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We help leaders thrive in complexity

Sapiens-Leadership - Valentine Ciudad & Yann Ofanowski leadership coaching

The Challenge

In an era where complexity outpaces comprehension, leaders often feel the ground shifting beneath them, precisely when the mandate for clarity is at its peak.

Individual Leaders

 

  • From feeling trapped in old patterns, to elevating own leadership, impact and satisfaction.
  • From surviving crises and transitions, to shaping them with perspective, confidence, and greatness.
  • From struggling with alignment and meaning, to growing conviction and satisfaction in work and life.
  • From losing energy and focus, to embracing complexity and resilience for sustainable performance.
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Teams & Organizations

 

  • From operational focus & firefighting, to shaping the future while driving today’s performance.
  • From siloed thinking and low trust, to strong collaboration and co-creation inside and across teams.
  • From avoiding difficult topics, to courageous conversations that drive accountability and innovation.
  • From good intentions and a vision, to shared ownership of change and real transformation.

The cost: stagnation, disengagement, and missed opportunities — both for leaders and the organizations they serve.

 

Ready to tackle these challenges in your organization?

Our Purpose:  To elevate leadership for a better world

How We Help

We work hands-on with leaders and teams to move beyond old patterns and navigate complexity.

Individual Leaders

  • Executive Coaching
    Boost your leadership effectiveness, resolve complex challenges, and navigate transformation and transitions successfully.

 

  • Leadership Development Programs
    Equip leaders with practical skills, leadership mindsets, and behaviour shifts that enhance organizational capability
    and impact.
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Teams & Organizations

  • Team Coaching
    Develop teams with high trust, alignment, and collaboration to tackle challenges and deliver lasting organizational value.

 

  • Culture Transformation
    Shift behaviours, embed shared values, and create a culture of trust, innovation, and shared accountability that builds sustainable success.

Discover how we can transform your leadership and teams.

What makes Sapiens different

Strategic approach

With backgrounds at McKinsey, Accenture, and senior leadership roles, we link leadership growth directly to strategy, transformation, and results.

Human depth

We help leaders grow not only in their role, but as people – with awareness, courage, and purpose.

Science based

We integrate insights from neuroscience, psychology, and organizational development, using state-of-the-art assessments & tools to accelerate and sustain change.

Cross-cultural

We thrive in global contexts, coaching and facilitating in multiple languages, and bridging cultural boundaries.

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Our Team

Valentine Ciudad - Sapiens Leadership - Founder & Executive Coach

Valentine Ciudad

Co-founder, Executive Coach & Consultant

Valentine brings almost 30 years in consulting and elevating leadership across sectors and geographies. A former McKinsey consultant, she combines strategic insight, business acumen, and human focus to help executives and teams drive sustainable change amid complexity.

Expertise: Executive Coaching | Team & Culture Transformation | Resilience & Adaptive Leadership | Leadership Embodiment | Work & Life | Diversity & Inclusion | Cultural Intelligence

Languages: English, French, Spanish, Dutch

Yann Ofanowski - Sapiens Leadership - Co-Founder & Executive Coach

Yann Ofanowski

Co-founder, Executive Coach & Consultant

Yann has 25+ years of experience in leadership development, culture change, and HR, including roles at Accenture as management consultant and HR leader. He combines art and science to help leaders and teams navigate complexity, strengthen resilience, and innovate effectively.

Expertise: Executive Coaching | Team & Culture Transformation | Resilience & Adaptive Leadership | Neuro-Cognitivism | Creative Arts & Development

Languages: English, French

Valentine and Yann are remarkably able to bring together two dimensions that tend to struggle in companies: how leaders can maximize business output and, at the same time, also maximize personal well-being. They create a safe environment to put our problems on the table and never forget the company’s priorities and business objectives.

Their work added real value to our organization.

Andrés

VP Sales & Marketing EMEA

Undoubtedly the best meeting I have attended in my last 5 years. One aspirational meeting fostering teamwork, ownership, pride and motivation!

Maria

Operations Lead for Europe

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We are located in Belgium & France, and work across Europe & beyond.

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