Executive Coaching · CEOs & Executives

A sparring partner
at your level.

ADDICTED TO RESULTS

For the leader who carries alone what they can confide to no one: confidential, tailor-made coaching, led by someone who has held the seat. No platform, no wellness program, no junior coach.

Talk for 30 minutes, in confidence
For CEOs & Executive Committees Format Tailor-made engagement Setting Confidential
In plain terms

Executive coaching is one-on-one, confidential support for senior leaders — CEOs, Executive Committee members, senior executives — to work on their posture, their decisions and their leadership under pressure.

At Wegartner, executive coaching takes the form of a bounded program — 12 sessions, 90 days, a Day-100 report — led by a peer who has held the seat. For CEOs and senior executives alike, in Paris or remote. No platform, no wellness program, no junior coach.

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What no one names

What you carry, and cannot say

The board is waiting. Your Executive Committee must grow faster than you have time to grow it. And you make the calls alone, at a pace no one around you truly grasps.

The loneliness of decision-making

The heaviest calls, you make alone. Inside the company, no one is a truly neutral counterpart. Outside, no one knows the context.

Board pressure

Quantified expectations, a short tempo, perhaps a fund on the cap table. Little room to think out loud, even less to doubt.

A C-suite to grow

Your leadership team must step up a level — fast. Its growth depends first on yours.

Going the distance

Performing without burning out. Staying lucid when the pace never lets up. The one subject never discussed in the C-suite.

Tool · assessment

Under pressure, do you read the situation, regulate, decide? Assess it.

15 questions, led by Philippe, AI agent — leadership psychodynamics. Your profile as a leader under pressure across three axes: reading the situation, regulating the tension, deciding. For the substance, read the reference dossier: leading under pressure. A personalized reading at the end.

~5 min · confidential3 axes · personalized reading
Take the assessment →
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Let's be clear

No platform, no wellness, no junior coach

The coaching market has industrialized. You are looking for the opposite: a rare, demanding relationship, built for you. Let's set the record straight before we start.

What this is not
  • A platform where you are one license among a thousand.
  • A wellness program dressed up as coaching.
  • A theorist who has never owned a P&L.
  • HR reporting that feeds your sessions back to your organization.
  • A sales demo before you have spoken to a human.
What this is
  • A sparring partner who has led, at your level.
  • Work on your decisions, your leadership, your real trade-offs.
  • Tailor-made, one-on-one, off-site.
  • Absolute confidentiality, by written commitment.
  • A human, direct conversation from the very first contact.
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Who you are talking to

A peer, not a vendor

The credibility of any coaching engagement comes down to the people who lead it. Here is who sits across from you — a name, a face, a track record.

Ludovic Baumgartner

Ludovic Baumgartner

Founder of Wegartner · Executive coach

Executive coach to CEOs and Executive Committees. Author of “Pourquoi je n'arrive pas à changer ?” (Why can't I change?). Coaching that does not try to reassure you, but to make you more lucid and sharper in your decisions.

ESSEC · MIT Former C-suite executive · owned a P&L Executive coach to senior leaders
The protocol

A bounded frame, measured results.

The format adapts to your tempo, never the other way around. At the core: the Signature protocol — a beginning, an end, measured results. Not a subscription.

1 week

Booster

Crack one specific issue, fast. An intensive format to unlock a single blocker before a deadline.

12 sessions · 90 days

Signature

The heart of the practice. Twelve one-on-one sessions, direct access between sessions, a deliverable at every meeting, a transformation report at Day 100.

6 to 12 months

The long run

Deep transformation and lasting anchoring, at the pace of a mandate. For work that unfolds over the long term.

The Day-100 transformation report belongs to you — it never goes back to your organization. Measurement serves your trajectory, not a reporting line.

Resource · The collection

Before we talk, read it.

The Executive Playbook — three volumes for leading under pressure: deciding, lasting, transforming. Short, actionable distinctions, in open access.

Open the collection →
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Proof by peers

In the words of those who have sat in your seat

One executive's testimonial is worth ten logos and a hundred percentages. No aggregated figures, no walls of brand logos — the words of your peers.

“Do not expect a ready-made toolbox or a rehash of the great management theories. Ludovic deploys a very different approach.”
SA
Silvio Araujo
CEO · Leadership transition
“I have had the opportunity to work with many coaches across my leadership roles. But with Ludovic, the experience is of an entirely different order. His method is profoundly innovative.”
PA
Patrick Azoulay
Former executive · Coach of coaches
“His coaching was far more than support: a deep exploration of my values, my goals and my personality.”
PR
Philippe Rullaud
AI Innovation Director · Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Read all 30 executive reviews — Trustpilot 4.7/5 →

Your first criterion

What is said here stays here

Confidentiality is not a footnote: it is the foundation of the relationship. Here is the commitment, in black and white.

Off-site

No session inside Slack, Teams or any of your company's tools. A neutral space, yours.

No reporting

No dashboard, no “impact measurement” fed back to your organization. What you say does not leave the room. The Day-100 report belongs to you, and you alone.

Ethical framework

A written commitment to absolute discretion, in line with the profession's standards.

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How it works

A clear frame, before we even talk

You know what you are committing to from the start. No gray areas, no sales funnel.

1

First conversation

Thirty minutes, confidential, live. Together we check this is right for you — no commitment.

2

The framing

Your goals, the format, the rhythm. A frame set together, fitted to your calendar and your stakes.

3

The sessions

One-on-one, at a steady rhythm, over time. Substance, on your real decisions.

4

The checkpoints

Milestones to measure the ground covered and readjust. You stay in control, always.

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The questions we are asked

Executive coaching: your questions

What is executive coaching?

Executive coaching is one-on-one, confidential support for senior leaders — CEOs, C-suite members, senior executives — to work on their posture, their decisions and their leadership. At Wegartner, it takes the form of a bounded program: 12 sessions over 90 days, with a Day-100 report.

Executive coaching or executive coach: what is the difference?

The same reality seen from two angles: executive coaching refers to the process, the executive coach refers to the person who leads it. Here, the coach is a peer who has himself held an executive seat and owned a P&L.

How much does executive coaching cost?

Executive coaching is priced as a program, not by the hour: a full engagement compares to the investment of a senior executive hire, measured against the expected return on decisions and performance. The ROI calculator makes this ratio objective.

Is executive coaching available in Paris and remotely?

Yes. The practice is based in Paris (13th arrondissement) and sessions take place in person or by videoconference, depending on the executive's calendar. The coaching serves business leaders across France.

How do you choose an executive coach?

The criteria that matter: real leadership experience (having held the seat), an explicit confidentiality framework, a time-bound, measurable method, verifiable references from peers. Beware of anonymous platforms and coaches with no executive experience. Our complete guide to choosing an executive coach →

The only step

Talk for thirty minutes, in confidence

No demo. No endless form. A direct conversation with Ludovic Baumgartner to see, together, whether this is right for you.

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First slot within 72 hours · 100% confidential · no commitment