HEC Alumni Celebration: Maria Morozova-Duthoit’s new book & fireside chat with Meta France Country Director
Join us for an alumni celebration of the launch of Maria Morozova-Duthoit’s second book, The Work Smarter Guide for New Managers. Last year, we raised a glass to her first book on sales. This time, the topic is a bit trickier: the everyday reality of managing humans, with all the ambition, anxiety and occasional chaos that come with it.
Maria will be joined on stage by another HEC alumnus, Pierric Duthoit, Country Director at Meta France. Together, with Maria’s new book as their starting point, they will talk about the risks of the “fake it until you make it” approach in management, compare how people leaders are raised in Big Tech and in the Army, name the most common traps managers of all levels fall into, and discuss the art of managing upwards.
There will be time for audience questions, followed by a cocktail: a good moment to continue the conversation, compare your own management highs and lows, and reconnect with fellow HEC alumni as the holiday season approaches.
About the speakers
Maria Morozova-Duthoit is a business leader, coach and author with 20+ years’ experience in advertising, tech and leadership development. She has led sales and client service teams at Google, BBDO, Leo Burnett and McCann Erickson. Now Managing Partner at Catalyst UK, she focuses on executive coaching, training and commercial strategy. She is the author of two books in the Work Smarter series, published by Hachette UK: a book on sales (2024) and The Work Smarter Guide for New Managers (2025).
Pierric Duthoit is Country Director at Meta France. His career spans leadership roles in tech, digital marketing and consumer brands, including Google, Meetic and Coty, as well as experience as an entrepreneur and adviser to start-ups.
Diplômé
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15,00 €
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