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HR Consulting, Change Management & Training

Human experience
at the service of your transformation

An independent boutique firm founded by two Chief HR Officers from international groups, SYNCHRO accompanies you in your strategic projects with pragmatism — fully integrating the human dimension, key to lasting success.

Our services
80+
Years of combined
experience
2023
Founded
in Paris
Paris · Geneva
International
presence

The HR challenges shaping tomorrow

Artificial intelligence Pay transparency Augmented HR Augmented teams Engagement
Absenteeism Transformation Alerts Intergenerational Knowledge transfer Professional skills
Leadership Roles & responsibilities Culture HRIS
01
Artificial intelligence

AI & use cases

What are the prospects, and the new uses, of artificial intelligence within organisations?

02
Work & organisation

AI & its impact on work

How does AI affect work, both individually and collectively? How can the HR function support these transformations?

03
Skills

Tomorrow's jobs & skills

How are jobs and skills evolving in the age of AI? How can knowledge be passed on during a generational transition?

04
Remuneration

Pay transparency

What is the outlook for HR practices and remuneration policies in the era of the European directive?

05
Collective

Engagement & collective dynamics

What new levers can foster employee engagement and team dynamics?

06
Alerts & prevention

Absenteeism & alerts

Absenteeism, harassment and discrimination alerts: new challenges and new solutions for HR and management teams. How can organisations detect, prevent and act effectively within a rapidly changing legal framework?

Prevention Harassment Discrimination HR & managers

Born of 80 years of field experience in France and internationally

SYNCHRO was founded in 2023 from the combined experience of Xavier Broseta and Laurent Rebischung — two CHROs who held positions in various international groups (family, private, public). They are joined by Corinne Margot, an experienced CHRO in industry and growth companies.

We bring a practitioner's perspective: no disconnected theoretical models, but a precise reading of organisational realities and the ability to implement solutions tailored to your context.

  • 2 cofondateurs, Xavier & Laurent, offrant un support sur mesure aux dirigeants en Suisse et à l'international
  • Responsabilités opérationnelles exercées comme dirigeants (membres de comités exécutifs et de comités de direction), sous différentes gouvernances : entreprises familiales, privées, publiques, …
  • +50 ans d'expérience de DRH cumulée, dans des PME et des grands groupes à l'international
  • Approche pragmatique des sujets et qualité du travail produit
  • Connaissance approfondie des secteurs des transports, de l'industrie, de l'aéronautique, de la logistique et des médias
  • Capacité à intégrer rapidement la culture de votre entreprise et à s'y adapter
  • Accompagnement de A à Z, personnellement assuré par Xavier & Laurent

“Reconciling long-term vision with pragmatism in implementation — that is what differentiates a consultancy that truly transforms from one that merely recommends.”

The SYNCHRO team

Three CHROs. Eighty years of experience.

Operational careers within diverse international companies (family groups, private, public...). Corinne, Xavier & Laurent work personally alongside you.

Xavier Broseta
Xavier Broseta
Co-founder & President
30 years of experience in management & HR

For 10 years, I headed the HR functions of major companies (Air France, Bolloré and Canal+). This experience allowed me to work alongside great leaders and learn from them, particularly on aligning strategy and HR policies. I also led many transformations. At Air France, for example: designing and implementing a plan that cut payroll costs by 20% and rolling out fully redesigned HR processes. Over these years, I also gained solid experience in crisis management, particularly social crises.

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Before that, 10 years at Thales in various roles – divisional and international CHRO, and Head of Recruitment – gave me strong experience of operational HR approaches in a highly process-driven and international environment. Early in my career, 7 years at the French Ministry of Labour and the national health insurance system gave me a sound understanding of how social administrations operate.

I taught at Sciences Po for 8 years and have been teaching at the Sorbonne for more than 15 years (Master’s 2 in Human Resources) and at the École des Mines de Paris.

Graduate of ENS Cachan and ENA

xavier@synchro-consulting.fr+33 (0)6 20 39 71 17
Laurent Rebischung
Laurent Rebischung
Co-founder & Managing Director
20 years of experience in management & HR

My 11 years at Air France-KLM, alternating between operational and corporate HR roles, taught me in particular – in a socially complex Franco-Dutch environment – to address strategic issues while always anticipating how they will play out on the ground and the main changes they bring. I was thus able to contribute directly to Air France’s major transformation plans and to lead the group’s Employee Experience project.

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The desire to experience another culture and take on a new professional challenge led me in 2017 to join the Bolloré group as divisional CHRO (some thirty companies of varying sizes in Europe, the USA and Asia), then as Director of HR Development and Social Responsibility Programmes for the entire group (130 countries). In particular, I led the restructuring and subsequent sale of the electric car-sharing businesses following the end of Autolib’ in 2018, and in my last role coordinated recruitment, the corporate university, talent development programmes and HR’s contribution to the group’s CSR policy.

My wife’s recruitment at the end of 2022 by an independent Swiss watchmaking house was the opportunity to develop the entrepreneurial project of Synchro and to launch the business in Switzerland alongside Xavier Broseta in May 2023 (subsidiary opened in Geneva in 2025). I have since joined the CCIG, the aaa foundation in Lausanne on intergenerational issues, and the Initiative Grand Annecy network.

Finally, on a more personal note, I trained in co-development and have experimented with various methods of experience sharing and collective intelligence (tutoring, reverse mentoring, shadow executive committees, hackathons, …). I have also been teaching at CELSA (Sorbonne University) for 10 years, in the final year of the Master’s in HR & Organisations.

Graduate of CELSA, Paris

laurent@synchro-consulting.fr+33 (0)6 88 48 39 14
Corinne Margot
Corinne Margot
Engagement Director
30 years of experience in management & HR

Throughout my career, I have had the opportunity to work in listed groups, family-owned mid-sized companies and start-ups, always with an international dimension. I have mainly supported the development of industrial and high-tech companies (Matra Mhs, Soitec) and sector specialists (Beneteau, Groupe Le Duff).

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I have contributed to the successful delivery of major growth projects (organic or through acquisitions) by putting in place suitable HR processes, developing skills, building constructive relationships with the various stakeholders (including social partners) and supporting leadership teams.

On several occasions, I introduced high-performing HR information systems in France and internationally, and used HR data to build a forward-looking HR vision, notably with the help of AI (payroll, employee sentiment, for example). I have also often taken part in programmes to improve workplace safety and employees’ mental health.

I am an independent board member of 2 major companies (high-tech / services).

Postgraduate degrees in European law (DEA) and Business Administration (DESS) — IAE

corinne@synchro-consulting.fr+33 (0)6 86 57 58 39

Four areas of expertise, a bespoke approach

We personally intervene at every stage of your projects — upstream to analyse, during to adapt, and downstream to consolidate.

01
Organisations & change management

An external perspective from experienced CHROs supporting the evolution of your organisations.

  • AI deployment
  • Evolution of roles and responsibilities
  • Skills development and workforce planning
02
Managerial & HR processes

Evolution of HR & managerial practices combining human expertise, innovation and AI.

  • Pay transparency directive deployment & grading
  • Managerial culture & leadership model
  • Performance evaluation, talent detection...
  • HRIS simplification
03
Managerial & HR training

Design and delivery of bespoke training combining targeted academic input and peer experience sharing to work on postures (practical cases, role-play...).

  • HR training
  • Managerial training
Qualiopi
✓ SYNCHRO is Qualiopi certified for training activities since 2025. Average rating 2025: 4.8/5
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Executives & leadership teams

On an individual and collective basis, operational support for executives in the context of new strategic projects, onboarding or complex social situations.

  • Collective support
  • Individual support
  • Seminars
Our work

Concrete assignments, a bespoke approach

AI adoption
Roles and responsibilities
Job evaluation for a mid-sized company
HRBP training

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Exemples de missions

01

Sparing partner de dirigeants et de RH

  • Conseil auprès d'un dirigeant au fil de l'eau depuis 18 mois (feuille de route, projets, équipe…) et accompagnement de dirigeants (directeurs des opérations, DRH) comme sparing partner
  • Accompagnement d'une équipe de direction en amont et lors de séminaires pour travailler sur la conception et le déploiement de la vision et du nouveau plan stratégique
  • Réalisation d'états des lieux puis conception et coanimation de séminaires annuels pour des équipes RH
02

Évolution des organisations et accompagnement du changement

  • Sensibilisation à l'IA générative puis identification de cas d'usage adaptés et pilotage d'un projet pour accélérer son déploiement (approche sur mesure, participative et itérative)
  • Accompagnement sur mesure de dirigeants lors de la transmission de leur entreprise sur les enjeux humains et organisationnels (entreprises familiales notamment)
  • Redéfinition des rôles et des responsabilités entre membres du comité de direction (fonctions) et directeurs des pays dans un groupe international de service, pour relancer l'entreprise avec plus de proximité des marchés (décentralisation)
03

Évolution des process managériaux et RH

  • État des lieux et recommandations sur le déploiement d'une charte managériale dans un groupe international
  • État des lieux et recommandations sur le fonctionnement et l'évolution de SIRH
  • État des lieux et recommandations sur l'évolution de l'évaluation de la performance, du process d'entretiens annuels et de la politique de rémunération d'une scale-up
  • Élaboration d'une classification des emplois et d'un système de grading simple pour une ETI
04

Formations managériales et RH

  • Conception et animation d'une formation managériale pour 400 managers de la grande distribution sur les différences culturelles et l'accompagnement à la mise en place d'une nouvelle organisation
  • Conception et animation de formations sur les gestes fondamentaux et postures des équipes RH généralistes pour des groupes internationaux
  • Création et animation de clubs RH en Suisse et en France

Un engagement durable en Suisse

Création et coanimation d'un club de DRH d'entreprises suisses (luxe, banque, industrie…)

Ambassadeur et membre actif de la Chambre de commerce, d'industrie et des services de Genève depuis la création de Synchro Consulting

Vice-président bénévole de la Fondation aaa, créée en 2015 à Lausanne et dédiée à la collaboration intergénérationnelle en entreprise

Création et coanimation des réseaux alumni suisses de Sorbonne Université et du Celsa

“Bespoke support from A to Z, personally delivered by Xavier, Laurent and Corinne”

News

Insights & news

Our analyses, publications and events to help make sense of how work and organisations are changing.

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Publications & analyses
Employee experience
3 articles · Monde Économique · No. 54
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Employee experience:
the symmetry of attentions

Employee experience covers all the interactions an employee has with a company, from recruitment through to departure. Three in-depth articles by Laurent Rebischung and Xavier Broseta.

01 The symmetry of attentions
02 5 good ideas to turn ambition into reality
03 Mergers & acquisitions: the employee experience
Laurent Rebischung & Xavier Broseta Read the article
Quote from Xavier Broseta
HR development · HR Today · 4/2025
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Why the HR function needs to look after itself (a little)

More frequent change, digital transformation and a shifting relationship with work: HR is expected to deliver on every front, sometimes at the expense of its own health. A few ways to cope.

Xavier Broseta & Laurent Rebischung Read the article
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Events & meetings
Pay transparency event, SYNCHRO × Figures, 9 April 2026
9 April 2026 · Paris
Event

Pay Transparency
Directive
Challenges & discussion

Co-hosted with Figures, this morning event brought together HR directors for a progress update on the European pay transparency directive.

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HR Club Today & Tomorrow

An innovative club for HR directors

Present & Future

Made up of around ten senior HR directors from every sector, this Club exists to offer a space for dialogue and inspiration on the present and future of human resources and management.

Topics are chosen by the group and alternate between external speakers, input from Synchro and sharing among peers, in complete confidentiality and goodwill.

Examples of topics covered

  • →Engagement and pay policies
  • →French-style management
  • →GEPP (job & career planning) & Strategic Workforce Planning
  • →AI & HR
  • →Mental health at work
  • →Cultural, managerial and HR implications of pay transparency
  • →The Economics of Happiness — Claudia Senik

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A responsible approach, at our own scale

From 2024, SYNCHRO formalised its CSR commitments — proportionate to our activity and size, and genuinely put into practice.

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A controlled carbon footprintTravel by train, bicycle and electric vehicle — keeping non-essential journeys to a minimum.
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Exemplary employment practicesApplying to ourselves the standards we recommend to our clients.
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Diversity & inclusionBuilding diversity issues into every assignment, without exception.
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Knowledge transfer & sharingHelping to develop the skills of tomorrow's HR professionals.
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