Praxis International - Advisers in Leadership

What Praxis International - Advisers in Leadership does

Praxis International is a privately held, Paris-headquartered management consultancy founded in 1989 by David Gutmann and Jacqueline Ternier McConnico. The firm operates as "Advisers in Leadership," providing bespoke advisory services to executives of French and international public and private companies, non-profit associations, and international organizations. Its core commercial offering comprises five interconnected service lines: individual support to managers ("Accompagnement de dirigeant"), talent and high-potential development, individual and institutional diagnoses, team-building seminars, and intercultural management.

All services are delivered through a single proprietary methodology called "Transformation institutionnelle" (institutional transformation), which synthesizes the economic, political, social, cultural, and personal dimensions of an institution to produce customized interventions rather than ready-made solutions. Advisers ("conseillers de synthèse") are trained through the in-house "Leading Consultation" programme and deliberately come from non-traditional consulting backgrounds — entrepreneurship, engineering, human resources, political science, history, journalism — contrasting with the engineering and business-school pedigrees of typical clients to create conditions for candid dialogue grounded in confidentiality, benevolence, and rigor.

The business is structured around direct advisory engagements with no public pricing, packaged product, software component, or subscription offering. Delivery is supported by an international network spanning 17 cities (Berlin, Buenos Aires, Cairo, London, Madrid, Mexico City, Tel Aviv, Stockholm, and others) whose members convene in Paris every six months. Client acquisition is driven by thought leadership — peer-reviewed articles, books, general media (Le Monde, Le Figaro, La Croix), and an annual thematic greeting booklet — and by referral through a partner ecosystem that includes FIIS-IFSI, the Université de La Havane, and Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana.

Name

Praxis International - Advisers in Leadership

Legal name

Praxis International

Website

https://praxis-international.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Praxis International is a Paris-based boutique consultancy founded in 1989 that provides bespoke leadership and institutional-transformation advisory services to executives of large enterprises, non-profits, and international organizations via a proprietary psychoanalytic methodology.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting

NAICS

Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Change Management & Transformation Leadership (EDABAAAD)

Keywords

• Leadership consulting
• Management advisory
• Institutional transformation
• Executive coaching
• Organizational consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Praxis International is a boutique consultancy firm providing bespoke advisory services in leadership and institutional transformation. The firm offers individual support to managers, talent development, individual and institutional diagnostics, team building seminars, and intercultural management, all delivered through its proprietary institutional transformation methodology that synthesizes economic, political, social, cultural, and personal dimensions of an institution.

Product overview

Praxis International offers a portfolio of five interconnected consulting services centered on leadership development and institutional transformation. The core offering comprises individual support to managers, talent development, individual and institutional diagnostics, team building workshops, and intercultural management. All services are delivered through the firm's proprietary 'institutional transformation' methodology, which synthesizes economic, political, social, cultural, and personal dimensions to create customized interventions rather than ready-made solutions. The firm positions itself as 'advisers in leadership' providing bespoke advisory services to French and international organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Accompagnement de dirigeant (Support to Managers) Individual advisory support to managers and executives facing challenges such as taking up a function and authority, leadership succession, and team development. Targeted at leaders of French and international companies, public and private organizations.
• Développement des talents (Talent Development) Identification and reinforcement of high-potential talent within organizations. Targeted at executives seeking to strengthen succession pipelines and emerging leadership within their institutions.
• Diagnostic individuel et institutionnel (Individual and Institutional Diagnoses) Personal and institutional diagnostic assessments to understand organizational dynamics across economic, political, social, cultural, and personal dimensions. Targeted at organizations seeking holistic assessment of their institutional situation.
• Séminaire de team building (Team Building Workshops) Organization of team seminars and workshops designed to build collective effectiveness. Targeted at leadership teams and executive committees seeking to strengthen team dynamics.
• Management interculturel (Intercultural Management) Advisory support for managing across cultural boundaries, developed particularly for international organizations and multinational leadership contexts. Targeted at executives leading cross-cultural teams or organizations with international operations.

Named customers50 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Forum international de l'innovation social (FIIS-IFSI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPraxis International has an active partnership with the Forum international de l'innovation social (FIIS-IFSI). Team member Lionel Bellotti participated in FLAM seminars organized by FIIS-FIIS, and Raphael Gutmann serves as Secretary General of the International Forum for Social Innovation (IFSI). Louise Edberg served as President of FIIS from 2011 to 2017.
• Centre de Consultation de la Vie au Travail (CCVT)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner in the Praxis International network of partner organizations.
• Faculte de psychologie de l'Universite de la HavaneminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership with the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Havana. Listed as a partner in the Praxis International network.
• Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (Colombia)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner in the Praxis International network. The Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana de Medellin also appears in the client list.
• Arifana International ABminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArifana International AB is listed as a partner in the Praxis International network. Louise Edberg is the founder and CEO of Arifana International AB, connecting the two organizations through a team member.
• IsmominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a partner in the Praxis International network of international partner organizations.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Spencer Stuart: Executive search and leadership advisory firm that supports boards and CEOs with succession, board effectiveness and organizational advisory engagements, comparable in target buyer (C-suite) and mandate type to Praxis International.
• Boyden: Global executive search and leadership advisory firm that provides leadership consulting and talent solutions for senior-level clients, including succession and organizational change, similar to Praxis International's mandate profile.
• Russell Reynolds Associates: Global executive search and leadership advisory firm offering leadership assessment, succession planning and organizational advisory, addressing the same senior leadership and institutional transformation buyer as Praxis International.
• Egon Zehnder: Global executive search and leadership advisory firm offering board advisory, executive coaching and organizational transformation services to large multinational clients, similar to Praxis International's leadership advisory focus but at much greater scale.
• Heidrick & Struggles: International leadership advisory and executive search firm that delivers leadership consulting, culture shaping (e.g., via Senn Delaney) and team effectiveness services, directly comparable to Praxis International's leadership and institutional transformation offering.
• IMD Business School: Swiss-based executive education provider offering leadership development, transformation and high-performance leadership programs to senior executives, a scaled alternative to Praxis International's bespoke leadership advisory.
• INSEAD Executive Education: Top-ranked business school delivering leadership development, change management and executive programs, comparable to Praxis International in building senior leadership capabilities for European and global enterprises.
• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm providing executive search, leadership development and talent management solutions, including change and transformation advisory, competing with Praxis International in serving senior leadership mandates.

Direct peers

• Tavistock Institute of Human Relations: UK-based social science research and consulting organization applying psychodynamic and systems thinking to organizational change and leadership development, sharing Praxis International's psychoanalytic orientation toward institutional transformation.
• RHR International: Boutique leadership advisory firm specializing in executive development, succession and senior team effectiveness, with a psychoanalytically-informed tradition that makes it a close peer to Praxis International's institutional transformation methodology.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/praxis-international-paris

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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