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Communication & Performance Consulting · B2B

Your executives already lead with authority. In English, is that still true?

Passerelle helps your teams close the performance gap between French and English in day-to-day professional work: reports, board packs, negotiations. Not through generic language classes.

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Francine Garcia, founder of Passerelle
For your teams

Communication

Close the French to English performance gap in the work your executives actually do.

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For your organisation

Consulting

Strategy, sustainability and impact, at the intersection of public, private and investment.

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€1.4M+
Multi-country supply chains managed for the International Labour Organization
$4M+
Programs designed for countries within the United Nations system
$2M+
Mobilized for women-led businesses, co-founding WIC Senegal
10+ years
Within the United Nations system and international development

Built by someone who made this crossing.

A French speaker, she now operates at executive level in English.

What the gap costs

This isn't a vocabulary problem

It's a credibility problem, a speed problem, and a career trajectory problem. And it's paid continuously, silently.

01

Slower reporting cycles

Reports go through multiple rounds of rewriting before they're ready to present.

02

Diluted credibility in the room

Solid technical thinking reads as hesitant or unclear when delivered under language constraint.

03

Translations that aren't usable as-is

Translation agencies typically deliver literal, word-for-word output that still needs rewriting before it's usable.

04

Training that doesn't transfer

Generic or academic English classes build vocabulary, not the deliverables your teams are judged on.

05

Capped career progression

High-potential staff miss out on regional roles and promotions, not for lack of skill, but because they can't yet express themselves with full confidence in English.

Our approach

A four-step method, built on your real work

01

Diagnose

Assessment of each person's or team's communication: writing samples, meetings, friction points, priorities.

02

Design

A tailored program, built from your actual documents and deadlines. Not a generic curriculum.

03

Deliver

1:1 coaching, cohorts, and rewriting, on a schedule aligned with your time zone.

04

Sustain

Templates, playbooks, and checkpoints built together, so the gains outlast the engagement.

Why Passerelle

Not a language school.
Not a translation agency.

Traditional language schools

  • Academic curriculum
  • Generic vocabulary and grammar
  • No connection to your real work

Translation agencies

  • Literal, word-for-word output
  • Volume, not usability
  • Still requires rewriting

Passerelle

  • Built on your real work. Your reports, your meetings, your deadlines.
  • Founder experience within multinationals, multilateral institutions, and strategy consulting.
  • "Board-ready" standard, not "classroom-ready": what matters is that it works in front of your leadership.
  • Built by someone who made this crossing. A French speaker, she now operates at executive level in English.

Engagement formats

Ways to get started

How many people are involved? 8

For a small team, a Pilot Cohort is generally the best entry point.

For individual professionals:
private 1:1 coaching packages of 8, 12, or 20 sessions, funded by the company or personally, and scheduled across time zones.

Indicative pricing on request, adjusted to team size and cadence.

Next step

Let's talk about your team

A 30-minute scoping call to understand your executives' communication challenges and shape the Passerelle engagement built for your organization.

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