Sophie Bertrand

Executive Coach

For 15 years, Sophie has worked with VPs, directors, managers and collaborators of many companies to accompany them in their strategic transformation, their operational implementation and the managerial challenges included in their journeys. What matters to her is to give them thinking space, height rise and pleasure. This will allow them to solve their challenges and reach their objectives. She helps them to improve their leadership, communication skills, ways of working, stress management, relationship with collaborators or clients, well-being at work.

What she loves most about her job is human beings; to observe, experiment, and to help her clients find their own solutions to win and achieve their dreams. Her motto: transformation is life!

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Background

Sophie started her career as a bio-engineer doing research at a leading pharmaceutical company for about 10 years. She had 5 years as an independent consultant initially to survey scientific environment and competitive intelligence to advise deals between biotechs and big pharmas. She then moved into project and portfolio management. She turned executive coach graduating from France’s leading business schools coaching program and has since then focused on helping her clients’ leadership development.

Coaching Style

Sophie is dynamic, versatile and action-oriented. She brings energy, creativity and positive mindset in the relation with her clients. Her holistic, systemic and global approach links cognitive, emotional, somatic and relational intelligence and assures to her clients the coherence between their intention, motivation and achievements. Her intuition and deep active listening help her clients develop individual and collective performance and reveal creative behaviours.

Coaching Specialisms

Sophie is passionate about learning, building, innovating and experimenting with teams.She does everything in her power to share her liking for human, for action and for novelty.

She’s a specialist into:

Collective intelligence in crisis period
Communication for authentic and effective relationship
Motivation and engagement at work

Training & Qualifications

Certified Supervisor from IDSUP Paris (on going)
Member of Professional Supervisor Federation and International Coach Federation
Professional certified coach from International Coach Federation
Certified practitioner in neurocognitive and behavioural approach from Institute of Neurocognitivism Paris
Practitioner in somatic and perceptual coaching from ViaCorpo Paris
Certified Process Com coach and trainer from Kahler France
Master of business coaching from International Mozaik Paris
Active Learning Coaching from the business school HEC Paris

Current Clients

Pharmaceutical, Banks, High Tech, Manufacturing, Real Estate, Insurance, Business School, State Education.

Testimonials

“The six sessions I had with my ECC Coach changed my perspective of coaching. I was initially uncertain (and possibly sceptical) about the benefits of coaching but my coach read me very well and knew when to coax a response out from me by being encouraging and when to firmly push me to see the benefits of reframing some of my previously held positions.”

Head of Legal, International Property Group

“Both from my personal experience of ECC’s approach, and from seeing the impact on our company I can particularly recommend their pragmatic approach and their insight into our collective and individual needs.”

Senior Leader, Commercial Property Management and Investment Company

“The team is a pleasure to work with, consistently bringing expert advice and guidance, energy and professionalism to the partnership.”

Diversity and Inclusion Executive, Multinational Investment Bank

"The coaches at ECC are commercial, pragmatic and highly focused. The coaching they provide on an individual basis has given valuable insight and helped our senior executives to gain greater perspective in terms of managing relationships, prioritising, strategic thinking, influencing and confidence."

Senior Leader, Multinational Retailing Company

"I found my ECC coaching sessions incredibly valuable - for the unique and necessary space I was seeking as a sole proprietor to feel heard, understood and connected to a peer in business. My coaching experience provided a safe space where I could be the real me, and provided a relationship I could truly trust. Thank you ECC."

Manager, Creative Retail Agency