Difficulties, whether small, large, one-off or recurrent, are part of the daily life of leaders. These challenges are often an opportunity to bounce back from a failure, or a mistake and to improve. In order to do this more easily, I personally use three steps. This...
It has been a reality for several years, there is a lack of manpower. Managers and organizations are facing several challenges related to high staff turnover: Retaining a volatile workforce Mobilizing different generations Managing work overload and the impact on...
How well do you manage to be understood by your new employees, your boss or your colleagues? A leader experiences several communication situations in which he or she needs to popularize information. Being a good popularizer increases one’s credibility and...
Have you obtained a new management position in the last few months? If so, have you followed the key steps in order to be successful in a new position, quickly? Many organizations have onboarding programs to understand the organization, processes, etc. That’s...
As a leader, you need to give positive or negative feedback, in a constructive way, to your teams. It is increasingly common, with hierarchical barriers that are lowering, for managers to receive negative feedback not only from their immediate supervisor, but also...
If you have been promoted to a management role within your team, it means that you will now be the boss of your teammates and therefore manage former colleagues! Most of these colleagues need to recognize your strengths and understand why you got the job. Some other...
If you’re in the mood for a promotion, to be listened to more, or to increase your credibility, but you’re stuck with a reputation that negatively taints the process, you can change the perception that others have of you. Opinions are formed quickly, and...
Many of you tell me that delegating is not always easy, and you are right. You probably know the benefits of delegating, whether for you or your organization, but there is still something that makes you uncomfortable or uncomfortable delegating. I propose a reflection...
We often hear it: get people involved and they will buy into the change! To what extent (and how) do you involve people? What is your success rate? I suggest that you put into context the involvement of the people impacted by the change. In my opinion, it starts with...
If you’ve ever asked your team how they could increase productivity, I’m willing to bet they’ve told you they need more resources. For example: more human resources, better tools, clearer roles, more efficient processes, etc. And I think those things...
Do you feel that your team is in solution mode and result-oriented? Is it sufficiently so? And an element appreciated by the majority of leaders is to feel supported and supported. Are you one of those types of leaders? I bet you do. Here’s how to facilitate and...
It’s not always easy to say no to a boss, a colleague or a friend at work. My clients are often torn between their workload, the number of hours they would like to work and their ambitions. They say “yes” more often because they don’t want to...
Recently, I read about an approach that surprised me from the start, and that by dint of thinking about it ended up finding its place in the panoply of tips that we can use to improve our behaviors as a leader. In other words, it’s about stopping doing...
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,...
In this article, you will see the mistakes managers make when it comes to a difficult task: being human and performing. The leader often hesitates between the two, he seeks his position, he has a natural preference for one or the other, he has beliefs that lead him...
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...
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’ve always been a good performer… but now I feel like I’m running out of steam… As if I were pedaling endlessly… nevertheless… My methods work! I delegate! The volume of demand is increasing, the number of challenges is...
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,...
