Francine Esrig. is a highly respected Talent Management Advisor, Executive Coach, and Industrial & Organizational Psychologist with over two decades of experience helping organizations align talent strategies with business goals, strengthen team and leadership effectiveness, and drive performance, engagement, and retention.
Francine brings a unique dual-lens perspective having served as both a corporate HR and Talent Executive and an external consultant and coach. This insider-outsider vantage point allows her to deeply understand the real-world challenges her clients face — including navigating organizational transformation, change, and complex stakeholder dynamics, developing high-performing, cohesive teams, elevating leader capabilities and presence, and building scalable, people-centered talent practices.
She differentiates herself by ensuring that every solution she delivers is practical, actionable, and designed to be implemented in the real world — not just in theory. Her work is grounded in behavioral science and research yet always anchored in the realities of business. Clients value her ability to balance strategic thinking with tactical execution, and measure progress and change. She brings clarity to complex issues, surfaces what’s often unsaid, and partners closely with clients to drive progress on what matters most. She is relatable, candid, collaborative, and relentlessly results focused.
Francine has deep experience working with clients across industries — including financial and professional services, technology, medical devices and clinical trials, pharmaceuticals, and music and entertainment. She advises Fortune 500 companies, middle-market firms, high-growth startups, as well as family-owned and mission-driven organizations. Her clients span the C-suite executives, business leaders, CHROs, and high-potential individuals at pivotal moments in their growth.
Her work focuses on three primary areas:
Strategic Advisory & Talent Management Consulting
Francine is passionate about building workplaces where people thrive and businesses perform. She partners with senior leaders to design and implement talent strategies across the employee lifecycle — from hiring and onboarding to performance management, leadership development, and succession planning — that drive engagement and align with business goals. She also leads large-scale change efforts and integrates people and cultures during transformations, restructurings, and mergers.
Team Development & Facilitation
Francine is a highly skilled facilitator of team meetings and offsites that foster clarity, trust, and alignment. Whether working with a newly formed leadership team or one navigating change, she helps teams define strategic goals, revisit shared norms and expectations, and improve how they work together. Her sessions create space for candid conversation, thoughtful reflection, and practical action — all aimed at strengthening accountability, communication, commitment, and performance.
Drawing on proven frameworks and a keen understanding of team dynamics, Francine also helps team members increase their self-awareness and better understand each other’s communication and interpersonal styles. Her facilitation blends insight, structure, and deep listening to create momentum, unlock collaboration, and ensure that teams leave more connected, aligned, and equipped to deliver results.
Executive Assessment & Coaching
As an executive coach, Francine works with senior business leaders and high potentials to develop greater self-awareness, emotional intelligence, executive presence, and leadership impact. Her approach is both data-driven and human-centered. She incorporates quantitative (e.g., personality, emotional intelligence, job fit) and qualitative (e.g., 360 feedback interviews) assessments to surface key insights and build actionable development plans. Whether supporting leaders as they transition into new roles, navigate organizational complexity, or strengthen personal effectiveness, Francine creates a safe but challenging space that enables growth.
She is certified in and experienced with a wide range of assessment tools which she uses thoughtfully to enhance understanding and fuel meaningful conversations
Francine earned her Ph.D. and M.A. in Industrial & Organizational Psychology from the University of Connecticut and a B.A. in Psychology from Brandeis University.
Outside of work, she stays active with cycling, tennis, and fitness, and cherishes time spent talking, laughing, and making memories with her children and close friends.
