Coaching by Jean-François Lacour
Coaching by Jean-François Lacour +
Jean-François Lacour
supports organisations looking to step away from traditional or legacy operating models by placing people back at the centre of change. Trained in coaching at
HEC Executive Coaching
, he shares with his clients executive experience gained at
IKEA and Saint-Gobain
, alongside his core values:
transparency
,
trust
,
integrity
,
sincerity
,
respect
,
commitment,
and a firm conviction regarding personal support and transformation projects.
As Managing Partner of Alphéa Conseil Paris Île-de-France , he delivers executive and managerial one-to-one coaching, team and organisational coaching, as well as strategic and transformation management consulting.
As Managing Partner of Alphéa Conseil Paris Île-de-France , he delivers executive and managerial one-to-one coaching, team and organisational coaching, as well as strategic and transformation management consulting.
An executive background dedicated to coaching
What sets Jean-François Lacour's support apart comes down to one thing: he has walked in the shoes of those he coaches. His professional identity is built across three key dimensions.
Recognised areas of expertise:
- A career path where collective effort and human focus played a foundational role: Truly understanding others and what drives them has structured both his personal and professional journey. This is not a posture adopted for coaching, but a constant throughout his executive career.
- An ability to identify and nurture talent
: Spotting untapped potential and skills within every team and individual, and creating the right environment for them to flourish.
- Extensive experience in human and collective dynamics
: Leading business units, driving transformations, and managing networks—contexts where group dynamics ultimately determine a project's success or failure.
Recognised areas of expertise:
- Defining and implementing corporate strategies
- 360° strategic view of business operations
- Defining and guiding business transformations
- Strong management and leadership acumen
- Interpersonal skills and customer relationship management
- Results-driven mindset
Certification and ethical framework
Jean-François Lacour is certified by HEC Executive Coaching
, one of Europe's benchmark programmes for executive coaching. He adheres to the code of ethics tied to this
certification
, engages in ongoing personal therapy, and works under peer supervision—three essential standards that distinguish a qualified professional coach from a self-proclaimed practitioner.
Regarding the relationship with the corporate client, two non-negotiable rules apply without exception:
Regarding the relationship with the corporate client, two non-negotiable rules apply without exception:
- The coachee must actively seek and drive the process. Even when a company initiates support for an employee, forced coaching yields no results.
- The content of all discussions remains strictly confidential.
Discussions are never disclosed to the employer, regardless of who funds the engagement.
One-to-one executive and managerial coaching
Coaching delivered by Jean-François Lacour provides tailored support for executives, managers, project leaders, and transformation leads, enabling them to resolve real-world operational challenges. The core principle: everyone possesses the internal solutions needed to overcome difficulties or achieve goals. The coach's role is to bring these solutions to light through insightful questioning.
One-to-one coaching fosters personal development to enhance skills, professional posture, and overall contribution to corporate growth. It focuses on personal growth, anticipating challenges, boosting well-being and performance, and improving working relationships within the organisation.
Five key areas of intervention:
One-to-one coaching fosters personal development to enhance skills, professional posture, and overall contribution to corporate growth. It focuses on personal growth, anticipating challenges, boosting well-being and performance, and improving working relationships within the organisation.
Five key areas of intervention:
- Developing leadership:
communicating with impact, building a cohesive executive image, and expanding potential,
- Enhancing managerial efficiency:
adopting a managerial mindset, delegating effectively, navigating social friction linked to change, and resolving interpersonal blocks,
- Ensuring successful onboarding:
transitioning from subject-matter expert to manager, managing broader scopes of responsibility, and integrating into established teams,
- Career management:
building a career roadmap, designing medium- and long-term personal strategies, and proactively guiding career progression,
- Long-term executive support:
aligning personal values with corporate strategy, and effectively communicating the Why / How / What.
The work primarily centres on shifting professional posture through workplace relationships, operating under a framework of co-responsibility between coach and client.
The work primarily centres on shifting professional posture through workplace relationships, operating under a framework of co-responsibility between coach and client.
Team and organisational coaching
Jean-François Lacour
also supports entire teams or departments in delivering projects aligned with organizational growth and performance.
- Driving change dictated by external factors: proactive transformation, market competition, and industry shifts. Unifying executives, managers, and teams by providing a shared sense of purpose,
- Building high-performing teams:
establishing operating principles, defining the Why / How / What, fostering active commitment, and allocating responsibilities clearly,
- Defining strategic vision:
separating core fundamentals (identity, values) from flexible elements that need to evolve. Setting up conditions for success and sustaining long-term performance,
- Crisis and conflict management
Strategic and transformation management consulting
As an architect of change, Jean-François Lacour also acts as a strategic consultant to businesses. He provides strategic insight
and builds
tailored
action plans
addressing strategic
, commercial
, organisational
, and human
challenges.
His consulting process follows four key steps:
He operates with hands-on pragmatic expertise, co-creating solutions alongside existing teams—rather than delivering off-the-shelf recommendations that are abandoned post-delivery.
- Designing tomorrow's business models : Business models, strategic reviews, transformation plans, and identifying new growth opportunities.
- Optimising current operational performance: Organisation and corporate culture, alignment between headquarters and network offices, cultural transformation.
- Refining market positioning and operating formats: Mission and commercial models, customer experience, and developing new operational concepts.
His consulting process follows four key steps:
- Diagnostic review
- Proposing strategic solutions
- Presenting recommended solutions
- Implementation support
He operates with hands-on pragmatic expertise, co-creating solutions alongside existing teams—rather than delivering off-the-shelf recommendations that are abandoned post-delivery.
How an engagement works
- The tripartite session : During the initial meeting, Jean-François Lacour, the company, and the future coachee align on the key challenges and objectives. Goals are jointly established alongside practical arrangements, session structure, and pricing. These elements are formally outlined in a contract.
- Session frequency: Successful coaching relies on regular 2-hour sessions held every 2 to 3 weeks outside the usual workplace environment. A standard one-to-one coaching programme comprises a series of 8 to 10 sessions.
- Team or organisational coaching: Bespoke programmes delivered over several months, guiding operational, cross-functional, or departmental teams through project delivery. Supporting the broader organisation throughout the process completes the engagement framework.
Contact Jean-François Lacour - Certified Coach
Jean-François Lacour
Managing Partner - Paris IDF
+33 (0)6 65 83 32 19
jean-françois@alphea-conseil.fr