Valérie Morel

Consultant

Meet Valérie

I drive initiatives to accelerate growth, engagement and performance by building competencies and capabilities. I provide executive coaching, team coaching, and HR capability advisory  to business leaders cross-industry and across
functions.

As Vice President of Employee & Capability Development at Prudential Financial, Inc. I led the global transformation effort of the organization’s leadership development brand. Prior to joining Prudential, I expanded the Business Transformation & Change Center of Expertise at Bayer North America building Change Management and Divestiture Planning capabilities. I also worked in the People & Performance Practice of Capgemini Management Consulting, with clients such as Warner Bros, Pfizer, and National Grid.

I co-authored points of view and new development programs, and was a Faculty Member of Capgemini Global University and Bayer Business Consulting Development as well as a Guest Lecturer at Tisch School (NYU, USA), ESA and Graduate Schools of Business (Lyon, Grenoble, France).

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Hogan Suite

Education

  • Certificate Executive Coaching, iCoach New York, Baruch College, Zicklin School of Business, New York, NY

  • Master of Arts, Social-Organizational Psychology, Columbia University, Teachers College, New York, NY

  • Master of Arts, Communication Policy Studies, City University, London UK

  • Master of Science and Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, EM Lyon Business School, France

Professional Experience

  • Prudential Financial, Vice President, Head of Employee & Capability Development

  • Bayer Corporation North America, Director, Business Transformation & Change

  • Capgemini Management Consulting North America, Managing Consultant, People & Performance

Coaching Philosophy

Executive Coaching is one of the most impactful source of rapid transformation for leaders and their organizations. Whether organizations seek to invest in their leaders as company differentiators, or leaders themselves recognize the need to change, executive coaching is a linchpin for success, especially when navigating those “Moments that matter”, e.g., critical times of transformation, a new role, need for new skills such as leading hybrid teams, inheriting a new team, moving from a team leader to enterprise leadership, etc.

With experience gained across industries and countries, I understand diverse cultural norms of engagement and organizational drivers and help senior leaders, and their teams succeed in their functional, business and country or global environment.

Always in the context of an organization’s strategy, business imperatives and transformation, I focus on developing a trust-based relationship with my client. This becomes the foundation for a unique and dedicated experience to accelerate a leader’s growth towards both increased personal fulfillment and organizational effectiveness. The key ingredients my client and I use to catalyze this transformative experience are: Partnership, context, joy, effort/ grit and empathy.

Relevant Experience

  •  Coached Global Procurement leader in the highly regulated Life Science industry
    Helped him evolve his modus operandi initially built on deep functional expertise to include a people leadership mindset and build organizational awareness acumen. Client demonstrated a new form of ownership, and collaborative problem-solving which heightened his leadership credibility earning him a promotion.

  •  Coached a high-performing HR Executive in a Fortune 500 Financial organization
    Enabled her to transform from being a team leader to a strategic leader of teams. Quickly appraised for showing up as an articulate and strategic leader in senior leadership team meetings, she was able to frame her career vision in alignment with organization’s needs, earning her promotion and global career opportunities options.

  •  Debriefed 360 feedback with executive level participants in Ivy League Higher Education
    Helped them develop a deeper self-and organizational awareness, shift ownership of career to also benefit their organizations.

  • Coached European country Partnership Manager in Non-Profit global organization
    Helped her proactively reshape her role in alignment with both hers and the organization’s values and priorities. Provided managerial and leadership advisory, tools, and frameworks to practice new skills

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