Helping leaders evolve, in work and in life.
About Manu
I’m an Executive Coach and a Recruiter. My personal approach is shaped by 20+ years of experience helping leaders evolve. I work at the intersection of performance and presence, helping them stay true to themselves while navigating pressure, pace and complexity.
What I stand for
Most leadership development stays in the head. Mine begins in the body.
For the past 20+ years, I’ve coached senior leaders, facilitated team transformation, and helped organizations recruit high-performing executives.
I do this through what’s called an Embodied Leadership approach, wich blends executive coaching, practices inspired by martial arts and modern neuroscience. We don’t just talk about leadership, we train it, through breath, posture, rhythm, and movement.
In most of my conversations, I come back to three essentials:
Presence: the inner state that allows a leader to pause, observe, and choose.
Pattern: the embodied habits that drive leadership behavior.
Practice: the commitment to repeat what matters, until it shapes who you become.
Because real leadership transformation involves our whole existence, how we think, move, feel, and relate.
What brought me here
Before I started coaching, my professional life followed a pretty traditional route: I graduated from business school with a Masters in Management. I worked in recruitment for 12 years before setting up my own successful recruitment business.
But I felt disconnected, unfulfilled, as if something was missing. When a friend suggested coaching, I took part in a world class leadership development programme. And it changed everything.
I realised that I made all my decisions with my mind and neglected what my emotions and my body were trying to tell me. I realised that my assumptions were not “the way things were” as I had always supposed – they were just my interpretation of things. And I realised that all these new insights weren’t going to change anything unless I put them into practice, every day. So that’s what I did.
Now I can observe and adapt my own behaviours to produce more positive outcomes in my work and my personal life. I make more meaningful decisions. I’m a happier, more balanced person, fulfilled in my work and my life.
It’s not always easy. It requires discipline and commitment. But every day is better because I’m on this journey.
Today I live a simple life with my wife Angela and my two kids, Julie and Liam. I like to devote most of my time to five activities:
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My coaching practice: helping corporate leaders grow their leadership presence and impact.
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My recruitment work: supporting organisations to hire high-performing, inspiring and responsible leaders.
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The simple moments I enjoy with my family and the other communities I care about.
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The personal practices that support my own exploration of a life with more meaningful productivity and serenity.
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Ongoing learning and transmission, drawing from both ancient disciplines and modern leadership science.
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Training and Accreditation
Alongside my MBA, I’m a certified Executive Coach from HEC Paris and an Executive Somatic Coach trained at the Strozzi Institute for Embodied Leadership (California). I also hold a PCC credential from the International Coaching Federation and a certification from Newfield Network (Colorado) in ontological coach .
I'm certified to deliver The Leadership Circle Profile 360°, a world class assesment linking leadership effectiveness with internal beliefs and behaviors.
My development path is grounded in years of embodied practice, including Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), multiple Vipassana retreats, and advanced work in trauma awareness, somatic resilience, and collective intelligence.
