What happens when leadership dares to do something different – and sticks with it? When business risk met bold thinking, a leadership programme emerged that delivered measurable impact and catalysed systemic change.
This webinar explores how a leadership programme, originally created to address a critical leadership pipeline risk, evolved into a powerful lever for performance, retention, and organisational transformation – without backlash, ideology, or box-ticking.
Join Yaël Ponçon (HR Leader, Saint-Gobain Sekurit) and Maija Van Langendonck (Senior Associate, Pluribus and Business Owner, Beyond-C) for a candid fireside chat about a leadership initiative born from one urgent challenge: sustaining the company’s future leadership pool.
About the conversation
Four years ago, faced with a growing leadership pipeline risk, a Saint-Gobain business unit decided to act.
What started as a women’s leadership programme, by women, for women, and for the business, was deliberately designed not as an HR project, but as a strategic response to a concrete business challenge inside a 365-year-old industrial company.
The outcome surprised many:
This conversation goes beyond trends and theory. It looks at how systemic impact is built, sustained, and scaled, and why this approach generated admiration rather than resistance.
What to Expect
This is not another “women in leadership” webinar.
You’ll hear honest insights on:
Yaël Ponçon is a business-driven and people-focused HR leader with over 25 years of experience leading organisational and cultural transformation in complex, international environments, particularly in retail and the automotive industry.
With a background in HR consulting and a Master’s degree from Université Paris Dauphine, she partners with executive teams to align people, culture, and strategy, turning vision into measurable impact. Over 18 years at Saint-Gobain, she has held senior HR leadership roles across Distribution and global business units.
Today, as HR Director for Saint-Gobain Sekurit (16,000 employees, 30 countries), she drives agility, empowerment, skilling, and performance. Through multiple initiatives she supports leaders and teams in growing with clarity, courage, and authenticity—transforming purpose into performance.
Maija Van Langendonck is an Inclusion, Culture and Change catalyst with over 25 years of corporate experience and 8 years as a freelance Culture – Inclusion and Feminine Leadership expert. Known for her energy, optimism, and human-centred presence, she challenges leaders to embrace authenticity, inclusion and non-conventional ways of thinking as powerful drivers of sustainable performance and belonging.
Drawing on senior commercial and strategic HR roles across industries, Maija blends strategic clarity with intuition, creativity, and courage. Her keynotes combine storytelling, lived experience, and practical insight, inviting leaders and teams to reconnect with what truly fuels engagement, resilience, and impact. Based in Belgium she works in English, French, and Dutch with organisations across Europe and the USA.
Who Should Join:
Join a conversation that goes beyond gender and ideology and discover how leadership courage can truly change the game.
This isn’t just a webinar, it’s a space to think, question, and connect.
Spots are limited; early registration is encouraged.
As a special thank you, the first 5 people to register will receive a complimentary 45-minute with Isabelle Pujol, our CEO and founder, for a 1:1 coaching session, or a consultation to explore how the Pluribus leadership programmes can help transform your organisation.
Inclusion Insights is a global webinar series for those who believe inclusion is essential—not optional. It’s for those who walk the talk, who lead from conviction, who create space for others, and who believe that true progress comes from action, honesty and courage ; to lead by example.
Join a community of changemakers that celebrates difference, values belonging, and believes that inclusion is a leadership imperative, not just kindness. Here, we go beyond buzzwords and labels, focusing on authentic stories, real strategies, and the collective strength that comes from diverse perspectives working together. We are committed to getting it right, not perfectly, but bravely and collectively.
If you’re passionate about advancing inclusion with integrity, vision, and action—this webinar series is for you.
In every session, respected DEI leaders bring not just expertise, but humility—sharing what’s worked, what’s failed, and what they’re still figuring out. Because getting inclusion right isn’t about having all the answers—it’s about showing up, learning together, and doing the work with integrity, clarity, and collective purpose.
