The Programme Director of a large and well-known NGO gave me a very interesting document at the end of a training. She had shared the article with her colleagues and said she was putting most of it into practice, with…
Getting e-mails sorted out is becoming more and more nightmarish. Finding out how to manage the incessant flow of incoming e-mails has become the main objective of people attending my personal effectiveness courses. So here are quick tips to get…
Anne-Sophie forwarded me this link and I am happy to share it with you. Although I am not a great fan of New Year's resolutions, I do like the five that Coleman and George propose to aspiring leaders. 1.…
Tim Hallbom is a well-known and talented NLP trainer, modeler, author and behavioural scientist. Tim and his wife Kris are also developing a fascinating programme for change called "Dynamic Spin Release". With Everyday Genius Institute, Tim has produced a short…
"Overcome the willpower myth" is a blog posting by Penelope Trunk that I read after my own post (in French) on the same topic. I very much like the analogy with farming and how you can avoid depleting your mental…
This is not very recent but I like the way the marshmallow can be made to be less attractive. What if you could use this strategy to reduce your distractions (facebook, tv, ...) and increase your attention on less glamourous…
I was at a client's yesterday where I happen to be in the vicinity of a copier machine. As Murphy has taught us to expect, the machine was not functioning properly while someone was in an hurry to print/copy a…
Barak Obama l'exprime clairement dans cette vidéo: il est essentiel de faire la chasse au gaspillage, le plus petit soit-il. Car tout compte. Le président américain poursuit en donnant des exemples des gaspillages que le gouvernement a identifié pour un…
To give a fish to someone is to : thank them for something they have done or a behaviour they have had; acknowledge who they are and nourish the relationship you have together. I was first introduced to this notion…
Do you believe that you will lose creativity and freedom if you become organised? A recent participant to one of my Time Management programme thought so. As she was learning about best practices to become more effective, she began to…