Olivier Pelleau

Founder, Managing Partner, Senior Executive Coach

Paris, France

French

English

An entrepreneur and philosopher, Olivier helps leaders catalyze their skills to meet the business, organizational and societal challenges of tomorrow.

Act as a man of thought and think as a man of action.

Henri Bergson

Career history

Teaching philosophy has enabled Olivier to expand his methodologies and learn to distinguish the essential from the superfluous, tapping into the principles of philosophy to guide today’s leaders. As a consultant in Strategy & Transformation in several Anglo-Saxon firms, he piloted strategic audits and transformation programs. He then turned to entrepreneurship, keen to have an impact on how organizations operate.

Olivier believes that beyond processes and organization charts, enlightened leadership is needed within the company to create an organization that is good for both the company and its environment. This is one of the reasons why he is a board member of the European Federation for Ethics and Sustainable Development.

Coach expertise

In parallel with his coaching activity, Olivier continues his career as an entrepreneur. This enables him to stay up to date with concerns and challenges of senior executives, and to serve as a real sparring partner when helping them develop management styles necessary to stay ahead of today’s leadership challenges. He is a regular keynote at leading business schools such as Science Po and HEC, where he teaches future leaders.

He founded Turningpoint on a unique coaching philosophy: tailor-made leadership development, adapted to individual needs, challenges and situations – because before being managers, these leaders are individuals, and each of these two facets nourishes the other.

What people are saying about Olivier Pelleau at Turningpoint

Inspired by his philosophy background, Olivier helps people develop all their dimensions: physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual.

Coach experience

Certified Master Coach, International Coaching Institute, Geneva (2009), Supervisor
Organizational strategy, Systemic approach
Appreciative Inquiry, Sociodynamics
MBTI, TMI, Socio-Styles

Career history

Managing Partner, CAA
Strategy & Transformation Consultant, Arthur Andersen, EY, Capgemini consulting
Philosophy teacher

Academic qualifications

EHESS, former doctoral student in sociology
Science Po Paris, Master II in Sociology of Organizations.
Master’s degree Paris IV Sorbonne & CAPES in philosophy

Other commitments

Director of the European Federation for Ethics and Sustainable Development
President of organizations advocating for education

Media & publications

An entrepreneur and philosopher, Olivier likes to help leaders catalyze their skills to meet business, organizational and societal challenges of tomorrow.