Leadership Advisory

Leadership & Talent Development: Strengthen leadership capability and execution that drive performance, influence and organisational success.

We help leaders, managers and high-potential talent strengthen their leadership effectiveness, decision-making capabilities and organisational impact.

In partnership with Antoine Leygonie , Leading Partner of the practice and CEO of Cadran, we support executives and future leaders in accelerating their development, increasing their impact and strengthening their ability to lead teams through complexity and change.

Our Leadership Development Approach

The Co-Creative Communication® methodology, developed by Cadran and led by Antoine Leygonie, is used by leaders and executive teams in more than 30 countries and across 8 languages.

The methodology strengthens five critical leadership capabilities: clarity, executive presence, emotional agility, stakeholder effectiveness and strategic influence.

Our Four Leadership Development Solutions

  • Executive Coaching: Individual support designed to strengthen leadership effectiveness, decision-making, relational intelligence and the ability to operate successfully in complex environments.

Outcome: Stronger leadership, greater clarity and increased impact in critical situations.


  • Leader Reset Coaching: An intensive programme designed to help leaders quickly regain perspective, energy, executive presence and effectiveness during demanding or high-pressure periods.

Outcome: A focused reset that restores leadership capacity and decision-making effectiveness.


  • High Potential Development: A structured development pathway designed to accelerate the readiness of future leaders and strengthen succession pipelines.

Outcome: Faster leadership maturity, increased readiness and stronger succession outcomes.


  • Leadership Group Program: A collective leadership development programme built around the 4Cs: Critical Thinking, Communication, Collaboration and Creativity. Participants work on real business situations to strengthen leadership capabilities and collective effectiveness.

Outcome: Measurable leadership development, stronger capabilities and improved collective performance.


International Reach & Sector Expertise

Through Cadran’s international network of certified coaches (ICF PCC and MCC), active across 8 languages and multiple industries, we support hundreds of leaders every year.

This global expertise is combined with SBT Executive’s deep understanding of the sports, entertainment, media and leisure sectors, enabling us to tailor leadership development programmes to the specific realities of each organisation.


 

Executive Coaching

Individual coaching for leaders facing complex leadership, decision-making and organisational challenges.

As leadership challenges become more complex, executive coaching provides leaders with the space to step back, clarify priorities and improve the quality of their decisions.

In increasingly demanding and fast-moving environments, we offer a rigorous, confidential and highly personalised coaching experience designed to strengthen leadership effectiveness, sharpen decision-making and increase executive impact.

Our approach combines strategic reflection, leadership development and behavioural insight to help leaders navigate complexity, lead with greater clarity and deliver sustainable performance over time.

Outcome: Stronger leadership effectiveness, better decisions and greater impact in critical situations.

💡 Key Challenges

  • Decision-making isolation in complex organisational, political or stakeholder environments.
  • Balancing performance expectations, leadership responsibilities and personal sustainability.
  • Adapting leadership style to new responsibilities, governance structures or executive teams.
  • Loss of perspective, energy or alignment between leadership expectations and organisational realities.
  • Strengthening executive presence, influence and effectiveness in high-stakes environments.

Our Approach

A structured executive coaching process combining personal insight with organisational impact:

  • Strategic Reflection & Leadership Context: Exploring key leadership challenges, stakeholder dynamics, decision-making pressures and executive priorities.
  • Leadership Assessment: Leveraging recognised assessment tools (Hogan, Saville, Talent Reveal, 360° feedback and others) to identify leadership strengths, decision-making patterns and development opportunities.
  • Executive Coaching & Leadership Effectiveness: Strengthening executive presence, communication, stakeholder management, decision-making effectiveness and leadership impact.
  • Sustainable Leadership Integration: Embedding new behaviours, decision-making practices and leadership habits through structured follow-up, feedback and measurable development objectives.

Client Benefits

  • Greater clarity regarding strategic priorities and leadership decisions.
  • Stronger executive presence and leadership effectiveness.
  • Increased influence with Boards, Executive Committees and key stakeholders.
  • Better alignment between leadership responsibilities, organisational expectations and business objectives.
  • Enhanced resilience, energy management and long-term leadership sustainability.

Key Experts

  • Antoine Leygonie — Executive Coach and CEO of Cadran. International leadership advisor supporting senior leaders across more than 30 countries and 8 languages.
  • Kris Perquy Senior Partner – Performance psychologist specialising in resilience, leadership transitions and high-performance environments.
  • Laurent Riffault — Former International CHRO (Disney, Logicor, Michael Kors). Executive coach and specialist in leadership transitions and multicultural governance environments.

Leader Reset Coaching

Targeted support during periods of transition, pressure or disruption to restore clarity, energy and leadership effectiveness.

Following a crisis, a strategic setback or a demanding leadership transition, even high-performing leaders can lose perspective, energy and effectiveness.

Leader Reset Coaching is designed for these critical moments, when leadership credibility, executive presence and the ability to move forward are being tested.

Our approach goes beyond recovery. It helps leaders quickly regain clarity, restore momentum and strengthen their capacity to lead effectively under pressure.

Combining strategic reflection, leadership coaching and practical action planning, the programme enables leaders to re-establish focus, rebuild influence and navigate their next chapter with greater confidence and effectiveness.

Outcome: Renewed clarity, stronger leadership effectiveness and a faster return to sustainable performance.

Key Challenges

  • Loss of perspective following a significant setback, leadership transition or organisational disruption.
  • Difficulty integrating into a new Executive Committee, Board environment or complex stakeholder landscape.
  • Erosion of leadership credibility, influence or organisational authority.
  • Leadership fatigue, decision overload and sustained performance pressure.
  • Need to rebuild influence, executive presence and long-term effectiveness.

Our Approach

  • Context & Stakeholder Assessment: Analysis of organisational dynamics, stakeholder expectations, decision-making pressures and leadership challenges.
  • Leadership Reset & Reflection: Creating the space to regain perspective, reconnect with leadership strengths and identify the factors affecting effectiveness and performance.
  • Executive Repositioning: Strengthening executive presence, stakeholder influence, communication and leadership credibility in complex environments.
  • Sustainable Leadership Action Plan: Establishing clear priorities, measurable objectives and practical routines to support long-term leadership effectiveness and resilience.

Client Benefits

  • Greater clarity regarding leadership priorities, responsibilities and direction.
  • Stronger credibility with Executive Committees, Boards and key stakeholders.
  • The ability to transform challenging situations into renewed effectiveness and leadership maturity.
  • Greater executive presence, confidence and influence.
  • A stronger foundation for sustainable performance and long-term success.

Key Expert

  • Antoine Leygonie : International Executive Coach specialising in leadership transitions, executive effectiveness and high-complexity environments. Supporting leaders across more than 30 countries and 8 languages.

High-Potential Development

Identifying High-Potential Talent and Accelerating Leadership Readiness

Organisations that secure their future leadership capability are those that identify, develop and prepare high-potential talent before critical leadership positions become vacant.

High-Potential Development is designed to accelerate leadership readiness and prepare future leaders to assume greater responsibilities and succeed in increasingly complex roles.

Through a structured and highly personalised development journey, we help organisations strengthen their succession pipelines, build leadership capability and prepare critical talent for future leadership challenges.

Combining assessment, development and practical application, the programme enables participants to expand their leadership capacity, increase their organisational impact and accelerate their readiness for key leadership positions.

Outcome: Stronger succession pipelines, accelerated leadership readiness and a more resilient leadership bench.

Key Challenges

  • Identifying high-potential talent objectively while reducing assessment bias.
  • Accelerating leadership readiness ahead of critical leadership transitions.
  • Retaining and engaging key talent in increasingly competitive talent markets.
  • Bridging the gap between leadership development programmes and real-world leadership effectiveness.
  • Creating a clear and motivating pathway for future leaders.

Our Approach

  • Identification & Assessment: Using recognised assessment tools (Hogan, Saville, Talent Reveal, 360° feedback and others) to evaluate potential, motivation, learning agility and leadership readiness.
  • Leadership Development Journey: Combining executive coaching, leadership workshops, mentoring and structured feedback into a tailored development pathway.
  • Exposure & Applied Learning: Providing opportunities to develop leadership capability through strategic projects, cross-functional assignments and peer learning experiences.
  • Progress Tracking & Succession Integration: Monitoring development progress, reinforcing learning and integrating participants into broader succession and leadership planning processes.

Client Benefits

  • Stronger engagement and retention of high-potential talent.
  • A more structured, visible and resilient leadership pipeline.
  • Faster development of future leaders for critical positions.
  • Increased leadership readiness across key talent populations.
  • Reduced succession risk and greater organisational continuity.

Key Experts

  • Kris Perquy Senior Partner – Performance psychologist and leadership specialist, supporting the development of future leaders and sustainable high performance.
  • Antoine Leygonie Leading Partner – International Executive Coach specialising in leadership development, succession readiness and multicultural talent development across more than 30 countries.

Leadership Group Program (Intra / Inter)

Developing leadership capabilities across teams, leadership groups and management populations.

The Leadership Group Program is designed to strengthen leadership effectiveness at scale through a structured development journey built around the 4Cs: Critical Thinking, Communication, Collaboration and Creativity.

Delivered either within a single organisation (Intra) or across peer groups from different organisations (Inter), the programme helps leaders improve decision-making, communication and execution capabilities in periods of growth, transformation and increasing responsibility.

Each programme is tailored to the organisation’s priorities, anchored in real business situations and designed to generate measurable improvements in leadership behaviours, decision-making quality and collective performance.

Outcome: Stronger leadership capability, improved decision-making and greater organisational impact.

Key Challenges

  • Inconsistent decision-making quality across managers and leadership populations, resulting in delays, avoidance behaviours and uneven execution.
  • Strong individual contributors who lack a common leadership language, consistent influence practices or effective feedback capabilities.
  • Growth and transformation requiring greater autonomy, leadership capacity and distributed decision-making.
  • Overreliance on a small number of leaders, creating concentration risks and limiting organisational scalability.
  • Need for a structured leadership development framework that goes beyond isolated coaching interventions.

Our Approach

A structured and progression-oriented programme built around the 4Cs: Critical Thinking, Communication, Collaboration and Creativity.

  • Programme Design: Defining objectives, participant populations, expected outcomes, sponsorship and confidentiality principles.
  • Leadership Development Sessions: Structured group sessions combining leadership frameworks, practical application, peer learning, real business cases and feedback.
  • Applied Leadership Practice: Leadership simulations, decision-making exercises, real-world challenges and between-session assignments designed to reinforce learning.
  • Integration & Sustainability: Embedding development through individual commitments, leadership routines, 30 / 60 / 90-day follow-up plans and progress reviews.

The programme combines measurable development objectives, leadership commitments and practical application. It can be delivered either within a single organisation (Intra) or through cross-company peer cohorts (Inter).

Client Benefits

  • More consistent leadership capability across targeted leadership populations.
  • Stronger communication, feedback and decision-making practices in real business situations.
  • Greater leadership depth and reduced dependency on a limited number of individuals.
  • Measurable participant progress supported by structured follow-up and accountability mechanisms.
  • Stronger collective leadership capability to support transformation, growth and execution.

Key Experts

  • Antoine Leygonie : International Executive Coach specialising in leadership effectiveness, executive development and complex organisational environments across more than 30 countries and 8 languages.
  • Fabrice Gatti Leading Partner , Specialist in collective performance, leadership communication and executive team effectiveness.et cohésion des équipes à fort enjeu.

SBT Executive x Cadran

Global Leadership Development Partner

To support leadership success beyond recruitment, SBT Executive partners with Cadran International Executive Coaching.

Operating across more than 30 countries and multiple languages, Cadran supports leaders and executive teams navigating growth, transformation and complex leadership challenges in international environments.

This partnership enables SBT Executive to combine executive search, leadership advisory and world-class executive coaching expertise, ensuring continuity from leadership selection through to long-term leadership effectiveness and impact.

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