Muses are sources of inspiration The historical Muses were the daughters of the Greek Gods Zeus and Mnemosyne – they embodied and inspired humans in the realms of arts, history and science. Closer to us, muses have been known to be mysterious or flamboyant women, admired and cherished by artists as a source of inspiration…
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Analogies with war are common places in business According to Geoffrey James’ research on extraordinary bosses, whether leaders consider the world of business as a battlefield or as an ecosystem makes a fundamental difference. Average bosses invest energy in creating troops, securing allies, expanding their territories and defeating enemies. To put it short – they
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Would you like to try a few coaching questions? Take a notepad and get started: Setting limits at work is an important yet delicate question. Just like some individuals prefer high and elaborate metallic fences around their houses, others would rather go for some open gardens only delineated by a few plants and yet
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Would you like to try a few coaching questions? Take a notepad and get started: What’s the last, frustrating and still unresolved conflict you’ve been facing? Remember the situation, and imagine you’re in a room, facing your conflict counterpart, and speaking to him or her*. How would you summarize your feelings about the situation? How
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Would you like to try a few coaching questions? Take a notepad and get started: In our societies, success is often associated with “how high” one sits. This image is of success is so strong that we often hear about people “climbing up the leadership ladder”. This clearly implies that development, growth and success
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France, Belgium and Japan share that culture and love for comics, which is sometimes difficult to understand in other countries. This passion is so widely shared it spreads across ages. Comics are in no way seen as a simplified version of books, an entry point into real litterature… They’re not just meant for kids who
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Like so many other Parisians and large cities inhabitants, I’ve grown a bit spoiled about arts. So many wonderful exhibits, special events, new creations or fantastic celebrations of old masters… It really takes a lot nowadays to trigger my curiosity and drive me to go and discover some new art work. Take a photographer,
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Would you like to try a few coaching questions? Take a notepad and get started: How happy do you feel about your current health and energy level? What positive habits have you integrated in your daily life to take care of your health and energy? How often do you follow these? How effective are they?
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Would you like to try a few coaching questions? Take a notepad and get started: What are some professional projects for which you’d like to get more space, as in : more resources, more visibility, more power, etc? What exactly would you like to get more of? If you get more space for that
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Would you like to try a few coaching questions? Take a notepad and get started: What were your key successes over the last year? Who are the people who need to know about them? Who among these people are indeed aware of your successes? What do they know about them? What do they ignore? What
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