You are a manager/leader and you don’t always get the expected results? Where do you first focus your attention on and how do you react? How do you measure whether your team is optimally mobilized? Is it only by results? Do you want to transform dysfunctional paradigms, behaviours or attitudes within the team? Do you […]
Deep down, every leader/ business manager knows that they could do even better. Being open to growth and continuous improvement is the mark of the greatest business leaders. Nobody stays at the top of their game by repeating the same actions and using the same strategies when things are in constant evolution and change around […]
When it comes to managing a team – remotely or face-to-face – knowing how to delegate is essential. Delegation is the operation whereby one person (the delegator) instructs another person (the delegate) to perform or undertake to perform a service on behalf of a third person (the delegatee). Delegating means to assign responsibility and […]
Who’s who? And who does what? We often confuse managers and leaders. If, in an ideal world, all managers should have leadership skills, can we confirm that all leaders are good managers? The difference between an ordinary manager and a manager who demonstrates leadership lies mainly in the management style. Let’s talk about the distinction […]
TESTIMONIAL “After meeting three psychologists, you’re the only one who gave me a ‘slap’ to wake me up.” That’s what one of our clients told me after I asked her a shocking question during one of our sessions. The client in question was discussing her recent tendency towards unsuccessful intimate relationships when I asked her: […]
It’s impossible not to communicate. Whether we speak or remain silent, whether we want to or not, all behavior, conscious or unconscious, voluntary, or involuntary, is a form of communication. To be a better listener, you need to meet the other person in his/her “world model”. The openness you show and the trust you […]
Knowing how to manage the atmosphere in your team, your organization or your family has become a must. Mentally and emotionally agile people can skillfully blend psychological and communication skills to the point where it becomes a way of knowing how to be and how to know, and no longer just a theoretical application. WHO […]
TO BE OR NOT TO BE: THAT IS THE QUESTION Whether it’s what time you get up, what clothes you’re going to wear, what you want to consume, how you set your priorities, where you travel, your lifestyle, or any other aspect of your life, did you know that you make around 35,000 decisions a […]
One million. That’s the number of vacancies in Canada as of April 2022, according to Statistics Canada, i.e. an increase of 40% over the previous year. Whether in construction, insurance, finance, the scientific and professional sectors, or even in government, no field is spared by the labour shortage. In such a context, how do we […]
Nowadays, most companies in North America are over-managed and under-led. Despite all the books published on management and leadership, few leaders have developed the ability to combine these two skills. We often think – wrongly – that a manager is de facto a leader. However, the notion of leadership is different from the notion of […]