Everything begins with one question: where are you actually leading from?
Before we build anything, we need to see clearly. Not who you think you are as a leader — but who you are in the eyes of the people around you, and what's driving your behavior under pressure.
The Leadership Circle Profile is the most rigorous leadership diagnostic available. It maps two things simultaneously: the level of consciousness you're currently leading from, and the competencies your environment sees in you. The gap between those two is where your development lives.
Every engagement I offer — at every depth — starts here. Because skills built on an unclear foundation don't last.
My work happens at four depths
depending on where you are and what you need.
Some leaders begin with a single diagnostic session - a sharp, focused look at how they're currently leading and where the real leverage is.
Others are ready for a sustained engagement. And some leaders commit to a multi-year advisory partnership - the deepest work I do.
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The right entry point becomes clear in our first conversation.
The Diagnostic
A single focused engagement. You take the Leadership Circle Profile self-assessment, and we spend 90 minutes mapping what it reveals - your current leadership patterns, the habits shaping your effectiveness, and the three areas most worth developing. You leave with a clear picture of where you are and a personalized roadmap for where to go. Most leaders have never had this conversation.
The Reality Check
A 6-month engagement for Directors and Senior Directors ready to see themselves as others see them. We run the full LCP 360 - gathering feedback from the people you lead, your peers, and your superiors — and spend the engagement closing the gap between who you think you are and who you actually are as a leader. We add purpose mapping and cognitive style work, and begin developing your first leadership pillar on that foundation.
The Transformation
A 12-month engagement for VPs and Senior Directors ready to make the full shift. Four assessment instruments - the LCP 360, EQ-i 2.0, CliftonStrengths, and Ikigai - give us a complete picture of who you are as a leader. We work across all five leadership dimensions, going deep on the two or three that matter most for your situation. This is where the fundamental shift happens: from the leader who makes things happen to the leader who makes things possible.
The Partnership
A multi-year advisory partnership for C-suite executives and SVPs committed to the complete transformation. Every assessment instrument active. Every leadership dimension developed to mastery. Annual measurement of your progress. Up to 40 sessions per year, plus advisory access between sessions. This is not a program - it is a sustained commitment to becoming the leader your organization needs at the highest level of influence. By application only.
This work is right for you if:
You're in your first or second director role and you can feel the gap between what got you here and what the next level demands. You're technically strong, respected, and productive — but something about how you're leading isn't landing the way you need it to.
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You're a VP or Senior Director navigating a significant transition — new scope, new stakeholders, or a role that requires you to influence people you don't control. You've succeeded through execution. Now the organization needs strategy, vision, and cultural leadership from you — and no one has prepared you for that shift.
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You're operating at or approaching the C-suite and you understand that at this level, the quality of your leadership is the quality of your organization's results. You're not looking for coaching. You're looking for a trusted advisor who has operated at executive level, understands the pressures you're under, and can help you make the transformation that most leaders spend a decade attempting.​​​
Leaders who work with me have accelerated their leadership development from 7–15 years to 3–5, stepped into VP and C-suite roles ahead of their peers, and built teams that execute without constant oversight.
"Excelling in technical implementation was just the foundation - true leadership required a completely different skill set focused on inspiring teams and communicating strategic vision."
Foram P. - Digital Transformation Assistant Director
A Word from Aurelien
ICF PCC · LCP Certified · EQ-i 2.0 · Forbes Coaches Council · Author, The Leadership UpShift (2026)
I spent 19 years operating at the executive level — as CTO, as a portfolio leader, and as a senior executive across SLB, Shell, BP, AT&T, Engie, and Sony Pictures. I know what it costs to make the transition from manager to executive leader, because I lived it across multiple industries and cultures.
I built DevelUpLeaders because I saw what was missing: an approach that addresses why leaders lead the way they do — not just what they should do differently. The Leadership Circle Profile gave me that diagnostic foundation. My own frameworks — the Leadership Shift© and the Leadership Maturity Matrix© — gave me a roadmap for what comes after.
I don't teach leadership theory. I work with leaders on the transition I understand from the inside.
