We seem to be increasingly disillusioned by organizational life. The question I often asked myself is simply “Why” ? Why is work even source of so much suffering ? If not suffering, disengagement ? Why could the corporate world not be a place of fulfillment ? Of expression ? …
This FREE ebook is “based on and inspired by “ Frederic Laloux’s book, “Reinventing Organizations”. With “Unleash your team’s natural potential”, my goal is to share what has inspired me and resonated with me as I read Frederic Laloux’s book. Based on my own experience as a manager, I have …
How to give feedback on people’s work performance? One of the skills managers seem to be receiving many training on. And yet, I find, possibly one of the least mastered skill. Why is it so difficult for those of us in people management positions to 1. have the courage to …
For many years, I really believed that conflict equaled anger, and that anger led to conflict. I was avoiding conflict as much as possible, mostly because I did not know how to deal with it. Just did not have the skills to properly address conflict and manage anger, mine and …
If you have been kind enough to read my posts on Mindfulness, you may have thought “Isn’t that a bit too self-centered?” Up until now, the posts have been mostly about our inner life (thoughts, feelings and sensations); Let’s now move from the intrapersonal to the interpersonal, taking into account …
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 …
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 …
Given the time we spent in meetings, here is a very simple question: Why are we rarely fulfilled and fully satisfied with their outcome? Again, keeping it simple and basic on purpose, if we think about it, meetings are gathering of human beings in which we seek to achieve something …
“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 …