About Us
I don't teach what I've read. I share what I've lived.
Every methodology, every framework, every conversation at Planès Coaching is rooted in one thing — direct, personal experience of what it truly takes to perform, transform, and lead.
THE JOURNEY
From the ring to the summit. From the slope to the boardroom.
My path began in combat sports. As a high-level athlete in French boxing, I learned early what most people spend a lifetime trying to understand — that performance is not built in the body alone. It lives at the intersection of mind, soul and action. From boxing, I moved into the mountains. Alpinism, ski mountaineering, climbing in all its forms — the high-altitude environment became my second school. A place where clarity of mind is not a luxury. It is a survival condition. Then came alpine ski coaching. From the youngest athletes taking their first turns, all the way to private teams competing at European Cup and international level. Nearly a decade on the slopes, in the cold, under pressure, building human beings as much as athletes. Along the way, something became clear — the principles that forge a champion are the same principles that build a great leader. Discipline. Self-knowledge. The courage to embody what you transmit.
THE TURNING POINT
A chapel. A silence. A mission.
In the small mountain village of Planès, in the Catalan Pyrenees, stands a chapel of unusual geometry — Notre-Dame de la Merci, built on an equilateral triangle, each side shaped as a half-circle. A perfect symbol of the trinity that guides everything I do: body, soul, spirit. It was here that the deeper purpose crystallised. Not just coaching athletes to win races. But accompanying human beings — leaders, founders, teams — toward the fullest expression of what they are capable of becoming. Planès. By city of wanderers. By refuge of those in motion. A fitting name for a practice built on the belief that the journey itself is the transformation.
THE PHILOSOPHY
Embody what you teach. Teach only what you embody.
This is not a slogan. It is the operating principle of everything Planès Coaching does. In high-level sport, We witnessed what happens when a coach speaks from knowledge alone — and what becomes possible when they speak from lived experience. The difference is not technical. It is human. It is presence. What we call Authentic Presence — the complete alignment between what you think, what you say, and what you do — is both the foundation of elite performance and the most powerful leadership tool we know. It cannot be downloaded. It must be developed. And that development, when supported with the right framework and the right guide, changes everything.
Ready to explore what's possible?
Whether you lead a company, a team, or a movement — if you’re ready to go beyond performance and step into purpose, let’s talk