Igniting
the spark of sales
begins with awakening
the spark in people

I began my career at 23 in sales, marketing, and retail. For 15 years, I passionately pursued sales results… and also felt the frustration of sometimes working with uninspiring, emotionally disconnected leaders.
After a deep personal and professional transformation at 38, and recognizing the needs of 21st-century sales teams, I created the Retail Coaching method. It merges professional coaching tools, Emotional, Intelligence techniques and NLP with KPIs and excellence in commercial relationships.

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A method designed to transform manager into real leader-coaches.

Life and professional journey

First Capkelenn coaches in Dubai and the USA
First CapKelenn coaches in Asia (Japan, Korea, China)
Age 50
At the height of COVID, I celebrated my 50th birthday… via Zoom. 72 connections, 200 participants — “People can feel connected, and moved, also from Zoom orTeams. Hmmm, interesting !” A turning point.
Age 47
Lanzamiento de mi 2º libro: “El Vendedor Conectado” en París, Madrid y Barcelona.
Age 47
The CapKelenn network reaches 15 professional coaches.
Age 46
First conference in English: Hackett in London.
Age 45
TEDx: The Smile of the Bakery.
Age 40
I published my book Retail Coaching at IE Business School, with six remarkable mentors as sponsors.
Age 40
First conference in Spain: Madrid Retail Congress.
Age 39
We launched CapKelenn, with Viviane Huido
Age 38
After 15 years in multinational companies, the 2008 crisis in Spain left me unemployed — and gifted me with a year of professional and personal transformation, becoming a certified coach and NLP master.
Age 24
Regional Director of 13 stores, 80 employees – Kodak in Chile. A passion for commerce and people
Age 16
Flower seller on Vannes local popular market, as a summer job. "I like this!"
Birth
In Vannes, France, from wonderful parents.

People, relationships,
and results that ignite the sales glow!

Since then, CapKelenn has grown into an international community of coaches with solid, real-world experience in sales and retail.

We help sales leaders connect with their teams, inspire through conversation, and achieve sustainable results.

This is how we launched Capkelenn, with Viviane Huido, in 2009.

We co-founded CapKelenn in September 2009, a brilliant, multicultural executive with a solid career in Retail and Marketing at international companies, now an executive PCC coach. Partners in life and business, with Viviane, we are guided by a common passion for excellence, human connection, and impactful leadership, in areas of life.

Together, we crafted and refined a methodology that transforms managers into true leader-coaches who lead through listening, challenge, and empathy. Our purpose is to create spaces where each conversation becomes an opportunity for human connection, inspiration, and transformation, even in the most challenging moments. People, relationships, and results that light up the brilliance of sales!
CapKelenn has since grown into an international community of coaches with solid sales and retail experience.

We support sales leaders to connect with their teams, inspire through conversation, and achieve sustainable results

When words connect authentically, empathy grows, eyes light up, and teams get re-energized, unlocking their true potential.

Today, CapKelenn is a global reference
in sales and retail coaching training,
combining human impact with tangible results.

More than 130 companies

have certified their teams with our
ICF CCE-recognized method.

26 professional coaches

deliver it in 14 languages across five continents.

Prestigious global brands , and also family businesses

trust us: Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Sephora,
McDonald’s, L’Oréal, Hermès, and Porcelanosa

I proudly and passionately
share my mission as:

Entrepreneur and trainer

Leading the global community of retail coaches, united by shared human values and deep understanding of leadership, psychology, and sales intelligence.

MCC Coach by ICF

Supporting leaders and professionals in over 3,000 individual sales coaching sessions, helping them enhance their authenticity and unlock their potential.

International speaker in three languages.

Delivered over 300 motivational conferences, including a TEDx on “the power of my baker’s smile,” sharing transformative leadership ideas in English, French, and Spanish.

Author of two published books

Sharing how to integrate the best of coaching and NLP into retail, aiming to turn selling into a meaningful human relationship that dignifies the sales profession of the 21st century.

Find out how to apply it to your business. Contact me.

Creating the Retail Coaching method, and Sales Coaching method when applied for B2B, was a passionate challenge to bring soul and purpose into sales and retail. This methodology integrates coaching to foster holistic personal and professional growth of sales teams, combining emotional intelligence, NLP, neurocommunication, leadership psychology, sales psychology, and KPIs.

A living method, blending hard and soft skills, delivered by an international network of coaches who share a mission: transforming sales management into a more human, empathetic, and ethical experience. An approach that inspires belonging, awakens leadership, and creates a contagious effect that boosts sales and connects with real talent.

My goals were to:

Motivate, empower, and support managers and sales teams

Improve the quality and commitment of performance and sales effectiveness

Humanize and refine the customer experience

Increase productivity, KPIs, and sustainable profitability

Retail coaching impacts your business, your people, clients, and profitability.

Today, we are global leaders in Sales Coaching and ranked Top 10 worldwide.

My purpose is clear:

Humanize and elevate sales to help build a better world.

Inspiring talent

When people feel valued and empowered, they give their best.

Delighting customers

A human, authentic, and motivating experience leads to lasting loyalty.

Igniting results

A meaningful purpose and effective performance fuel growth and profitability.

The more human the retail, the more profitable it becomes.

CLIENT TESTIMONIALS

Real stories that left a transformational mark on companies, people, teams, sales, and results. Here’s what those who’ve lived it say:

José Manuel Beblas
José Manuel Beblas
L’Oreal Cosmética Activa
“Benoit enchants throughout his talk; and most incredibly, the participants actually do and apply what he says!”
Dan Slater
Dan Slater
Director Comercial Hacket, London.
“Our store managers loved this conference; it was very inspiring and practical.”