How much time a day do you spend in remote meetings? Also, what percentage of this time gives you a sense of satisfaction? Have communication – effective – at distance has become a déSir of many managers! (and their éTeam ?). Currently, almost all of my...
If you’re like me, you like to manage your time better. In other words, you like to be efficient, deliver your goals and have quality time for yourself and for important files. You also want to rally well-being and performance. Your well-being, your performance...
For the past ten years, the employee engagement rate has been around 30%. Currently, it would be 21%* of people who consider themselves to be very engaged at work. A disengaged employee makes 60%* more mistakes. So, what type of manager should you be to better engage...
We probably wouldn’t need change management methods or tools if humans didn’t naturally resist change. So how can we reduce resistance to change? Factors such as personality or personal tolerance for risk and uncertainty play a role in the level of...
Fall, the ongoing pandemic and the restrictions that continue to curtail freedom are some of the factors that can make your emotions more difficult to manage and accept these days. In fact, no matter when you read this article, it’s probably because a context...
Do you feel or are you being criticized for a lack of clarity or communication and this has an impact on the deliverables? Do you have a number of objectives to achieve and at the slightest delay you are criticized for a lack of clarity? Here’s how to better...
The most effective way to adapt in today’s world is through empathy. Empathy for yourself, for others, for the organization. In behavioral agility, systemic empathy is an extraordinary lever for cooperation and contributes to anticipation and innovation. Empathy...
Do you want to feel more energized? More in control? More satisfied? Better surrounded? The solution is probably simpler than you think. You can stop burning yourself and increase your power with 3 postures: anticipate, cooperate and innovate. If you were compensating...
Are you the type of manager who likes to improve? Optimize what it does? Progress? Assess your leadership skills with the Wheel of Leadership diagnostic tool. It’s a tool that I developed that allows you to get an overview of your role as a leader at a given...
Micromanagement is present when a person becomes more in control of a job or process. Micromanagement can occur between a manager and an employee, between two teams in the same organization, between a customer and its supplier, or between business partners. This need...
Looking at the history of management and the evolution of the manager’s role, it is clear that the management posture is constantly evolving. In the past, the manager’s credibility came from his expertise, later from his leadership and his approach in...
Over time, the phrase “pick my battles” made more and more sense to me. I went from thinking where all the battles were important to the ones that really mattered. I have established 5 criteria in order to put my energy and my time where it really counts....
We all dream of a high-performance team. Between recruitment, the time available to your managers for coaching and the market, how do you develop the characteristics of high-performing teams while taking into account the people and the context you currently have? In...
In this article we talk about agility, strategy and focus. Yes, to review who to delegate to and what to prioritize, you have to review certain elements and accept the change. This does not mean that you should lower the quality, or your “criteria”. Just...
When we think of knowing how to surround ourselves, we often think of the team: how to surround ourselves with talent, how to make them grow, etc. For this article, let’s do something different. Let’s think about how managers can surround themselves with a...
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...
Here are the trends to incorporate in order to be better leaders in 2023. These skills are designed to ensure the sustainability of organizations, because not only must leaders continue to improve, but they must also foster the growth of their teams. Here’s how:...
How many decisions do you make every day? Probably more than you think! Leaders need to make decisions quickly, several times a day. Ideally, these decisions take into account the medium and long term, but in reality this is not always the case. This article presents...
What does an agile leader mean to you? He adapts to everything that happens in his constantly changing context. I don’t know of many “stable” contexts at the moment, but maybe there are. Yours, how is it? To me, being an agile leader means that the...
Ready to renew your corporate culture? Ready to maintain performance over time? Ready to facilitate innovation? Ready to align your vision in your context? Ready to transform the relationships between the members of your organization? Are you ready for agility?...
