Keynote Speaker & Executive Mentor
Twenty years in international roles at DHL and HSBC, including ten on executive committees, then ten years of keynotes and executive mentoring.
Saint-Gobain, EDF, ENGIE, Thales, Sodexo Live, Hennessy, La Banque Postale and Caisse des Dépôts have entrusted me with their managers.
Keynotes in French and English.
Author of 100 jours pour révéler votre leadership (Vuibert, 2025), DCF Remarkable Book Award
Host of one of France's top 5 management podcasts for 8 years, 600K+ listens
20 years in international roles at DHL and HSBC EMEA, including 10 years on executive committees
A keynote that reconnects managers with purpose, impact and the joy of leading.
Management and leadership are two different things. Management runs what exists; leadership carries a vision, inspires and helps teams grow. In a changing world of work, hierarchy alone no longer engages people. This keynote gives managers concrete keys to make that shift in posture. Drawn from my book 100 jours pour révéler votre leadership.
Audience: All managers
Engagement, performance, AI adoption: on the ground, everything comes back to confidence.
Self-acceptance, self-esteem, self-confidence. This keynote gives a three-level grid to know exactly where to act: on managers' own confidence, on their team members' confidence, and on the confidence of the team as a whole.
Audience: All managers
AI can do almost anything, except believe in someone.
This keynote is not about how to use AI. It is about the human side of leadership that AI cannot replace: because we trust people, we allow them to do more with AI.
Audience: All managers
Internal mobility: from constraint to lever.
A manager shapes a career long after working together. This keynote turns managers into active players in internal mobility and talent development.
Audience: Managers and HR teams
Format: 40-minute keynote and 20 minutes of Q&A, in French or English.
Also available: Boldness, when outsiders become leaders, and tailor-made keynotes built around your challenges.
Beyond the stage, I mentor executives and leadership teams, and I design mentoring programmes for managers, so that what a keynote sparks becomes lasting change.
Discover mentoring“Delphine quickly emerged as the perfect speaker to open our series of talks on managerial transformation. Managers loved her keynote, with 93% satisfaction. What inspired them: the joy of managing, concrete steps to change posture, and actionable keys to move forward.”
“Inviting Delphine to speak means offering others, and yourself, a breath of fresh air and a broader perspective. A breath of fresh air, because she knows how to engage her audience and rekindle everyone's desire to become a better leader. Her energy is contagious, her outlook inspiring and her talk deeply revitalising. A broader perspective, through high-quality listening, open and powerful questions, and genuine curiosity about the practices and experiences that shape leadership today and tomorrow, here and elsewhere. Inviting Delphine to speak to managers enables them to look at their challenges afresh, explore new perspectives and leave with concrete ideas to enrich their practice. And because she places as much importance on form as on substance, Delphine knows how to bring her messages to life through impactful storytelling. The icing on the cake? Everyone leaves with simple, concrete actions they can put into practice immediately.”
“All the interviews brought out each manager's individuality and enabled wonderful exchanges.”
Testimonials translated from French.
For 8 years, I have hosted one of France's top 5 management podcasts: conversations that help leaders and their teams grow.
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