Monique E. Lanaux
Founder & Principal, The Alignment Collective™
About
Hi, I'm Monique — welcome.
If you're here, you're probably already carrying a lot: a leadership role that's testing you in new ways, a transition you're navigating without a clear map, or a sense that something needs to shift, even if you can't fully name it yet. I built this practice for exactly that moment.
I spent over 20 years as a C-suite and senior HR executive inside complex organizations — Fortune 500 companies and mission-driven nonprofits alike. I've sat in the rooms where big decisions get made, and I've also sat with the leaders those decisions land on. That combination is what I bring to every client: the boardroom perspective, and the human one.
These days, my work runs in a few directions:
I advise CEOs, Executive Directors, and boards — especially leaders newly stepping into a role — through the first, most exposed months of a transition, when the board is watching, the team is testing, and the mandate is still taking shape.
I also step in as a Fractional CHRO for mission-driven organizations that need senior HR expertise without a full-time hire. Right now, for example, I'm serving as governance advisor to a nonprofit navigating an executive leadership transition, working directly with their Interim CEO and Board Chair.
I also step in as a Fractional CHRO for mission-driven organizations that need senior HR expertise without a full-time hire. Right now, for example, I'm serving as governance advisor to a nonprofit navigating an executive leadership transition, working directly with their Interim CEO and Board Chair.
I coach individual leaders — particularly women and leaders of color — who are doing everything right and still feel like they're figuring it out without a roadmap. Not because something is wrong with you. Because most of us were never handed one.
Whichever brought you here, I'm glad you reached out.
What I work on:
- Executive Transition Architecture — a 90-day advisory for new CEOs and Executive Directors, calibrating mandate, board alignment, and execution rhythm before resistance hardens
- Governance advisory & HR strategy — decision architecture, organizational health assessments, and HR governance for boards and leadership teams navigating transition or misalignment
- Fractional CHRO — Fortune 500 HR architecture for mission-driven organizations that need senior-level people strategy without a full-time hire
Every coaching engagement runs on the same model: Assess. Align. Elevate.
- Assess — EQ-i 2.0® assessment and the Alignment Diagnostic™ establish your baseline. Where are you, really?
- Align — Structural misalignment named and addressed. Decision rights and authority recalibrated.
- Elevate — Clarity translated into positioning. Influence built without self-erasure.
Credentials & Recognition
- 20+ years executive leadership across Fortune 500 and mission-driven organizations
- EQ-i 2.0® & EQ 360 Certified Practitioner
- Most Influential Executive in D&I — Savoy Magazine (2023)
- Most Influential Women — Mass Market Retailers (2022)
- Certified SBA WOSB
Packages
Discovery Call
Discovery Call (30 min)
A focused conversation to help you get clear on what's actually going on — and whether coaching, strategic advisory, or something else entirely is the right next step. No pressure, no pitch. Just space to name what you're navigating and leave with a clearer sense of your path forward.
Alignment Coaching Sprints
Private Alignment Coaching Sprint (3 Sessions)
Three focused 1:1 sessions, plus the Alignment Diagnostic™ as your baseline. For a specific decision, transition, or challenge right now.
Three focused 1:1 sessions, plus the Alignment Diagnostic™ as your baseline. For a specific decision, transition, or challenge right now.
6-Month Executive Coaching
The full Assess → Align → Elevate journey. Six months of sustained 1:1 coaching to build not just clarity, but a leadership identity that holds — under pressure, at scale, without over-functioning to keep it together.
3 Month Executive Coaching
For leaders at a real inflection point — a new role, a major transition, or a decision that needs more than a single conversation to work through. Three months of focused 1:1 coaching to build clarity into lasting change.
Leadership Advisory
A 90-day advisory for newly appointed CEOs and Executive Directors — calibrating mandate, board alignment, and execution rhythm before resistance hardens.
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