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HR

Outsourced HR Practices: Trends for 2026

HR trends and practices in 2026: outsourcing, skills, AI and wellbeing. How can you apply them to strengthen engagement and performance?

Christine Martin October 21, 2026

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Personal Development

Integrating Mental Health into HR Strategy at French SMEs

HR and mental health: help teams spot signs of distress and give HR clear guidance to respond appropriately in the day-to-day life of an SME.

Christine Martin October 21, 2026

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Using a workshop to talk about mental health at work as an HR learning tool

What is a workshop to talk about mental health at work? A participatory session to understand the mechanisms of stress and find collective solutions in 2026.

Christine Martin October 21, 2026

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HR

Tailored HR Consulting for SMEs and Subsidiaries

Discover the role and rates of an HR consultant for your SME in 2026. Local expertise, transparency and solutions tailored to your needs.

Christine Martin October 21, 2026

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Professional Coaching for Leaders

Building Trust for Local HR Growth

How can you strengthen trust and local leadership in 2026? Proven solutions to improve workplace relationships and boost HR performance in your organisation.

Christine Martin October 21, 2026

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Professional Coaching for Leaders

Trust and Leadership for Executives and Managers

In 2026, effective leaders rely on trust to strengthen their leadership. Here are four qualities to develop to motivate and engage your teams.

Christine Martin October 21, 2026

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Personal Development

Assessing psychosocial skills among managers in French subsidiaries

In 2026, psychosocial skills are reshaping leadership. Explore the WHO’s 10 pillars and practical strategies for integrating them into everyday work.

Christine Martin October 21, 2026

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Professional Coaching for Leaders

Skills Assessment and Coaching for a New Role

A skills assessment and coaching can help you clarify a career plan, choose the right support and prepare for your next role.

Christine Martin October 21, 2026

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Foreign Subsidiary in France

Structuring HR Support for a French Subsidiary to Ensure Global Alignment

HR support for a subsidiary helps align practices with headquarters, clarify roles and adapt decisions together to local realities.

Christine Martin October 21, 2026

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Professional Coaching for Leaders

Tailored Executive Support for French Subsidiaries and SMEs

In 2026, tailored executive support aligns strategy and leadership. I adapt every step to your specific challenges and goals.

Christine Martin October 21, 2026

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HR

Fractional HR, an HR Consultancy or an In-House Hire: Which Solution for Your Company

An honest comparison of the three ways to organise HR in a mid-sized company: an in-house hire, an outsourced HR consultancy, fractional HR. With, for each, the situations where it is the right call and those where it is not.

Christine Martin September 17, 2026

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HR

Outsourcing the HR Function: Which Tasks to Delegate First

A map of the building blocks of the HR function: the ones to delegate first, the ones that wait for the second stage, the ones that are never delegated, and the order of priority that changes with your headcount.

Christine Martin September 17, 2026

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Independent HR Consultant: What the Job Actually Is, and How to Choose One

The job of an independent HR consultant without the jargon: the assignments actually taken on, what stays outside the scope, the five selection criteria that matter, and how to frame the assignment from the first conversation.

Christine Martin September 17, 2026

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Fractional HR Director: the Right Level of HR Without Hiring a Full-Time One

A fractional HR director is not administrative reinforcement: it is an HR directorship exercised part-time, with a seat on the leadership team. How to know whether that is the level you need, and when it is not.

Christine Martin September 17, 2026

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HR

Outsourced HR for Small and Mid-Sized Companies: When and Why to Hand HR to a Fractional Expert

When does a small or mid-sized company have an interest in outsourcing its HR? The six situations that trigger the decision, what a fractional HR professional takes on, and the cases where it is not the right answer.

Christine Martin September 17, 2026

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Personal Development

Wellbeing at Work: Beyond the Table Football, What Actually Counts

The table football table is not the problem: it becomes one when it stands in for prevention. My grid for sorting wellbeing initiatives at work and deciding what to fund.

Christine Martin September 17, 2026

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Mental Health First Aid Training

A Workshop to Talk About Mental Health at Work: the Session That Opens the Conversation

I run this awareness workshop in companies. How a session unfolds, what gets said, the two versions available, and what it actually changes in a team afterwards.

Christine Martin September 17, 2026

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Personal Development

Mental Health at Work: What Are the Employer’s Obligations?

The real framework of employer obligations on mental health at work in France: article L. 4121-1, the prevention principles, the single risk assessment document, harassment, and the written records that prove them.

Christine Martin September 17, 2026

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Personal Development

Preventing Burnout at Work: The Manager’s Key Role

The risk factors for burnout are organisational. What a manager can settle alone, what has to be escalated in writing, and where the role stops.

Christine Martin September 17, 2026

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Personal Development

Workplace Stress: Causes, Effects and Concrete Prevention Levers

Workplace stress is first an organisational problem: its causes, what it produces inside a company, and the prevention levers on the management side.

Christine Martin September 17, 2026

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Personal Development

Early Warning Signs at Work: Spotting Them Before Breaking Point

How to spot emerging disengagement, tell a passing rough patch from a real alert, and what an organisation can put in place before breaking point.

Christine Martin September 17, 2026

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Personal Development

Distress at Work: Recognising the Warning Signs and Knowing How to Respond

Individual and collective signs of distress at work, a 48-hour response grid, a four-step conversation outline and the internal referral routes to activate.

Christine Martin September 17, 2026

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Mental Health First Aid Training

Becoming a Mental Health First Aider at Work: Role, Stance and Limits

What a mental health first aider concretely does inside a company, what they never do, who they signpost to, and how the person holding the role is protected.

Christine Martin September 17, 2026

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Mental Health First Aid Training

Mental Health First Aid at Work: What the Training Covers and Who to Train

What the two-day mental health first aid course teaches, what a trained first aider can and cannot do, and how to choose the people to train in your company.

Christine Martin September 17, 2026

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Personal Development

Psychosocial Risks at Work: Definition, Employer Obligations and Prevention Plan

What psychosocial risks actually cover, the six families of factors used in France, the employer’s legal obligations, and the assessment and action-plan method I run inside small and mid-sized companies.

Christine Martin September 17, 2026

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Foreign Subsidiary in France

Relocating a Team to France: The HR and People Side of the Move

The legal and tax side of a move to France usually has an owner; the HR and human side rarely does. Permit timelines, the rule that decides who may work, and what really breaks a relocation.

Christine Martin September 8, 2026

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Foreign Subsidiary in France

French Labour Law Essentials for Foreign Employers Hiring in France

The Code du travail is only the floor: a sector-wide collective agreement applies to your French entity automatically and can be stricter than the law. The operational essentials for a foreign employer, article by article, with the traps that cost the most.

Christine Martin September 8, 2026

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Foreign Subsidiary in France

Setting Up HR for Your French Subsidiary: EOR Platform or HR Partner on the Ground?

An honest comparison of what an Employer of Record platform genuinely does for your French subsidiary, what it does not do, and when a human HR partner on the ground is the better answer.

Christine Martin September 8, 2026

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Foreign Subsidiary in France

Expanding to France: Your Local HR Anchor When Head Office Is Abroad

When head office is abroad and there is no HR in France, the question is not administrative but human: who is your contact on the ground? What a single French-speaking HR point of contact changes, and how to frame the relationship.

Christine Martin September 8, 2026

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Foreign Subsidiary in France

Your French Subsidiary’s First 90 Days: Building the HR Function From Day One

The concrete sequence for building the HR function of a French subsidiary when headquarters sits abroad: what to settle before the first hire, what the first employee triggers, and the headcount thresholds that change the rules.

Christine Martin September 8, 2026