Change is Here to Stay.
So is your Organization.

We help your teams harness the science of resilience
through cognitive and behavioral insights.

UNREST is a Leadership Development and Cultural Transformation Advisory Firm.
84
%

Leaders say they are unprepared for change

75
%

HR managers think managers are overwhelmed

70
%

of HR directors think that their current solutions are ineffective

Sources: “Top 5 HR Priorities for HR Leaders in 2025,”
Gartner, November 2024. LLH-ICEO, “View From the C-
Next: Embracing the Transformation of Leadership”, Nov 2025.

our CHANGE ENABLEMENT programs

Adapt your Organization to Change, one Behavioral Competency at a Time.

1.9
X

less risk of burnout

1.5
X

more chance of staying in office

IMPACT

Behavioral Competencies,
Antidote to Change

1.9
X

less risk of burnout

1.5
x

plus de chance de rester en poste

Source: Global Leadership Forecast, DDI, 2025.

Our mission

Preparing Organizations for an Uncertain World

We cultivate targeted behavioral and relational skills, empowering leaders to navigate change and uncertainty in the workplace.

Scientific
Psychométrie, sciences cognitives, sciences de gestion : chacun de nos instruments est issu de la recherche académique. C'est une culture de la preuve appliquée à chaque étape de notre chaîne de valeur, du diagnostic à la mesure d'impact.
Empirical
We develop behavioral and relational skills in a work situation.
Analytical
Each one of our interventions is structured around an objective diagnosis and an impact measurement.
Purpose-Led Company
Contribute to a professional world where change is seen and experienced as a source of development.
Pragmatic
We develop targeted behavioral skills that have a measurable impact on performance and the ability to overcome change.
OUR S.H.A.R.P.® FRAMEWORK

From Change Management to Change Enablement

S.H.A.R.P.® combines the proven logic of change management (sequentiality, diagnosis, proof of impact) with cognitive and behavioral sciences. Objective: to make adaptability an individual and collective resource.

1
SCAN

This phase models the real conditions of change.

It is directly inspired by the COM-B model (Michie et al., 2011), which poses a fundamental question: what must be present for a behavior to exist?

Three determinants are necessary and simultaneous: abilities, opportunities, and motivation.

No serious program can do without these three questions.

2
HOOK

This phase assesses the real willingness to change.

Inspired by the Transtheoretical Model (TTM, Prochaska & DiClemente), it relies on the URICA diagnosis to precisely locate each individual on the continuum from maturity to change.

This phase determines the coherence of the course: a program deployed without validation of motivational maturity does not produce lasting change. It produces resistance.

3
ACTIVATE

This phase refers precisely to what we are developing: targeted, measurable behavior.

It is inspired by the 4T model (Elfer, Chilazi & Chang), which poses a fundamental requirement: you cannot change what you did not initially target precisely.

What specific behavior, if it changes, will produce the desired business effect? What is the causal hypothesis that links this behavior to the expected effect?

4
REWIRE

This phase is the operational core of our protocol.

This is where change happens, in real work.

Because each sequence is tagged and measurable, development remains controllable at each stage.

Two loops structure the course. The first, behavioral. The second, cognitive. The Tomoiaga & David (2023) meta-analysis confirms the effectiveness of this double loop with a broad effect on performance (g = 0.741).

REWIRE does not teach skills. He installs them in the real world.

5
PROVE

This phase completes the protocol and validates its rigor.

What was targeted in ACTIVATE, trained in REWIRE, must now be measured and stabilized.

It is based on the “Test” stage of the 4T model, which sets out a simple and rarely met requirement: to prove that the intervention produced the expected effect.

PROVE structures this evidence in three stages: impact measurement, with ex-ante/ex-post psychometric evaluations, the anchoring of observable achievements and sustainability analysis.

Because each stage of the journey has been marked out and controllable, PROVE demonstrates that behavioral change has become a sustainable skill.

FAQ

UNREST at a Glance

What is the cognitive-behavioral approach to change?

What is UNREST’s value proposition?

What sets UNREST apart from conventional leadership development?

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