MJ Cabanel brings over 25 years of experience working at the critical intersection of leadership mindset, team dynamics, and business performance. A dual French-American citizen working fluently in English and French, she has coached executives from over 100 nationalities across finance, tech, healthcare, and luxury sectors worldwide. MJ holds an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management and is completing her Executive Master in Change at INSEAD. As a senior Front-of-the-Room leader for the Co-Active Training Institute (CTI), she has trained more than 1,000 corporate leaders in high-performance coaching methodologies.
MJ’s superpower is navigating the invisible interpersonal dynamics—such as trust, power, and identity—that drive or stall executive performance. Acting as a relational conductor, she creates high-trust environments where senior teams can address the underlying tensions and unspoken challenges holding them back. Moving beyond surface-level theory, her facilitation combines systemic coaching, psychodynamic insights, and practical business strategy. She helps leaders cultivate self-awareness and shift team mindsets to drive sustainable, long-term growth.
MJ specializes in executive leadership development, multicultural team coaching, and organizational change. Leveraging advanced certifications in Co-Active coaching, ORSC (Organization & Relationship Systems Coaching), and dynamic profiling tools, she excels at designing customized programs for high-stakes corporate environments. Her core strengths include guiding teams through complex transitions, fostering women’s leadership initiatives, building executive presence, and transforming team dynamics to deliver measurable business impact.
