Guillaume Soenen

Dr Soenen is a specialist of strategy execution and organizational change. His research focuses on the determinants of successful corporate transformations, organizational justice and anticipations. He is in charge of the Strategy Consulting specialization in the MSc in Management program. He teaches in the international and executive MBA programs. He is academic director of several large international executive education programs for companies such as Arc International, Bouygues Telecom, GDF Suez, Holcim, etc. He has created and delivered leadership development programs in Egypt, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, UK, USA and China. Dr Soenen also consults for international companies on corporate transformation, organizational changes and leadership development.

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. in Management, HEC School of Management, Paris, France
• MSc in International Marketing, University of Strathclyde, UK
• BA of Economics, University of Manchester, UK

EXPERIENCE

• Professor, EMLYON Business School, 2005-present
• Certified coach TMI (Team Management Inventory), 2010
• Independent consultant and coach in strategic management and corporate change, 2007-present
• Lecturer, HEC Paris, 2000-2004
  
• Consultant, Cap Gemini Ernst and Young, 1999-2002
• Research fellow, University of Strathclyde, Department of Marketing, 1997-1998

EXPERTISE

• Change management ; organizational design
• Consulting and coaching
• Executive education ; complex pedagogical design ; leadership development ; tailored-made programs ; business simulations
• Field research
• Organizational culture and identity
• Quantitative analysis (SEM models)
• Strategy ; corporate transformations ; strategy execution

RESEARCH INTEREST

• Change management (e.g. the characteristics of effective change management)
• Organizational change (e.g. the determinants of employees championing behaviors during planed changes)
• Organizational justice (e.g. the role of justice anticipations; the determinants and consequences of phase-shift perceptions)
• Strategy execution (e.g. Chief Transformation Officers ; change portfolios; polychronicity and decision making)

PUBLICATIONS

ACADEMIC ARTICLES (6)

‑ Soenen, Guillaume, Melkonian, Tessa. 2017. Fairness and commitment to change in M&As: The mediating role of organizational identification.European Management Journal, 35 (4): 486-492 p.

‑ Soenen, Guillaume, Melkonian, Tessa, , AMBROSE, Maureen L.. 2017. To Shift or Not to Shift?: Determinants and Consequences of Phase-Shifting on Justice Judgments.Academy of Management Journal, 60 (2): 798-817 p.

‑ Fugate, Mel, Soenen, Guillaume. 2017. Predictors and processes related to employees’ change-related compliance and championing.Personnel Psychology, FORTH

‑ Melkonian, Tessa, Soenen, Guillaume, , AMBROSE, Maureen L.. 2016. Will I Cooperate?: The Moderating Role of Informational Distance on Justice Reasoning.Journal of Business Ethics, 137 (4): 663–675 p.

‑ Soenen, Guillaume. 2006. Les déterminants du fonctionnement communautaire: Une étude comparative.Revue Française de Gestion, 32 (163): 139-153 P.

‑ Soenen, Guillaume, BALMER, J.. 1999. The ACID test of corporate identity management.Journal of Marketing Management, 15 (1-3): 69-92 P.

BOOKS (4)

‑ Lerpold, Lin, Ravasi, Davide, , Van Rekom, Johan, , Soenen, Guillaume, , Monin, Philippe, , Rouzies, Audrey, , Vaara, Eero. 2007. Organizational identity in practice. New York: RoutledgeTaylor & francis XI + 259 p.

‑ Lerpold, Lin, Soenen, Guillaume, , Ravasi, Davide, , VAN, REKOM Johan . 2007. Organizational Identity in Practice.: Routledge 259 P.

‑ MOINGEON, Bertrand, Soenen, Guillaume. 2002. Corporate and organizational identities: Integrating strategy, marketing, communication and organizational perspectives.: Routledge 201 P.

‑ Moingeon, Bertrand, Soenen, Guillaume. 2002. Corporate and organizational identities: Integrating strategy, marketing, communication and organizational perspectives. London: Routledge XVII + 201 p.