Hello there!
I am Theresa Destrebecq, an American living here on the Riviera since 2015.
I am a passionate learner and leader who loves books, so I founded Emerge Book Circles, whose goal is to re-imagine organizational learning, through reading.
After spending over a decade in traditional education and education leadership, and a decade coaching professionals, I now combine the two to create, lead, and facilitate book-centered learning communities, whereby we can all learn and grow with and from each other using books as the bridge to that learning and connection.
I don’t believe that change and growth doesn't come from reading more books or taking more trainings. It comes when we cross the threshold of conviction, from knowing the ideas, to having the heart and the will to implement them.
A book circle is an intersection of training and community building – it's collaborative and transformational learning rolled into one.
The book acts as the platform and the subject-matter expert, and I act as the bridge between consuming and creating, by way of connected learning. Unlike traditional learning and development structures, my goal is not to teach or deliver content, but to create space for wisdom to emerge from within the individuals and the group.
Most of my book circles are custom delivered to both small and large organizations and NGO, but I also lead one book circle for individual leaders.
Readers come from companies like: Morningstar, Jabra, Fortinet, The Ocean Clean Up, Hatch, Sony, Business Forensics, Medecins Sans Frontier, etc.
Here are some kind words from current and past readers :
