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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Cesaria Evora just passed away last month. So much poetry gone with this very special lady… So much depth, too, and life learnings. Just the perfect combination to inspire a short tribute to this great artist. Why am I convinced she’s a source of learnings for everyone’s work life? Take a small island, lots of
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How comfortable do you feel about making mistakes? Why in heaven would I encourage people to make mistakes? Because it’s one of the most powerful ways to really and truly learn about risk management. Obviously part of managing risks is about scenario planning. Yet how do you truly assess risk-taking? And learn to deal with
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This name might not ring a bell. Dan is one of these people who are incredibly famous… among specific groups of people. If neither leadership nor social networks or blogging are part of your interests, then you might wonder who that guy is. Here is why I think it’s worth changing that… Take a car
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Why speak, if you don’t think you’ll be heard? Sometimes you’re the only one to have a different opinion in the room. Caution or strategy would call you to keep quiet. But courage calls you to express your point. Why in heaven should make your point if you know that a decision has been made?
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Too many options? Sometimes moving ahead is not about spending time reading books or reports, visiting yet another new training or reflecting about an issue even more in-depth. Sometimes it’s not even about gathering new information or collecting informed advices. Sometimes moving ahead is about picking that one issue you’ve been wanting to tackle for
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“… Première urgence : attendez-vous à une inspection surprise de nos locaux dans la journée. Donc mise en place du dispositif d’apparence à son niveau maximal. Mercadet, vous allez vous reposer maintenant, vous devez être parfaitement réveillé quand ils débarqueront. Puis, faites disparaître les coussins. Voisenet, évacuez vos revues d’ichtyologie, Froissy, plus une trace de
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Once in a while it happens – you turn around and see that colleague, client or random interlocutor, and you feel a pinch in your heart. Or some anger. Or just some annoyment, some irritation… Jealousy’s just hit again! Yet like most of our spontaneous, disturbing reactions, jealousy can be turned into something positive and
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Pick one key value for you – it could be fairness, excellence, solidarity, reliability… Chose just one. Think for a few minutes – what could be 2 or 3 simple actions which reflect this value in your daily work life ? Once you’ve identified such actions, define a time in the coming 3 days to implement
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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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