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Nina Bataille

Nina Bataille Certified professional coach, author and keynote speaker

Nina Bataille turns insights from coaching and cognitive science into practical solutions that help teams and managers combine effectiveness, serenity, legitimacy and high-quality relationships.

Languages
French
Duration
45 to 90 minutes
Formats
Talk, keynote, workshop, webinar

Biography

A professional coach certified PCC by the International Coaching Federation, author and speaker, Nina Bataille works with executives, managers and teams on leadership, relationship quality, mental health and sustainable balance.

Turning corporate experience into expertise in human dynamics

With around twenty-five years of corporate experience, Nina Bataille knows from the inside the demands of performance, organisational transformation and the tensions of working life. She works with executive committees, line managers, HR communities and large groups of employees.

Understanding before acting

Her approach combines systemic coaching, cognitive science, positive psychology and nonviolent communication. She helps participants understand the mechanisms behind stress, mental load, conflict, loss of confidence or difficulty setting boundaries. This understanding of human dynamics makes it possible to move beyond ready-made recipes and act on root causes.

Engaging, immediately applicable learning

Her talks combine accessible scientific input, real-life situations, short exercises and simple tools. Nina Bataille delivers lively, interactive sessions tailored to each organisation’s specific challenges. Her goal: to let every participant leave with useful insights and a realistic action plan they can apply the very next day.

A recognised voice on time, uncertainty and parenthood

The author of several books published by ESF Sciences Humaines, Eyrolles and Larousse, she explores our relationship with time, procrastination, hyperconnection, authority and self-confidence. Her books follow a single thread: regaining inner freedom without giving up ambition or a sense of responsibility.

“Do everything, choose everything… just not all at the same time!”

Combining effectiveness, serenity, legitimacy and quality relationships

— Nina Bataille
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Conferences

Through her talks, Nina Bataille makes the mechanisms that influence our decisions, emotions and relationships easy to understand. She turns sensitive workplace issues into simple, practical and engaging tools.

01

Stop Chasing Time!

Regain control of your pace without sacrificing performance.

Why do we constantly feel we are running out of time? Nina Bataille goes beyond conventional time-management methods to explore the deeper causes of distraction, procrastination and overload. She helps participants clarify their priorities and build a more realistic balance between ambition, effectiveness and breathing space.

  • Identify the behaviours and beliefs that waste time
  • Make clearer choices and prioritise more effectively
  • Reduce distraction, procrastination and digital overload
Ideal for Workplace wellbeing programmes, teams under pressure, HR conventions and seminars
Format Talk or workshop · 45 to 90 min
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02

Make Stress Your Best Ally

Turn pressure into useful energy without burning out.

Stress is not only an enemy: it is also a mechanism for adaptation and mobilization. Nina Bataille explains how it affects the brain and body, then provides practical ways to distinguish useful stress from destructive stress and regulate reactions more effectively.

  • Recognise personal triggers and warning signs
  • Regain clarity under pressure
  • Channel the energy of stress into action and creativity
Ideal for Managers, sales teams, project teams and transformation programmes
Format Talk or keynote · 45 to 75 min
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03

Discover the Secrets of High-Performing Teams

Understand human dynamics to strengthen cooperation.

We work with others without always understanding the forces that shape their behaviour. Drawing on real situations, Nina Bataille decodes the emotional and relational mechanisms that build trust and motivation—or create tension. This talk helps people collaborate with greater awareness.

  • Strengthen emotional stability and dialogue
  • Defuse tensions before they become conflicts
  • Create the conditions for smoother and more sustainable cooperation
Ideal for Teams, conventions, kick-offs and cross-functional projects
Format Talk or workshop · 45 to 90 min
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04

Can We Always Be Kind?

Own your legitimacy, set boundaries and say no without guilt.

Kindness can become an injunction that prevents people from deciding, giving corrective feedback or setting boundaries. Nina Bataille reconciles humanity with high standards. She shows how to exercise clear authority, assert oneself authentically and escape the traps of guilt and impostor syndrome.

  • Develop respectful and effective assertiveness
  • Set boundaries without aggression or avoidance
  • Strengthen managerial legitimacy and courage
Ideal for Executives, managers, women’s networks and newly appointed leaders
Format Talk or workshop · 45 to 75 min
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05

Manage Personalities, Not Generations

Turn age diversity into a driver of collective performance.

Generational labels oversimplify reality and can reinforce misunderstandings. Nina Bataille looks beyond stereotypes to better understand individuals’ needs, motivations and ways of working. She helps managers adapt their leadership without locking people into categories.

  • Challenge assumptions about generations
  • Foster mutual understanding and trust
  • Attract young talent while valuing senior experience
Ideal for Management, talent, diversity and multigenerational teams
Format Talk or workshop · 45 to 90 min
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06

Mental Health: What If We Talked About It?

Build psychosocial skills to prevent problems and provide better support.

Psychological distress remains difficult to discuss in the workplace. This talk helps participants recognise signs of severe fatigue, listen appropriately and direct colleagues towards suitable resources while respecting the limits of each person's role. It advances prevention without turning the managerial relationship into a medical one.

  • Break taboos and better understand mental-health issues
  • Learn to listen, reassure and respond without judgement
  • Strengthen the prevention of psychosocial risks
Ideal for HR teams, managers, healthcare, prevention and workplace wellbeing events
Format Talk or awareness session · 60 to 90 min
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For which events?

Nina Bataille speaks at the key moments where people, performance and impact matter.

  • Seminars and conventions
  • Leadership committees and strategic talks
  • Product launches
  • CSR and climate events
  • Institutions, schools and universities

Possible formats

Formats adaptable to your goals and context.

  • Inspiring talk
  • Impactful keynote
  • Participative workshop
  • Panel
  • Webinar

Why choose them?

A unique experience serving strong, useful messages.

  • Field experience backing the message
  • Authentic and inspiring stories
  • Human, demanding and accessible approach
  • Tailored content aligned with your stakes
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Videos

Discover Nina Bataille on stage through full-length talks and short videos that showcase her style, teaching approach and ability to turn human science into practical everyday tools.

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Reduce Your Mental Load Every Day 49:49
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Reduce Your Mental Load Every Day

Nina Bataille shares practical tools to reduce stress, organise more effectively and protect the balance between work and personal life.

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Know Yourself Better to Unlock Your Talents 02:28
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Know Yourself Better to Unlock Your Talents

Nina Bataille shows how self-knowledge and cognitive science can support better choices, stress management and performance.

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Publications

Stop Chasing Time — ESF Sciences Humaines, new edition published in 2025. A book about our relationship with time, procrastination, screens, choice and prioritisation.

The Virtues of Uncertainty — a book about adaptation, resilience, stress management and decision-making in an unstable world.

Nina Bataille has also written several practical books published by Larousse and Eyrolles on authority, self-confidence, emotions and parenting.

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