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 …
Being engaged at work? Developing engagement among our teams and across organizations? Engagement is certainly one of the most discussed topics in business right now. And this is a Good Thing, right ! Benefits are huge (Service, Sales, Quality, Safety, Retention, Sales, Profit and Total Shareholder Returns among others as …
“We need to find a consensus with our management team before we move on”. “Have you reached consensus with all stakeholders of the initiative”? Does it sound familiar? I will not go through why seeking consensus when making decision is not very effective nor does create alignment and buy-in. I …
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 …
Today, business is largely dominated by ‘left-side brain‘ perspectives. Business management practices such as performance management, strategic planning, financially driven strategies and plans, productivity driven initiatives are just few examples. They have been proved to «work» in recent decades and produce short-term results but they are often «cold» and dehumanizing. …
One famous book you may have heard about is the Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz, inspired by teachings from the ancient Toltec wisdom. In summary, before I look at what they mean in our jobs, the Four Agreements are: 1. Be Impeccable with your Word: Speak with integrity. Say …
This is the story of the three stonecutters : «One day a traveller, walking along a lane, came across 3 stonecutters working in a quarry. Each was busy cutting a block of stone. Interested to find out what they were working on, he asked the first stonecutter what he was …