Posts Tagged ‘ stress ’

Right or Wrong? Les deux, mon capitaine!

Apr 25th, 2012 | By Fabienne
Right or Wrong? Les deux, mon capitaine!

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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Tea or Coffee? Both, Please!

Mar 21st, 2012 | By Fabienne
Tea or Coffee? Both, Please!

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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How About a Scottish Shower? — an Energy Booster

Jan 9th, 2012 | By Fabienne
How About a Scottish Shower? — an Energy Booster

Have you ever heard of a “Scottish Shower”? That’s how we call it in French: start your shower with your favorite temperature, nice and warm, or even pretty hot… and then slowly but surely decrease the temperature until it’s only cold water flowing. Quick, cold showers are so energizing! If you’ve never tried, it might
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So Where is it All Going? — An Energy Booster

Dec 19th, 2011 | By Fabienne
So Where is it All Going? — An Energy Booster

Do you sometimes feel exhausted at work? Do you sometimes finish your working day and just wonder where your energy all went? Or even worse – it’s noon and if you’re feeling tired already? You might benefit from improving your awareness and skills regarding how you deal with your energy. Learn where your energy is
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Sur un air de flûte — A Work Story

Oct 5th, 2011 | By Fabienne
Sur un air de flûte — A Work Story

Does your work week feel like a long list of exhausting tasks? As I was filing some old musical scores the other day, I got intrigued and reviewed some pages, remembering with pleasure how I loved to play certain pieces or on the contrary struggled with some technically challenging parts. I looked, turned pages and
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Singing in the Rain? Maybe not for Ever… A Management Story

May 21st, 2011 | By Fabienne
Singing in the Rain? Maybe not for Ever… A Management Story

You know those yellow cabs in New York City? I was told this is where all the umbrellas of the world end up. According to the taxi driver who fetched me at Kennedy Airport, there is a strange black hole phenomena taking place at the back of these cabs, and umbrellas just keep accumulating there.
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Don’t Worry, be Grumpy! A Work Story

May 12th, 2011 | By Fabienne
Don’t Worry, be Grumpy! A Work Story

- Garçon! Garçon?!… Garçon, s’il vous plaît ! … Excuse me ?! Excuse me pleeeeaaase? … Hellooo? (Tourist in perplexity). – I’m busy! (Garçon frowning)   – Hellooooo? Excuse me? … Please ? (Tourist in perplexity, getting more than a bit annoyed) – I’m coming, can’t you see I’m busy? (Garçon with furious who’s-that-crazy-one-kind of
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Un petit tour en deltaplane ? A Leadership Story

Jan 29th, 2011 | By Fabienne
Un petit tour en deltaplane ? A Leadership Story

J’ai toujours été tentée. J’ai admiré mon grand-père pour avoir fait son baptême de l’air à 70 ans… et aujourd’hui j’ai rencontré un cadre de l’industrie amateur de sports de glisse tous terrains qui m’a offert ma métaphore de la journée ! Doté d’une forte expérience de conduite du changement sur différents sites industriels, Guillaume
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