Benoît Duchesne

Benoît Duchesne is a Senior Consultant and Executive Coach with Duchesne Formation in Montreal and partner with The Method Effect, specializing in leadership development, sales effectiveness, communication, and behavioural performance. With more than 20 years of experience in coaching, consulting, and facilitation, he helps leaders and teams unlock their full potential through practical, people-centered development.

Fluent in both English and French, Benoît serves organizations across Canada, with a particular focus on the Quebec and Ontario markets. His engaging facilitation style combines behavioural science with real-world business experience, enabling leaders to improve communication, strengthen relationships, and achieve measurable performance improvements.

Benoît helps organizations better understand how people think, communicate, and are motivated. His expertise supports leadership development, team effectiveness, sales performance, executive coaching, and talent development. He is skilled with DISC, Driving Forces, Trimetrix and EQ.

Benoît began his training career with the renowned FranklinCovey organization and has held senior sales leadership roles throughout his career. A graduate of the University of Ottawa, he is widely recognized for his insightful coaching, dynamic workshops, and ability to help individuals and organizations translate behavioural insights into lasting business results.

Benoît is passionate about helping leaders build stronger teams, develop exceptional people, and create high-performing organizations where individuals—and businesses—thrive.

Grip Strategic – Facilitation Partner

Leadership isn’t about managing people—it’s about creating the conditions where people can do their best work.

Grip Strategic helps organizations develop leaders who inspire confidence, build trust, and create cultures where performance and accountability thrive. When leaders better understand themselves, they make better decisions, communicate more effectively, and bring out the best in those around them.

Grip deliverables combine leadership development, executive coaching, behavioural science, and organizational strategy to help businesses strengthen their most valuable asset—their people. Using proven assessment tools, including DISC, Driving Forces, and Emotional Intelligence (EQ), the Grip team provides practical insights that improve leadership effectiveness, team collaboration, hiring decisions, succession planning, and workplace culture.

Whether coaching a senior executive, facilitating a leadership retreat, or helping a team navigate change, the focus is always the same: creating measurable improvements that last long after the engagement ends.

Organizations today don’t just need better managers—they need leaders who can build resilient teams, adapt to constant change, and inspire exceptional performance. That’s where Grip Strategic makes the difference.

Our team brings:

  • DISC and Driving Forces Certified Associates and Consultants
  • Emotional Quotient (EQ) Certified Associates and Consultants
  • Rotman School of Management Certified Professional Coach
  • Emory University Certified Professional Coach
  • 500+ corporations served with 30,000+ business professionals trained and/or coached
  • Dataset analysis and AI strategies
  • Sales and business coaching, training, strategy and consulting services experience and business culture capability in:
    • Canada
    • USA
    • China and South East Asia
    • EU
    • UK
    • Russia
    • Middle East
    • Latin America
  • Deep and broad exposure and experience with strategy, coaching, training and consulting with these business sectors:
    • Consumer goods distribution and sales in both general and targeted services
    • Commercial services sales and service
    • Oil, gas and energy upstream and downstream
    • Oil and gas service companies
    • Medical and Dental supplies and services
    • Technology – devices, SAAS
    • Food manufacturing and distribution
    • Transportation and the movement of goods
    • Safety and safety services, devices, SAAS
    • Agriculture and farming
    • Heavy equipment and construction
    • Publications and media
    • Property management
    • Sales and service of consumables, durables and packaged goods
  • Co-author with Deepak Chopra – Success Simplified (2008)
  • Co-author with Dr. Stephen Covey – Roadmap to Success (2007)
  • Speaker and course provider – University of Tulsa
  • Speaker and course provider – Mount Royal College
  • Coaching for executives and high value personnel
  • Contributing author to Business in Calgary Magazine, Brainz Magazine
  • Coached, launched and directed over 20 start-up and early-stage corporations