Business Coaching, Workshops, and Leadership Programs for Organizations

Team coaching in Paris by EMCC-accredited coach Yury Li-Toroptsov. Boost team performance, innovation, and communication with tailor-made programs trusted by LVMH, Hermès, and CAC 40 companies. In-person or remote sessions available.

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Yury Li-Toroptsov in front of Mona Lisa

Photo: Yury Li-Toroptsov @museeLouvre

Unlock the Power of Creativity in Leadership

What if the key to solving your organization's most complex challenges wasn’t just strategy but imagination?

My journey into professional coaching began not in a boardroom, but in the darkroom. As a photographer and artist, I learned to read images not just for what they showed but for what they revealed. Over time, I witnessed something extraordinary: creativity doesn't just express, it transforms.

One day, during my photography masterclass, a participant looked at his own images and saw, truly saw, what they were saying. That conversation changed the course of his life. It was a revelation: images can unlock insights, surface truths, and spark real decisions. This and many similar moments became the foundation of the coaching methodology I’ve developed, a fusion of creative exploration, image-based inquiry, and deep psychological insight.

Today, I work with leaders and teams who are ready to do things differently. Who understand that imagination is no longer a luxury, it’s a leadership imperative. Because in a world of complexity and constant change, the real competitive edge lies in the ability to think creatively, communicate authentically, and imagine the future before it arrives.

Here’s the paradox: creativity, imagination, and play are hardwired into us. They’re part of our design as human beings. Yet somewhere along the line, the workplace banished them in favor of control, speed, and short-term thinking. I believe it’s time to bring them back, and not as decoration, but as a serious business strategy.

My coaching doesn’t aim to turn your executives into artists. It equips them with tools artists use to navigate ambiguity, spark innovation, and transform limitation into opportunity. Drawing from systemic coaching, Jungian psychology, and the applied arts, I help leaders and teams develop the mindset and skillset needed to thrive, not just survive in uncertainty.

Think of it this way: when the James Webb Space Telescope sent its first images back to Earth, we didn’t just see stars, we saw deeper into the universe than ever before. That’s what creative coaching does. It sharpens your lens. It helps you see what’s been hidden in plain sight, inside your team, your strategy, your leadership.

This approach isn’t for everyone. It requires courage. Curiosity. A willingness to look beyond the obvious and sit with the unexpected. But for those ready to step into a new kind of leadership, one that is imaginative, emotionally intelligent, and visionary, the rewards are profound.

If your organization is ready to think differently, lead creatively, and engage your talent in new ways, then let’s talk.

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My services

Building productive teams, leadership development, Emotional and Collective Intelligence.

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Online and face-to-face customised executive coaching programs that drive results.

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A coaching engagement tailored for individuals who operate in high-stakes environments and need their coach not at intervals, but on call, on point, and always attuned.

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Yury Li-Toroptsov

Certified Professional Coach | Artist | Jungian analyst-in-training

I support business leaders and teams in strengthening collective performance, developing resilient leadership, and fostering innovation. My approach combines professional coaching, Jungian psychology, and artistic creation to open new strategic and relational perspectives.

Based in Paris, I have worked with organizations such as Hermès, L’Oréal, and EDF. I design interventions tailored to business challenges: clarity in decision-making, team cohesion, navigating transitions, and preventing psychosocial risks. My goal is to help organizations find a new balance between efficiency, creativity, and purpose.

My approach is integrative. It draws on the systemic Palo Alto model and the power of images and artistic methods, which encourage collective intelligence and long-term engagement.

- Certified professional coach (ESSEC, EMCC accredited, Practitioner level) with experience in executive coaching
- Interventions with multinational corporations and diverse teams
- Jungian analyst-in-training at the C.G. Jung Institute Zurich, bringing unique depth to coaching practice
- Internationally exhibited artist and photographer, creator of innovative image-based workshops

My training

Now Jungian analyst-in-training, CG Jung Institute Zurich, Küsnacht, Switzerland

2024 Certificate of Fundamentals of Analytical Psychology, CG Jung Institute Zurich, Küsnacht, Switzerland

2021 Advanced certificate in Coaching, Leadership & Change, ESSEC Business School, Paris, France. Thesis: "Coaching by image, a tool for transforming managerial practices in the era of hybrid work".

2000 MS in Non-Profit Management, New School for Social Research, NY, USA

1997 Diploma in English Philology, Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, Russia

Professional organizations

I am an accredited member of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC Global) at Practitioner level. I abide by its code of ethics.

I am bound by professional secrecy.

My coaching practice benefits from regular supervision.

Languages spoken

English, French, Russian

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