Strategic Organizational Advisory

We provide strategic advisory for organizations undergoing transformation, building leadership capabilities, or reimagining their approach to sustainable success. Based on Laurent's long experience as BU manager, CEO or interim manager, we combine scholarly depth with practical business approaches that work in the real world. More specifically we focus on:

  1. Distributed Leadership (collaborative governance) Implementation
    Transform hierarchical structures into empowering, high-performance organizations where autonomy and accountability coexist. We guide teams at all levels through the full journey—from strategic design to cultural integration—ensuring sustainable adoption.

  2. Turnaround, Post-Merger & Crisis Management
    Rapidly diagnose organizational challenges and execute strategic interventions that restore profitability, engagement, and market positioning. We specialize in situations requiring both financial rigor and cultural transformation.

  3. Strategy, OKRs, Process Excellence & Organizational Redesign
    Develop a new strategy (we follow Roger Martin’s cascade of choices), define OKRs, streamline operations through systematic business process reengineering while maintaining human-centric values. We eliminate waste and complexity without sacrificing the organizational culture that drives engagement.

  4. Stakeholder Engagement, Strategic Communication & Multi-Party Negotiations
    Navigate complex stakeholder ecosystems involving government bodies, unions, private sector partners, and civil society. We have experience strategic communications and building consensus in politically charged environments where technical and diplomatic skills must intersect.

  5. International Development & FCV (Fragility, Conflict and Violence) Country Expertise
    Leverage deep experience in fragile, conflict, and violence-affected contexts to design and implement programs that create lasting institutional capacity and economic development.

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Besides advisory, we also provide interim managers to manage internally your transformation projects. We do this in partnership with Sadis & Co.

How We Work

  • Co-create with leadership and frontline teams.

  • Design for autonomy and accountability.

  • Blend scholarly depth with “rolled-up sleeves” execution.

  • Draw on experiences from all sectors—public, private, and nonprofit.

  • Assist with the resolution of ethical dilemmas inherent to transformation projects.

  • Deliver in English, French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German

Selected Projects

  • Collaborative Governance

    Led 1,100 civil servants through collaborative governance implementation, achieving 30% faster service delivery, reducing absenteeism from 8% to 3%, and cutting real estate costs by 50% while increasing workspace per employee by 20%.

  • Client-Centric Governance

    Introduced in a bank client-centric collaborative governance that increased Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) fivefold and grew assets from €2.5 billion to €10 billion, while making the team one of the bank's most desired destination for top talent.

  • Turnaround

    Turned a loss-making pan-European media network (100 employees) into a profitable enterprise within one year through repositioning strategy, collaborative governance, and complete rebranding including new digital platforms and subscription models.

  • Financial Restructuring

    Led complex financial restructurings for several hospitals, navigating politically sensitive stakeholder environments while preserving essential public services.

  • Crisis Management

    Resolved controversial international incident requiring coordination with U.S. and European embassies, balancing diplomatic, ethical, and political considerations.

  • Business Process Reengineering

    Led complete organizational restructuring for 3,000 civil servants, beginning with comprehensive business process reengineering across all administrative activities.

  • International Development

    Managed €60 million budget and 40 international consultants implementing technical assistance projects promoting free markets, SME development, and public administration modernization in post-Soviet transition economies.

Why Equis?

Our approach is distinctive because we refuse false choices. We believe organizations can be both profitable and purposeful, both efficient and empowering, both ambitious and sustainable. With 30+ years across public, private, and non-profit sectors—from Mozambique to Brussels, from startups to ministries—we bring perspective that transcends conventional consulting frameworks.

We don't just recommend change. We lead it alongside you, bringing interim management capacity when needed and building internal capability that outlasts our engagement.

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