by Geneviève Dicaire | Nov 27, 2024
Trust and adapt are two qualities that the best managers possess. In other words, adapting means being open, curious, learning and adjusting. It is a virtuous circle that allows you to be even better, more efficient and more satisfied in your professional life....
by Geneviève Dicaire | Nov 27, 2024
The successful manager is imperfect, but his imperfections are not fatal. The universe won’t stop spinning because you got up on the wrong foot this morning, were unconstructive in a meeting with colleagues, or even less smiling than usual. At the same time, in...
by Geneviève Dicaire | Nov 27, 2024
Stress management: an important topic in business. I’m stressed. Stressed because I’m 2 3 4 5 weeks late to deliver this article (and a few other files ;-))! Missing a deadline is not my style… What makes us put ourselves in a state of stress for a...
by Geneviève Dicaire | Nov 27, 2024
Because imperfect managers are able to deal with risks, let’s see how they can put in place the success factors in their work! Today, your article in video format on the 4 success factors of managers. Here are some related reference articles: How to...
by Geneviève Dicaire | Nov 27, 2024
To support your annual aspirations, you may need to make one or more changes. That is to say, to develop or adjust certain behaviors. For example, to improve your professional positioning, you will potentially need to have more courage or improve your communication....
by Geneviève Dicaire | Nov 27, 2024
What if there was a way to talk about “real” business in a constructive way and for the good of all? Many people are afraid to speak their minds, because often the consequences of speaking out are worse than enduring the problem. Finally… is often...
by Geneviève Dicaire | Nov 27, 2024
Imagine for a moment, your communication skills allow you to understand… You understand the expectations that are placed on you. Those around you understand exactly what you’re telling them. Misunderstandings are resolved as they go along. You improve the...
by Geneviève Dicaire | Nov 27, 2024
When it comes time to make an important decision, how quickly are you able to take action quickly enough to seize opportunities? The more options you have, the less easily you’ll be able to decide. In which of these two situations will you be able to decide more...
by Geneviève Dicaire | Nov 27, 2024
Have you noticed that in most project post-mortems or during any other post-evaluation on a performance, the big culprit is almost always communication. We blame communication for causing delays, misunderstandings, frustrations, or even the quality of what you...
by Geneviève Dicaire | Nov 27, 2024
The butterfly effect is the theory that the flapping of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil can cause a tornado in Texas. That is to say that the impact of a very small thing (a butterfly’s wing flap…) can create a grandiose effect (a Tornado) very far...
by Geneviève Dicaire | Nov 27, 2024
Imagine that your communication skills have improved to the point where you understand exactly what is expected of you, and those around you understand exactly what you are saying. By improving your communication skills, simply, you see the following impacts in your...
by Geneviève Dicaire | Nov 27, 2024
Anne is often torn between her workload, her balance and her ambitions. Too often, she says “I do” because she doesn’t want to lose a contract, offer a bad service or look bad. In fact, she has a hard time saying no. Saying no takes work. Managers,...
by Geneviève Dicaire | Nov 27, 2024
I learned to delegate because I grew tired of long hours, stress, and negative impacts on my team. Exactly. Themoment I realized the impacts on myself, and the impacts on others, I started to transform my behaviors to have more fun, results and time! It’s been...
by Geneviève Dicaire | Nov 27, 2024
I have never seen a manager in bad faith, only managers who are poorly equipped. And as management is learned on the pitch, inevitably the manager makes several mistakes. The only thing you can control is your attitude to mistakes. In this third part on...
by Geneviève Dicaire | Nov 27, 2024
In leadership, there are three pillars: competence, credibility and courage. Competence includes knowledge such as knowing how to communicate, knowing how to listen, knowing how to surround oneself, knowing how to mobilize, knowing how to engage. Courage is being able...
by Geneviève Dicaire | Nov 27, 2024
Have you ever had to do nothing but generate conflicts with people you are, in a way, forced to work with? I’m not talking about “healthy” conflicts, i.e. those that allow us to move forward, to question ourselves and eventually to improve...
by Geneviève Dicaire | Nov 27, 2024
I associate the level of risk to be taken with courage. Courage in management and business is the level of determination of the leader to make decisions or directions, even when they would not be accepted by all. For example: approving or rejecting a strategy,...
by Geneviève Dicaire | Nov 27, 2024
Improving your listening skills will have an overall impact on improving your communication. When you communicate, you want to be understood and the other person wants to be listened to. The facts are there! How many of you really feel listened to? How many of you...
by Geneviève Dicaire | Nov 27, 2024
Improving your listening skills will have an overall impact on improving your communication. When you communicate, you want to be understood and the other person wants to be listened to. The facts are there! How many of you really feel listened to? How many of you...
by Geneviève Dicaire | Nov 27, 2024
How to free oneself from pressure, or how to free oneself from the empire of the “rush”! I’m joking with the words “rush empire” and at the same time if someone had this business, there would be a lot of money to be made! First, I wonder...