situations where the effectiveness of the leadership team begins to deteriorate at the top of the organisation: decisions go in circles, critical trade-offs are avoided, escalation paths become unclear, responsibilities overlap, cross-functional tensions increase, momentum slows and execution stalls.
Deployment (30–90 Days)
Following an initial diagnostic, we develop a focused action plan identifying priorities, quick wins and critical decisions. We then activate the most relevant SBT programmes and expertise across leadership, executive team effectiveness, decision-making, human capital and leadership transitions, supported by close governance and disciplined execution oversight.
What You Gain
Clear decision-making principles and governance rules
Resolved priorities and critical trade-offs
A sustainable operating rhythm for the leadership team
A practical and actionable 30–90 day roadmap
Improved alignment and renewed execution momentum
When to Activate
Leadership transition or new appointment: when roles, priorities and operating rhythms need to be clarified quickly.
Executive team tensions: when key decisions are avoided, responsibilities become unclear or internal coalitions begin to emerge.
Declining execution: when decision-making slows, collaboration deteriorates and strategic plans lose momentum.
Reorganisation or scaling phase: when governance structures, decision rights and critical interfaces need to be redesigned.
Sensitive leadership situations: when greater clarity and alignment are needed without adding complexity to the organisation.
Team
Programme Lead
Cédric Le Nest – overall programme leadership, coordination and executive synthesis.
Board & Investor Governance
Laurent Colette – Board effectiveness, governance and investor-related situations.
Human Capital & Leadership Transitions
Laurent Riffault – leadership transitions, succession and human capital challenges.
Additional Expertise Mobilised as Required
Antoine Leygonie and Fabrice Gatti, activated according to the diagnostic and priorities identified.
Protect the value creation plan by strengthening the Board–CEO relationship, clarifying leadership risks and restoring execution discipline (30–90 days).**
In post-acquisition, underperformance, leadership transition, integration or pre-exit situations, governance and human capital risks can quickly become execution risks.
The challenge is rarely limited to the quality of individual leaders. It is often the ability of the Board–CEO partnership to make decisions, resolve critical trade-offs and maintain a reliable execution rhythm that determines success.
Investor & Board Shift™ is a confidential intervention activated following an initial diagnostic. It transforms assessment into a focused 30–90 day action plan, followed by targeted execution.
We identify immediate priorities, clarify the critical decisions that need to be made and coordinate the activation of the most relevant SBT programmes and expertise across governance, leadership, human capital, transitions and execution, supported by close Board–CEO oversight.
When to Activate
Post-acquisition (0–100 days): when priorities, governance and decision rights need to be established quickly.
Performance gap or underperformance: when key decisions are delayed, critical dependencies emerge and execution becomes unstable.
CEO or leadership transition: succession, replacement or executive team realignment.
M&A and integration: when sensitive interfaces, structural trade-offs and execution risks need to be managed proactively.
Pre-exit situations: to strengthen leadership, reduce key-person dependencies and secure the value creation trajectory.
What You Gain
Clear Board–CEO governance principles, including roles, decision rights and escalation mechanisms
A stabilised Board–CEO operating rhythm, focused on decisions rather than reporting
A practical 30–90 day value creation roadmap with priorities, milestones and accountable owners
Resolved priorities and critical strategic trade-offs
A leadership, governance and execution risk register
A Board-ready briefing summarising decisions, risks and next steps
Core Team
Programme Lead
Cédric Le Nest – overall programme leadership, coordination and executive synthesis.
Board & Investor Governance
Laurent Colette – governance, Board effectiveness and investor-related situations.
Human Capital & Leadership Transitions
Laurent Riffault – succession, leadership transitions and human capital challenges.
Additional Expertise Mobilised as Required
Antoine Leygonie and Fabrice Gatti, activated according to the diagnostic and priorities identified.
Strategic Questions Leaders Often Ask
When leadership becomes a business risk, whether through CEO–Executive Committee tensions, slowing transformation, unstable governance, dependence on a key leader or critical human capital risks, it is often difficult to know where to start.
The SBT Leadership Shift™ is designed for situations where multiple issues need to be addressed simultaneously across governance, executive teams, succession, leadership and execution.
How is SBT Leadership Shift™ different from coaching or traditional consulting?
The Shift™ coordinates multiple interventions around a single action plan. It simultaneously addresses leadership, executive team effectiveness, decision-making governance and execution cadence within one integrated framework.
This approach creates visible improvements in decision-making, organisational stability and execution.
How do I choose between the Executive and Investor & Board versions?
Executive Shift™ is designed for situations where the primary challenge concerns executive team effectiveness and execution at CEO, Executive Committee or Leadership Team level, including friction, decision-making bottlenecks, governance of work and 90-day execution planning.
Investor & Board Shift™ is designed for situations where the primary challenge concerns the Board–CEO relationship, leadership and organisational risks, key talent dependencies and the protection of the value creation plan, particularly in post-acquisition, turnaround, transition or pre-exit contexts.
Is the Shift™ modular?
Yes. The Shift™ is activated following a diagnostic and mobilises the programmes, methodologies and expertise most relevant to the situation.
Depending on the context, this may include individual leadership, executive team effectiveness, governance and decision-making, human capital, succession planning or leadership transitions.
Who sponsors the intervention and who is involved?
The Shift™ is led by Cédric Le Nest and mobilises a senior collective of experts according to the needs of the situation.
This may include:
Laurent Colette – Board and investor governance
Laurent Riffault – human capital, leadership transitions and bench-risk situations
Antoine Leygonie – executive leadership, leadership posture and transition coaching
Fabrice Gatti – executive team performance, alignment and collective effectiveness