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NATACHA PRUDENT

Executive Coach & Leader Character Practitioner

Proposal

Natacha Prudent provides coaching, training delivery and consulting services with the aim of promoting the emergence of women leaders from generally underrepresented groups such as racialized individuals and immigrants. This niche positions Natacha as a recognized expert in her field. Being a racialized and immigrant woman leader herself, she understands the challenges and specific needs faced by these groups.

Executive Coach & Leader Character Practitioner

Coach Bio

Natacha Prudent is recognized as a trusted leader and change agent. With an impressive career in both the private and public sectors, Natacha has extensive experience in the areas of leadership development and talent management. She led the integration of Character Leadership into a pan-Canadian organization’s Leadership Development Strategy and its Anti-Racism Strategy.

Natacha is a thought leader with an unwavering commitment to achieving an equitable, diverse, and inclusive workplace for all. As an executive, she played an active role in organizational efforts to increase the representation of equity-deserving groups in leadership positions. She is the architect of talent management and leadership development programs for senior leadership and managers.

Natacha holds a Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences from the University of Ottawa and a Master’s degree in Labour Relations from Université de Montréal.

Packages

Individual coaching:

Individual coaching sessions for high-potential female managers, senior executives, and entrepreneurs generally from underrepresented groups such as racialized people and immigrants. Sessions are personalized to meet the client’s specific leadership development needs, with an emphasis on the development of character leadership using the Ivey Leader Character Framework.

Group coaching:

One-year (January to December) group coaching program for professional women. Monthly interactive three-hour virtual workshop (Saturday 9:00 to 12:00 EDT). It allows participants from anywhere in the world to discover and develop character dimensions and learn from each other, all while achieving personal and professional development goals. The deadline to register is December 15 of each year.

Reviews

“The coaching program allowed me to better understand certain aspects of my character. This allowed me to improve weak aspects. The new knowledge allowed me to direct my aspirations as a leader, to know what type of leadership I want to exercise, like having temperance. The acquired knowledge also allowed me to pay attention to others around me and to continue working on my listening skills. For example, I was able to express to my executive director my career goals, but above all access other leadership development opportunities.”

“The feedback we have received from our managers and supervisors’ team who did a pulse check with staff was overwhelmingly positive! Not many people can keep their audience captivated for a full day but you managed to do just that! On top of that, we have all taken your words to heart and are pushing ahead to develop our weaker areas and to not only provide excellent service but as a directorate, to also move the bar to ascertain roles and responsibilities, seek answers and set goals for the greater good of the Department, and not just the Directorate. Thank you, thank you, thank you for helping us to reflect on these issues in such a relaxed atmosphere!”

Publications

Infusing Leader Character into Workplace DEI Practices

Authors: Natacha Prudent and Mary Crossan

Natacha Prudent and Mary Crossan propose embedding leader character into organizations, asserting that the sustainability of DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) efforts depends on leaders reaffirming their commitment to character, suggesting it as a foundational element for both organizations and DEI initiatives: “corporate DNA.” The authors underscore the financial benefits of gender and ethnic diversity in leadership roles and use the Ivey Leader Character Framework (ILCF) as a tool aimed to guide leaders in introspection and development, emphasizing the role of character in driving comprehensive, sustainable change in DEI

Getting to the Heart of DEI Through Character: Part 1

Authors: Mary Crossan, Bill Furlong and Natacha Prudent

Martin Luther King Jr. famously said, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” Today, it is no longer just a dream. There is a science based and practical approach to enable the paradigm shift we desperately need that would allow us to elevate character alongside competence in education and organizations as a fundamental means to address systemic inequality and embrace diversity and inclusion. We offer a roadmap to integrate character into diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).