The Meeting Doctor
Show me your meetings and I'll show you your culture.
Working with leadership teams and managers, when the way people are working together isn't working.Â
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Our clients say it best
Alexandra Rotureau
McDonalds Belgium, Employee Engagement
"The whole team loved your 'Meeting Monsters' keynote. Comprehensive, practical and engaging... Some, who've been here for 20 years, said you were the best speaker we've had!"
Rhys Mumford
British School of Brussels, Manager
"I hadn't really addressed moving from a matey colleague to a manager. So giving feedback was a challenge! Thanks to the tools from the program, I did it - and it went really well. I'm more confident now. It's good for me, and it's good for my team."
Veronique Willems
SME United, Director General
"Before the team work with Madeleine, there were underlying tensions and challenges communicating effectively. Now, there's better understanding, more openness and a lighter atmosphere. Discussions are easier and we collaborate better."
Mohammed Mezghani
UITP, Director General
"At our recent strategic retreat, Madeleine demonstrated an exceptional ability to listen deeply, synthesize diverse perspectives, and guide us towards a unified direction."
Amy Peeters
Johnson & Johnson, Govt Affairs Leader
"By applying Madeleine's tips, I was able to get really focused and get the results I wanted in a recent meeting I chaired. Honestly, I think I saved myself - and everyone else in the meeting - months!"
Thibault Vandenhove
Ohoo, Founder
"A highly practical program with frameworks and templates you can apply immediately. I've used the tools to make our ways of working clearer and more effective."
Three services to build thriving leaders, teams & culturesÂ
1:1Â Executive Coaching
Clarity & Confidence.
A new role, bigger expectations, a difficult decision — or simply too much resting on you. One-to-one coaching to understand what’s getting in the way and turn insight into practical action.
Management EssentialsÂ
From expert to people-leader.
Practical skills for the moments where people-management actually happens: delegation, feedback, saying what needs to be said, meetings, influence and decision-making - so you can lead through others, not do everything yourself.Â
The Meeting DoctorÂ
Every interaction has a dynamic
Whether it's a check-in, a leadership off-site, or a quick chat - everything's a meeting. When something feels off, I look beneath the presenting problem, find the pattern and build the solution for your specific situation.Â
The Meeting Doctor Approach
"Treatment without diagnosis is malpractice"
I look beneath the presenting problem to find the pattern, so we can address what’s really going on - instead of wasting time, energy and money treating the symptoms.
Discover & Diagnose
Quick discovery phase to identify challenges, opportunities, needs & priorities.Â
Co-create
Short debrief to share what I'm seeing and make recommendations. Then we refine the way forward together.
Build & DeliverÂ
Expertly delivered training / coaching / strategy, based on what the situation actually needs.
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I check-in 2 - 3 months later to see what's working and support where helpful to ensure change sticks.Â
About Business4Good.
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Hi, I’m Madeleine.
I work with leadership teams and managers when the way people are working together isn’t working.
I’m known as The Meeting Doctor because meetings are where organisational culture becomes visible. And by meeting, I don’t just mean the one in your diary. It might be a weekly staff meeting or an informal chat. It might be a Leadership Team off-site or the Teams call you're told your colleague's going on sick leave for burnout. It might even be meeting inside your own head before you speak up.
Whenever people meet, they interact. And those interactions create patterns. Some help people do their best work together. Others quietly get in the way.
My medical training taught me that 'treatment without diagnosis is malpractice'. So I don’t arrive with a pre-cut answer. First I discover what's happening beneath the presenting problem, then turn that diagnosis into practical and pragmatic solutions that deliver on your objectives, priorities, timing and budget.
That might mean a leadership-team intervention, Management Essentials, strategic direction and alignment work, executive coaching, or simply helping people have the conversation they've been avoiding.
A big part of how I work is what I call loving firmness: say what needs to be said, treat people with dignity, and keep accountability.
A medical doctor trained at Imperial College London, I spent more than 15 years in leadership roles in Life Sciences before founding Business4Good. I’m an ICF PCC executive coach, two-time TEDx speaker, Visiting Professor, and was named "The Meeting Doctor" by the Financial Times.Â
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