To support your annual aspirations, you may need to make one or more changes. That is to say, to develop or adjust certain behaviors. For example, to improve your professional positioning, you will potentially need to have more courage or improve your communication....
What if there was a way to talk about “real” business in a constructive way and for the good of all? Many people are afraid to speak their minds, because often the consequences of speaking out are worse than enduring the problem. Finally… is often...
Imagine for a moment, your communication skills allow you to understand… You understand the expectations that are placed on you. Those around you understand exactly what you’re telling them. Misunderstandings are resolved as they go along. You improve the...
When it comes time to make an important decision, how quickly are you able to take action quickly enough to seize opportunities? The more options you have, the less easily you’ll be able to decide. In which of these two situations will you be able to decide more...
Have you noticed that in most project post-mortems or during any other post-evaluation on a performance, the big culprit is almost always communication. We blame communication for causing delays, misunderstandings, frustrations, or even the quality of what you...
The butterfly effect is the theory that the flapping of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil can cause a tornado in Texas. That is to say that the impact of a very small thing (a butterfly’s wing flap…) can create a grandiose effect (a Tornado) very far...
Anne is often torn between her workload, her balance and her ambitions. Too often, she says “I do” because she doesn’t want to lose a contract, offer a bad service or look bad. In fact, she has a hard time saying no. Saying no takes work. Managers,...
I learned to delegate because I grew tired of long hours, stress, and negative impacts on my team. Exactly. Themoment I realized the impacts on myself, and the impacts on others, I started to transform my behaviors to have more fun, results and time! It’s been...
I have never seen a manager in bad faith, only managers who are poorly equipped. And as management is learned on the pitch, inevitably the manager makes several mistakes. The only thing you can control is your attitude to mistakes. In this third part on...
In leadership, there are three pillars: competence, credibility and courage. Competence includes knowledge such as knowing how to communicate, knowing how to listen, knowing how to surround oneself, knowing how to mobilize, knowing how to engage. Courage is being able...
Have you ever had to do nothing but generate conflicts with people you are, in a way, forced to work with? I’m not talking about “healthy” conflicts, i.e. those that allow us to move forward, to question ourselves and eventually to improve...
I associate the level of risk to be taken with courage. Courage in management and business is the level of determination of the leader to make decisions or directions, even when they would not be accepted by all. For example: approving or rejecting a strategy,...
Improving your listening skills will have an overall impact on improving your communication. When you communicate, you want to be understood and the other person wants to be listened to. The facts are there! How many of you really feel listened to? How many of you...
Improving your listening skills will have an overall impact on improving your communication. When you communicate, you want to be understood and the other person wants to be listened to. The facts are there! How many of you really feel listened to? How many of you...
How to free oneself from pressure, or how to free oneself from the empire of the “rush”! I’m joking with the words “rush empire” and at the same time if someone had this business, there would be a lot of money to be made! First, I wonder...
Whatever the reason, our level of seniority or our profession, everyone can fall into the trap of taking “too much”. This is when you have to take control of your agenda, to manage your time, in other words to take back control of your life, is essential....
“I’ll do it later… tomorrow… One day… didn’t have time… too complicated… too many emergencies. » Few people escape procrastination. For some it is a way of life, for others sporadic moments. In any case, how do you stop...
The photo illustrating this article is from the international event C2 Montréal. I spent 3 days there where I participated in the Speed coaching activity, as a coach. The aim was to offer the participants of this activity, 30 minutes of coaching on an issue of their...
Although our energy reservoir is unique, there are common causes of energy loss as well as solutions to increase its energy. It is also true that some times of the year are more energy-intensive than others. That being said, it is available to everyone to take care of...
Have you ever realized that you were working too hard or that the deliverables were not satisfactory? You know, you’re working on something, and at some point you feel bogged down, rushed, frustrated. And if it’s not you, it’s someone who gives you a...
