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What can you expect from Self-Leadership Lab ?

Our aim

Self-Leadership Lab gives each manager the means to become aware of his/her roles as well as his/her values,

And above all the energy and confidence to take his or her place in his or her professional life.

Your outcome

Clarity about your added value.
The keys to your fulfillment and your professional impact.

3 scenarios for your professional development.
The self-confidence for implementing them.

Our support to your development

Our 360° questionnaire (360 by SLL) diagnoses the potential roles you have the potential to play.

The Self-Leadership program clarifies your personal compass and translates it into viable projects.

Our Founder

photo de jean yves mercier créateur de self leadership lab

An expert in change management and potential development, Jean-Yves Mercier navigates with agility between the academic world and the private sector.

A former HRD of international groups, he is now CEO of Self-Leadership Lab and Director of the Executive MBA program at the University of Geneva.

Passionate about transmission, he has developed interactive and innovative pedagogical methods that allow each person to become fully involved in their professional commitment.

These methods are now used in more than 15 countries.

Jean-Yves Mercier
CEO

Self-Leadership,
From origins to excellence

What makes us different

A major pedagogic innovation

The first elements of the Self-Leadership program appeared in 1995, while Jean-Yves Mercier wrote his PhD thesis. New pedagogies were developed In order to support autonomy, initiative and responsibility for managers.

For 13 years, they were refined through action. Then, in 2008, the students of the Geneva Executive MBA made a request. Faced with a changing world, they felt responsible for managing their own careers. And they didn't know how. The research means of the University came into play. Didactic video allowed an iteration of individual questioning and group coaching. The Self-Leadership program was born. It was since then continuously developed, for individuals as well as for companies.

Since then, more than 2'000 people have benefited from the Self-Leadership program with a 92% success rate.

An experiential journey to identify your foundations step by step

- Alternating between individual reflection - guided by e-learning - and collective coaching.
- Deepening multiple personal dimensions to identify coherences and paradoxes.
- Confronting personal aspirations and professional realities
- Visualizing one's potential through the design of 3 development scenarios.

Our clients

Our partners

Our community

Seek challenge, not danger. Move forward, try, dare. There is magic in boldness. Self-Leadership is an inner journey that turns you outward. Through this empowering methodology, I found a way to stand in alignment with who I am and what my organization needed. This led to my leadership recognizing and opening the path to my new role.

‍Marielle, Manager in Home Care Services, Switzerland

This journey, thoughtfully designed to inspire us, took me from “Who am I?” to “How can I understand the rest?” — and ultimately to “Where do I want to go next?”
Along the way, you’ll discover how to use your own compass so you never lose yourself again.
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— Javier, Risk Manager in Finance, Switzerland

Self-Leadership is a journey of growth — but also a unique, safe space to share doubts. It helped me put words to my professional intentions and envision possible paths, thanks to practical tools, the support of a group, and a well-structured framework. Through this deeper self-awareness, I wasn’t afraid to take on a new professional challenge. And above all, I learned how to learn — to keep anchoring future experiences.

‍Diane, HR Director in Education, Switzerland

Self-Leadership helped me focus on myself and clarify my life goals. Each time I realize I’ve reached one of those goals, I feel a joy and confidence that’s almost surreal. In an uncertain world, I know I can rely on the strength of my own decisions.

‍Ash, Researcher and Entrepreneur, USA

Self-Leadership was an experience of curiosity, questioning, and authenticity. I learned that mastering my life doesn't come from control, but from regularly reassessing myself, adapting to changes in my environment, and accepting my current limits. Becoming aware of both myself and my ecosystem gave me the strength to face my next challenge.
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‍Laura, HR Director in PReal Estate, Switzerland

This Self-Leadership module was a remarkable two-way journey — the outward path with myself, and the return guided by others. It allowed me to see things from new angles and with greater depth. I now feel more aware of myself — both as an individual and in relation to others. And I feel energized in my motivation to lead myself, so I can better lead others.

‍Mokhtar, Procurement Director, Tunisia

Our guarantee

2 920

participants have already benefited from the Self-Leadership program

94%

satisfaction rate among executives

92%

of action plans implemented within 18 months after the program

67%

of the working groups continue to grow together after the training

92%

of participants recommend Self-Leadership

Our network

Ingo
Bionda

Business Development

Cristina Rudareanu

Business Development

Guy
Gimenez

Product Management

Emmanuel Josserand

R&D

Sylvain
Babey

Switzerland

Philippe
Poirot

France

Soumaya BenLetaifa

Canada
& North Africa

Emmanuel
Josserand

Australia

Olga
Mercier

Sub-Saharan
Africa