Grimod Consulting

What Grimod Consulting does

Grimod Consulting is a French organizational consulting and leadership coaching firm founded in 2016 by Kevin Chambenoit, headquartered in Romanèche-Thorins in the Burgundy wine region. The firm serves executives, managers, and leadership teams (CODIRs) primarily in luxury hospitality, fine dining, and demanding service industries, with named clients including Palace Barrière Les Neiges, Elegancia, Ritz Paris, Enedis, Châteauform, Hôpital Américain de Paris, and Glion Institute of Higher Education. Its core offerings are four professional services: individual executive coaching, collective/team coaching, organizational diagnostics and advisory, and bespoke multi-month accompaniment (transformation) engagements.

The firm's intellectual property centers on a proprietary methodology called the 4-Pillar Transformation Method (Structurer/Se Relier/Explorer/Transformer), supplemented by proprietary diagnostic tools — the Étoile du Changement (Change Star) commitment-planning framework, a Customer Experience Diagnostic Grid covering the full guest journey, and leadership style assessment tools including the "synergometer." Services are delivered primarily on-site at client locations, with some virtual individual coaching. The business model is pure professional services with custom-quoted engagements based on scope, duration, and complexity; pricing signals indicate senior consultant day rates reaching €2,000+ and mission-based projects priced €10,000-€20,000. The go-to-market is founder-led direct enterprise sales complemented by thought-leadership content (website articles, case studies, press in Le Figaro and Hospitality On), industry seminars, and client referrals. The firm operates as a solo consultant practice with no disclosed external funding, no parent company, and no headcount beyond the founder, with additional capacity sourced through partnerships for larger engagements.

Name

Grimod Consulting

Legal name

Grimod Consulting

Website

https://grimodconsulting.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Grimod Consulting is a French solo consulting firm founded by MOF 2015 winner Kevin Chambenoit, providing leadership coaching, executive coaching, and organizational transformation services primarily to luxury hospitality, fine dining, and demanding service industry clients across France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612), Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Leadership Development & Executive Coaching (BPAHAGAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Organization Design & Operating Model Consulting (BPAHAGAB), Performance Management & Productivity Consulting (BPAHAGAL)

Keywords

• Executive coaching services
• Hospitality consulting
• Leadership development
• Organizational transformation
• Luxury hotel consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Romanèche-thorins

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Strategic Consulting Engagements: Custom consulting projects addressing organizational transformation, management structure, and service quality. Engagements are scoped and priced based on complexity, duration, and organizational size. Projects include diagnostic phases, intervention delivery, and follow-up support.
2. Individual Executive Coaching: One-on-one coaching programs for executives, managers, and business owners seeking to develop leadership capabilities. Sessions are confidential and personalized with objectives defined collaboratively with company leadership.
3. Team and Group Coaching Programs: Collective coaching workshops for leadership teams, departments, or cross-functional groups. Programs include formation-action formats, team building exercises, and skill development sessions delivered over multi-day seminars or ongoing programs.
4. Diagnostic and Advisory Services: Assessment-based engagements analyzing customer experience, organizational effectiveness, or operational performance. Deliverables include written reports, on-site restitutions, and prioritized action roadmaps.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Grimod Consulting provides bespoke leadership coaching and organizational consulting services — individual executive coaching, collective team coaching, organizational diagnostics and advisory, and custom strategic accompaniment — for leaders and teams in luxury hospitality, fine dining, and demanding service-industry organizations. Deliverables are grounded in a proprietary four-pillar methodology (Structurer, Se Relier, Explorer, Transformer) and proprietary diagnostic tools, with outcomes measured against quantifiable ROI metrics.

Product overview

Grimod Consulting is a consulting firm offering a portfolio of professional coaching and organizational consulting services primarily serving the hospitality, luxury hotel, and fine dining sectors. The core offering consists of four main services: (1) Coaching individuel for individual leadership development, (2) Coaching collectif for team development and collective performance, (3) Diagnostics et conseil for organizational assessment and strategic advisory, and (4) Accompagnement personnalisé for bespoke transformation programs. The firm also provides downloadable resources such as the '10 clés relationnelles' ebook. Services are delivered through structured interventions based on a proprietary four-pillar methodology (Structurer, Se relier, Explorer, Transformer) and are designed for executives, managers, and organizations seeking to improve management quality, employee engagement, and customer experience.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Coaching individuel (Individual Executive Coaching) One-on-one coaching program for executives and managers (Food and Beverage Directors, General Managers, business owners) seeking personal development, strengthened managerial posture, and measurable leadership outcomes. Sessions are confidential and personalized with objectives defined collaboratively with company leadership.
• Coaching collectif (Collective Team Coaching) Collective coaching workshops for leadership teams, departments, or cross-functional groups. Programs include formation-action formats, team-building exercises, and skill development sessions delivered over multi-day seminars or ongoing engagements.
• Diagnostics et conseil (Diagnostic and Advisory Services) Assessment-based engagements analyzing customer experience, organizational effectiveness, or operational performance. Deliverables include written reports, on-site restitutions, and prioritized action roadmaps, with claimed outcomes of up to +25% client satisfaction improvement within three months.
• Accompagnement personnalisé (Bespoke Strategic Accompaniment) Custom-tailored multi-phase support combining diagnosis, managerial piloting, and organizational transformation for strategic projects. Combines elements of diagnostic, consulting, and coaching into a coherent long-term engagement for major client initiatives.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to +25% improvement in client satisfaction within first 3 months of diagnostic implementation
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Egon Zehnder: Global executive search and leadership advisory firm with a substantial executive coaching and board advisory practice. Comparable to Grimod at the high end of executive coaching, but serving global C-suites rather than French mid-market hospitality leaders.
• Wavestone: Major French consulting firm formed by the merger of Solucom and Kurt Salmon. Competes with Grimod in organizational transformation and leadership advisory, particularly in service industries, though at substantially larger scale including international deployment.
• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm with a deep leadership, coaching, and talent advisory practice. Comparable to Grimod in delivering executive coaching and leadership development, but at vastly greater scale and with broader industry coverage.
• Cegos: A leading French and international executive training and corporate coaching firm. Cegos offers leadership development, organizational transformation, and consulting services across multiple verticals including hospitality, directly overlapping with Grimod's coaching and consulting portfolio but at significantly greater scale.
• BTS Group: Global professional services firm specializing in leadership development, sales transformation, and strategy execution. Comparable to Grimod in the leadership and performance-improvement space, with similar methodology-driven engagements and a slightly more international scale.
• Sia Partners: French-origin global management and technology consulting firm with industry practices across hospitality, luxury, and services. Overlaps with Grimod's broader service-industry transformation work and has a strong presence in the same French market.

Direct peers

• Kea & Partners: French executive coaching and leadership transformation firm focused on senior executives and CODIR teams. Direct overlap with Grimod's coaching individuel/coaching collectif offerings and its executive committees customer segment.
• Julhiet Sterwen: French boutique consulting firm specializing in customer experience, leadership, and organizational transformation. Strong overlap with Grimod's premium hospitality and luxury service client base and its 4-pillar-style transformation methodology, despite operating at meaningfully larger scale.
• HVS (Hospitality Valuation Services): Global consultancy specializing in the hospitality industry, offering advisory services to hotels, resorts, and restaurants. Comparable to Grimod through its deep hospitality vertical specialization and owner/operator advisory practice, though with a much broader global footprint.
• Mandarine Academy: French boutique executive coaching and leadership development firm with a strong presence in Paris. Closely comparable to Grimod in service mix (individual coaching, team coaching, organizational transformation) and target buyer (executives and leadership teams), though Mandarine Academy operates at a larger scale and broader geographic reach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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