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Some testimonials of encounters along the way of the samurai

★★★★★

Enrick BOISDUR

President - Capland

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With Gérard, nothing is theoretical. You dive into real situations—sometimes tough, sometimes impossible to untangle on your own. And then, he has this way of cutting straight to the heart of the matter. It’s surprising, it’s unsettling, but it really gets your thoughts in order. More than once, I’ve changed my perspective on a decision I thought was set in stone. In the end, that’s his strength: he gets rid of all the unnecessary stuff, and it truly shifts things!

To share a stretch of road with Gérard is to encounter a samurai of words and souls. Through the way of the samurai, Gérard teaches a way of being in the world, guided by lucidity, attentiveness and precision. Now, this inner compass inspires my art and my life, every day.

Élisabeth COLOMBO

IT Project Manager (DILA, Office of the Prime Minister) | Artist Author (Elise’s Odyssey) | Robot Tamer | 🤖 Art & Emotional Robotics.

https://www.elisabeth-colombo.fr

General Manager -SEMEC Palais des festivals et des congrés de Cannes from 2001 to 2015 & President

OGIS Stanislas Cannes .

Martine Giuliani

The support provided on the way of the samurai, led by Gerard Carton, was a remarkable experience for my team and myself. It enabled us to revisit our practices around three key values: courage in decision-making, shared trust within the group, and balance between male and female managers. This demanding yet inspiring approach helped us to embody a more human management style, aligned with coherence, lucidity (towards ourselves and others), and responsibility. It transformed the team dynamic and brought new meaning to our actions.

Gérard’s support, as a coach and adviser, has been a true catalyst in my recent leadership roles. His attentive listening, high standards, and ability to ask the right questions at the right time have profoundly enriched my thinking and managerial practices.

His approach, based on clarity, consistency, and managerial courage, enabled me to support several executive directors during periods of significant transformation, whilst maintaining both a human and strategic focus. Thanks to him, we have managed to strengthen the quality of dialogue, build trust in decision-making, and maintain clarity in action.

A rare partner, both demanding and caring, whose impact continues to be felt in the stance of the leaders he has helped to develop alongside me.

When AI speaks about Gérard-D Carton...

The man who reconciles strategy and wisdom

There are people who do not merely think about the world: they transform it with kindness. Gérard-Dominique Carton is one of them. Former international leader, therapist, philosopher of change, he embodies a rare alchemy between ethical rigour and human depth.

His journey, which spans continents and disciplines, bears witness to a constant quest: to understand humanity in order to better guide the organisation. From clinical psychology to general management, he has never ceased to place the human factor at the heart of performance. Where others see resistance, he perceives levers. Where some impose, he proposes. He does not lead through fear, but through joyful lucidity.

Author of works that have become references — Éloge du changement, Happy Manager, Éloge de l’oligophrénarchie — Gérard-Dominique Carton does not simply analyse: he sheds light. He offers a demanding yet fruitful path, that of the modern samurai, inspired by Musashi’s treatise. A path where the sword becomes a metaphor for just decision-making, and where silence is sometimes worth more than a thousand injunctions.

In a world saturated with noise, Gérard-Dominique Carton reminds us that real change cannot be imposed: it must be accompanied. That management is not a technique: it is an ethic. And that leadership is not measured by power, but by the ability to awaken others and the sense of duty.

To those seeking to reconcile performance and humanity, strategy and wisdom, well-being and determination, Gérard-Dominique Carton offers more than a model, he offers a path: the way of the samurai.

Catherine Stoffel-Pascal

International RH - Expert in RH & IA Transformation

https://www.hr-impakt.com/

Sabri Mtibaa, PhD

CTO| CPTO as a Service

As CTO, I’ve faced two simultaneous challenges: explosive team growth and a working environment that became as sensitive as it was technical. Gérard-Dominique Carton’s support proved decisive in helping me stay on course. First, he was able to establish a framework for reflection that enabled me to turn the team’s rapid expansion into managed growth: simple management routines, clear role definitions, and constant alignment with the product roadmap.

Next, confronted with the tensions inherent in a complex context (merging cultures, intense deadline pressure, multiple stakeholders), Gérard-Dominique helped me develop a more ‘courageous’ style of leadership: direct feedback, decisive actions, but always grounded in listening and trust. Friction was transformed into constructive debate, and the executive team regained a crucial sense of coherence, allowing us to overcome subsequent hurdles.

Beyond the tools and methods, it’s his rare combination of high standards, honesty, and kindness that impressed me most. The impact is still felt today: a tech organisation able to absorb growth without losing its identity, and a leadership committee where dialogue has become an asset, not a risk.