Hack was the first woman to be Executive-in-Residence at IMD Business School, where she maintains an active affiliation, to focus on responsible leadership, diversity, sustainability, human rights and other social issues for 21st century business. She was Board Chair of the Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation and served as a non-executive director on other for- and not-for profit boards.

Creating connectedness is central to Hack’s work: she aids individuals and organizations to connect to their core purpose, connect across silos within their organizations, and connect with external stakeholders, friendly and even adversarial, all based on building and sustaining trust.

She is the Founder and CEO of beCause Global Consulting, an international management consulting firm. beCause services include:

• Provide executive coaching (intensives or ongoing) and leadership development
• Generate/ sustain corporate social responsibility initiatives integrated with core business
• Develop stakeholder engagement systems within and among organizations
• Design ambitious yet achievable strategic action plans for new or revitalized enterprises
• Institute organizational and governance structures to achieve these and other goals

To her busy clients she brings a solid analysis process, customized recommendations and dedicated support so that they focus on their key priorities, gain time and have fun leading their teams.

She helps her clients attract the best talents from the market, reduce turnover, increase engagement, improve reputation, and boost the growth of their company, in revenue, profit and market share.

PointNorth Intl services help her clients answer the following questions:

• How to manage the human side of a business and making it simpler ?
• Finding THE talents on the market you need to boost your revenue. How do you find them ? how to be sure they are the right choice ?
• Your people cost and turnover are high… How do you avoid the risk of loosing your best people?
• Are you an employer great talents would love to work for ? How do you know ?
• You have got a clear vision for the years ahead… does your team share it ?
• You have recently acquired a new company, how do you ensure the integration goes smoothly ?
• You plan to develop your business in other continents… where do you start ? who can you trust ?

His key expertise is in delivering consulting and services involving competencies management and development. He has undertaken major change management projects for various clients and followed hundreds of Leaders through training, coaching or assessment center.

Moreover, Nicolas is a certified CAPP, Insights, Profilscan, Performanse and QE Pro user (Psychometric tools). He also trains HR teams to use psychometric tools in a powerful way and to build-up in house development centre through the upskilling of internal coaches.

Nicolas is the Co-Founder and a Senior Consultant on the topic of Human Capital Development for Skillspotting. His company services include:

• Audit of  HR strategies and processes, tools in place to synchronize them with the business and its development
• Proposing changes in a process of continuous improvement and optimization and deployment by mobilizing all stakeholders.
• Development of skills and potentials, particularly through assessments, individual coaching or team and / or training tailored to specific needs, whether for companies or individuals.