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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Constant rejection is no good friend of trust! Would you trust someone at work if they consistently push back when you ask them something ? Whether it’s about some information, some quick help, scheduling a meeting… if « no » is a recurrent answer, most of us start to develop mistrust, even though this person’s reaction might be
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Courage is about facing reality, whether it’s pleasant or not.  This courage booster is an invitation to stand up for a mistake you made, something wrong, shameful, embarrassing… In the coming days, train your capacity to be courageous and stand up when you make a mistake – acknowledge it, apologize, and come up with a
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Did you know that most cultures seem to have produced jugglers? Some researchers state that the art of juggling could go as far back as 4000 years… yet I find it impressive enough that the most ancient depiction of juggling was identified in an Egyptian tomb in Beni Hassan : in 1791 B.C. some prince
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