Marine Chosson
Turning my life accident and vulnerability into a criterion of resilience!
For over 25 years, I have worked in the social housing sector. In March 2021, a left ischemic stroke changed my life, both professionally and personally, leading to right hemiplegia and profoundly reshaping the trajectory I envisioned for the end of my career. It took me three years to regain almost all of my faculties. This recovery period ended in 2024 with a dismissal for incapacity, marking a difficult stage in my professional life. Since then, I can no longer handle any stress and cannot stay focused for more than three hours at a time, after which a nap is necessary to recover. This experience made me aware of a reality often overlooked: disability remains the leading cause of discrimination in hiring. Today, having come out of my long-term sick leave, I have committed to a process of reconstruction, both physical and inner. I move forward step by step, with clarity and determination, accepting falls as learning experiences and transforming perseverance into strength. Sharing my journey through testimonies and writing, and getting involved in associations related to invisible disabilities and prevention, allows me to continue expressing myself, transmitting, and fully existing, while respecting the limits imposed by fatigue. What is my biggest current challenge? Having enough energy to succeed in convincing in my fight for re-welcome. We cannot talk about a recruitment crisis and do without competent people who have experience and desire. Not to become naive but to find the balance so that inclusion is a reality AND a ... SUCCESS. I speak as a lecturer on the aspects of re-welcome in companies following life accidents or chronic illness. To support the conferences, I created an exhibition on Invisible Disability: "Beyond Appearances ..." How can leaders ensure that employees feel confident to talk about their disability, even if invisible, without fearing stigma or consequences for their career? By having me intervene (smile!). Joking aside, by advocating for DOING at the level of Inclusion and not just SAYING. That is to say, by writing re-welcome procedures, appointing Inclusion or Disability referents, and valuing life stories. The means are numerous, but authenticity is needed for those returning to feel secure and confident. The company and teams perform better when diversity is part of the equation.
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- Conference : 3500 €
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REACTive: the method to retain talent after a life accident.
After my stroke, I had to give up my previous life. Disability, dismissal for incapacity... all of this caused difficult mourning. I decided to use my experience as a Manager to open another path. This conference talks about my accident, but also about the creation of REACTive, to prevent dismissal for incapacity from being the first option considered.
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Who am I?
What I did before becoming a speaker
I was the General Director of a social housing organization
What made me become a speaker
My life accident: stroke, my dismissal for incapacity My desire to help both companies and individuals to reintegrate
A failure or turning point that shaped me
A phrase from my governance when I spoke about reintegration: "It is not the company's responsibility to adapt to the wishes of the employee"
What excites me about working as a speaker
Transmit Share Transport
The mission I'm carrying today
That vulnerability is a strength but not a weakness
The belief or message I want to leave for the long term
That vulnerability is also a performance criterion
A personal story I often tell
The work of the occupational psychologist who made me understand that we do not live to work
Where I'm from and what shaped my childhood
I grew up and lived in Africa in the middle of the bush It's that cooperation and collaboration are essential for survival and growth
The childhood dream that still follows me
To put on a show
My memory of speaking in public for the first time
Excited and scared to death
The people who most shaped who I am
My former bosses: big names in Social Housing
The choice that most changed my trajectory
The day of the accident, I lost everything
The values that guide my life off stage
Authenticity
What a normal day looks like for me
Resting, managing my fatigue
How I recharge between engagements
Rest, drawing, writing
The passions and interests that are part of my life
My grandson Creating games for stroke or my REACTive method (reception)
What surprises people who only know me on stage
My resilience
What I'm reading, watching, or learning right now
I am writing my own book about this whole story and my method developed in the conference
The advice that most impacted my life
Accept to live, and one day you will say that this stroke was a chance
What I'd tell myself ten years ago
Do not think you are invincible, one day your body will make you pay if you do not respect it
A fear or limit I'm still working on
Not respecting me
What I'm most proud of, beyond my résumé
Standing up on stage
The next chapter that intrigues me
A new conference on stroke but in humor
Positioning & expertise
What concrete problem I can help your audience solve
How to properly and sustainably reintegrate after a long sick leave or return from chronic illness
Why book me rather than another speaker?
My competition is weak on this subject Simply because I have lived it
My specialty in one sentence
How do you keep your talents after a life accident?
Topics I don't cover
Those that I do not master
The field experience behind my message
My accident and my fall
My speaking style in one or two sentences
Inspiring Human
Which audiences get the most from my sessions
Small to medium-sized enterprises
Which types of organizations I'm the best fit for
Those for which humans are a wealth and not a consumable
Concrete outcomes your audience can expect after I speak
A method to implement re-welcome right after the conference ends
The method, framework, or philosophy I stand for
Yes REACTive
Results & credibility
Clients and sectors that have trusted me
ABVIE HALPADES VINCI Energy Haute Savoie Habitat Leman Habitat FRANCE AVC74 APM Palace de Menthon
What organizers and audiences tell me most often
I understood that I had to pay attention to myself
Speaking style
My energy on stage
Passionate Inspiring
How audiences experience my sessions (participation, humor, pace)
A fly is flying They are captivated
Visuals and personal stories: what to expect from me
Yes, because I talk about my accident and my own experience
Inspirational keynote vs hands-on workshop; improvisation vs tight structure — how I work
Keynote inspiration My structure is set and it's my guide Then I adapt it to the audience and the client
How I customize content and how much I tailor to you
Yes The second part because I align with what already exists with him
What makes my sessions memorable
Because every person in the audience is or can be touched
The strongest moments and insights I create for audiences
The first part
The emotion or mindset I want people to leave with
I am not invincible and I must be aware of it
Concrete content
The main takeaways participants leave with
The method of Re-welcome
What your audience can apply the very next day
Start writing the process
Myths and common mistakes I debunk
I prove that vulnerability is a strength and not a weakness
Real-world examples that best illustrate my message
Me and all the characters who are the examples in my conference
Sensitive topics I address frankly, if any
We fire too quickly to make it easier without looking at the loss of skills and talents that it costs
Beliefs or ideas in the audience I aim to shift
Even diminished, I have not become incompetent
The “aha moment” I aim for your audience
Among you, there will be x heart attacks, strokes, or burnout
Format
On-site, remote, or hybrid: what I accept and prefer
In-person
Remote only if webinar
Limits & transparency
How I handle a difficult or low-energy audience
Never had until now My topic is very specific so the audience knows in advance what to expect
If tech fails: how I respond
I adapt and use humor I am lucky, my voice carries loud and high
How I handle tough questions and running over time
I bought myself a timer and sometimes, it’s the questions that make me go over
What can derail a session, in my view — and how I prevent it
My fatigue A bad location
I try to be vigilant and see in advance what the place looks like
Logistics & organization
What technical setup I need on site
Lavalier microphone Projector: a film accompanies my conference
My tech rider or logistics document
Yes
How early I usually arrive before the event
The day before
Whether I travel internationally and if I need an interpreter
In French-speaking countries
My slides, filming, and reusing recordings
Yes for the slides Recording yes but contractual Film: no
My availability before/after, networking, meet & greet
Yes
Working together
Why organizers like working with me
I am told that I am very available, understanding, approachable, and adaptable And that it is very pleasant to work with me