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 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.
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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.



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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. 

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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.  


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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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