“The five things I wish I was told earlier in my career” – This is kind of session I held with our interns and “Early-in-Career” talents recently at my company. Very exciting exchange, as it also led me to reflect on some of the lessons I learned throughout my own …
Have you ever paid attention to the fact that our workplace can really be a place of intense emotions ? Sure, it is a place of opportunities for personal achievements, success, camaraderie and even fun. But like in other areas of our lives, it can also be the crucible of …
Have you ever tried to wish for someone to “change” ? And yet feel that the other person would not do anything unless that genuinely came from her ? And at work, managers asking one of their team members to change, or do things differently ? And believe that, because …
People are unreasonable, illogical, self-centered …love them anyway. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives …do good anyway. If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies …be successful anyway. The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow …do good anyway. Honesty …
This is Part 2 of a series on the “Enemy Image Process at work“: Part 1 : Beginning to resent a colleague or your boss? 3 powerful steps to free you Part 2 : Beginning to resent a colleague or your boss? A real life Example We have discussed in …
This is Part 1 of a series on the “Enemy Image Process at work“: Part 1 : Beginning to resent a colleague or your boss? 3 powerful steps to free yourself Part 2 : Beginning to resent a colleague or your boss? Real life Example One of the topics in …
How often are you asking (yourself or others) this question: “Why is what I (you) do important to me (you)?” Really? Don’t we sometimes go in autopilot mode and do things without really checking within us why things are important, why they matter. For one, checking could help us stop …
I have recently read somewhere that we will have spent about 40% of our time in life working by the time we retire. That’s a lot, right? Ideally, we all would like our jobs to be as fulfilling and meaningful as possible. In addition, as I had planned for Part …
First days of the year. A lot is being written and said about resolutions, right? How can we keep our resolutions, how can we stay on track, how do we set our goals, … ? Setting goals in important. Goals help us to get things done; they help us to …
Very often, managers and individuals will ask to be coached to become better at: – Planning – Delegating – Resolving conflicts, and communicating with others (ex : providing useful feedback) – Balancing personal and professional lives – Transitioning to a new job – … Profound change with the above will …