Translated from the French original. Just yesterday I treated myself. I sat in on the management committee of a mid-sized company. A management committee the likes of which I rarely

Translated from the French original. Just yesterday, after France’s victory over Morocco, I watched the end of the programme “La Grande Librairie”. For the final segment, as usual, the host

Translated from the French original. Just yesterday I was reading an article about the new world of hybrid work. One sentence caught my attention: “The best talent has higher expectations

Translated from the French original. Just yesterday I was sitting in on a management committee meeting. Once again, the topics seemed to have been chosen so that the thorny ones

Translated from the French original. Just yesterday my wife and I went for a stroll around the Louvre. We took the time to visit a temporary exhibition called « Les

Translated from the French original. Just yesterday I was observing a meeting remotely. It was the third session of the same team I had been following in this way. I

Translated from the French original. Just yesterday we had planned to meet for 50 minutes to move a project forward. Fifteen minutes before the end, we had covered all our

Translated from the French original. Just yesterday I was facilitating a committee meeting of an association I have the privilege of chairing. I was congratulating myself on having managed to

Translated from the French original. Just yesterday I started gathering ideas to feed the webinar I am running on 16 December, entitled: what should we pay attention to in meetings?

Translated from the French original. Just yesterday my daughter sent me a photo of her two sons in the arms of a Father Christmas. She kindly revealed the real job

Translated from the French original. Just yesterday I had lunch with Anne Sophie. Having arrived first at the restaurant she had booked, I took the time to choose our table.

Translated from the French original. Just yesterday I was sitting in on a management committee meeting. One by one, team members of a committee member came in to present a

Translated from the French original. Just yesterday I was observing a management committee meeting. The boss was on every ball. He was very quick to interrupt the presenters. I tried

Translated from the French original. Just yesterday I was sitting in a meeting with fifteen people in a room and others joining remotely. At 4.29pm, a first person stood up,

Translated from the French original. Just yesterday I was facilitating the kick-off meeting of a working group. Before announcing (reading out) the objective I had prepared, I suggested a round-robin

Translated from the French original. Just yesterday I read an American article about how the company Zapier had organised a “zero meetings” week. The article described how this radical initiative

Translated from the French original. Just yesterday, I took part in a discussion about the role of Chiefs of Staff in COMEX and CODIR meetings. Very quickly the question arose

Translated from the French original. Just yesterday I was reading the comments of a participant in a webinar I ran on Friday. She told me she had learnt nothing. I

Translated from the French original. Just yesterday, a contact worried about the quality of his team meetings called me with the following question: “What advice would you give to stop

Translated from the French original. Just yesterday I went to see the current exhibition at the Fondation EDF (rue Juliette Récamier, near Sèvres Babylone in Paris). The exhibition is well

Translated from the French original. Just yesterday, I facilitated the 136th edition of our weekly family videoconference. It’s a ritual we set up on a certain unforgettable 21 March 2020,

Translated from the French original. Just yesterday I attended a meeting on Skype, audio only. The cameras were off. The meeting’s facilitator was remarkably present. She was on every ball.

Translated from the French original. Just yesterday I was on Zoom with a friend of my son’s, a 28-year-old Chief of Staff. The conversation was moving fast, very fast. I

Translated from the French original. Just yesterday I was reading a post by Aurélien ROTHSTEIN on Linkedin. He was discussing the difference between saying Thank you and Well done to

Translated from the French original. Just yesterday, I attended a remarkable webinar run by Benjamin GRATTON of Boétie Partners. It was about collective intelligence. Benjamin quoted this phrase, which speaks

Translated from the French original. Just yesterday I was sitting in on the debrief of a team meeting. Very quickly, the difficulty of sticking to the time allotted to each

Translated from the French original. Just yesterday I took the time to watch the film « Coup de foudre garanti ». I fear the image you may have of me

Translated from the French original. Just yesterday I went to work with the management committee of a small consulting firm. There were seven of them seated around a round table.

Translated from the French original. Just yesterday the government used the famous Article 49.3 to push a law through. One opposition parliamentary group left the chamber; another stayed. And you?

Translated from the French original. Just yesterday, I was supporting a company seminar. Anna was facilitating a small group of colleagues sitting with her around a table. She was trying

Translated from the French original. Just yesterday I was sitting in on a management committee. After two hours of observation, I could see how freely the conversation flowed within the

Translated from the French original. Just yesterday, Caroline called and asked for my help with a seminar she was facilitating the next day. She was looking for ideas to energise

Translated from the French original. Just yesterday, I was having a conversation with the Managing Director of a company. The subject was the round-robins at the start of their executive

Translated from the French original. Just yesterday, I went to see the film Novembre. In one scene, the police commissioner played by Jean DUJARDIN warns the team that hard times

Translated from the French original. Just yesterday I was sitting in on a committee meeting of an association. The meeting was progressing chaotically. It moved along at the pace of

Translated from the French original. Attention in meetings. Now there’s a good question, given how often we’re tempted to do something else rather than be present … properly present. A

Translated from the French original. What are your team meetings like? Do they energise you? What do your team members say about them? Yesterday, I had the good fortune to

Translated from the French original. I had the good fortune to be interviewed on B SMART by Arnaud ARDOIN for the segment “Le livre SMART”. A fine opportunity to talk

Translated from the French original. Réunionite : les secrets pour que vos réunions ne soient plus inutiles #reunion #reunionite #reuniologie #reuniologue #louisvareille #ecoleinternationaledereuniologie

Translated from the French original. I have done my share of meetings. A lot of them. In different formats: sitting around a boardroom table, around a restaurant table, in a

Translated from the French original. Photo by Yan Krukov from Pexels Here we are at the end of this series of 30 posts devoted to meetings. Let’s take a step

Translated from the French original. Photo by Raffaele Vitale on Unsplash I recommend reading an excellent HBR article on the subject of feedback. Here the subject is approached from the

Translated from the French original. Photo by cottonbro from Pexels In 2021 I had the good fortune to sit in on more than 10 meetings with senior leaders: management committees,

Translated from the French original. Photo Pexels Every meeting is justified by its objective. That is, of course, stating the obvious. Is it always applied? The best of examples. We

Translated from the French original. Photo by Alex Green from Pexels A few weeks ago, I went for lunch with a friend and one of his colleagues. To allow ourselves

Translated from the French original. Photo by Ivan Aleksic on Unsplash I was talking recently with a friend who is a professor of neurology. We were discussing how hard it

Translated from the French original. Photo by Campaign Creators on Unsplash I stumbled once again upon a lovely article by an entrepreneur, Ray DALIO, the CEO of the investment fund

Translated from the French original. I am often asked the question: “How do you make sure the progress lasts over time?” It is not that complicated, actually. There are three

Translated from the French original. Photo by Sigmund on Unsplash I’m lucky enough to be involved in several associations. For one of them, though, I have the feeling that most

Translated from the French original. Photo by RUN 4 FFWPU from Pexels For several months now, I’ve had the pleasure of working in tandem with Gwenaelle. She works in a

Translated from the French original. Photo de Anna Shvets provenant de Pexels The other day I was lending a hand at a working day for a group of around thirty

Translated from the French original. Photo by Roger Lagesse from Pexels Several years ago, an English coach explained to me how to distinguish discussions between being ON the topic and

Translated from the French original. Photo by Vlada Karpovich from Pexels I was recently running a training session at a company. As usual, I start with a round-robin so that

Translated from the French original. Photo de Ron Lach provenant de Pexels Here I go again. Sharing information cannot be the objective of a meeting. This statement ruffles feathers, and

Translated from the French original. Photo by RODNAE Productions from Pexels No doubt it happens to you: sitting in a meeting, bored, wondering whether you might not have better things

Translated from the French original. Photo by cottonbro from Pexels At the risk of sounding obsessive, I still think — and still say — that evaluating a meeting is essential.

Translated from the French original. Satya NADELLA – CEO Microsoft Another stimulating article published on INC, devoted to the good practices that Satya NADELLA, the head of Microsoft, insists upon

Translated from the French original. Photo by Gérard GRIFFAY – Unsplash Just after Le Creusot, the TGV comes to a halt. “Our train has stopped on the open track.” You

Translated from the French original. Photo by Tingey Injury Law Firm – Unsplash The other day, I was observing a video conference. Fifteen people were online. The purpose was to

Translated from the French original. Romain Ntamack’s counter-attack from behind his own try line – France v All Blacks 2021. (©Icon Sport) It’s precisely because the French team’s objective was

Translated from the French original. Photo by Anne McCarthy – Pexels “What is the right length for a meeting?” is a question I am regularly asked. The answer is simple:

Translated from the French original. Photo by Dương Nhân from Pexels No doubt you go on holiday from time to time? Perhaps even, sometimes, far from home. I imagine you

Translated from the French original. I love watching meetings, even fictional ones. Just as a hairdresser no doubt watches the haircuts, a mechanic the cars, or a dressmaker the dresses

Translated from the French original. The Cistercian abbey of Le Thoronet – Var – the cloister A few days ago, I had the pleasure of being invited to speak at

Translated from the French original. Photo by Frans Van Heerden, from Pexels Since I launched my work as a meeting specialist, I have been lucky enough to observe meetings. Lots

Translated from the French original. Photo by Misha Voguel from Pexels The other day, we were doing a hot debrief of a remote workshop. Excited by the experience we had

Translated from the French original. “The spoken word isn’t democratic.” That sentence struck me while listening to a podcast interview with Matthieu BEUCHER, the CEO of Klaxoon. Indeed, in any

Translated from the French original. Self-portrait by Vivian MAIER I went to visit the Vivian MAIER exhibition at the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris. I recommend it, to discover this

Translated from the French original. The other day, I was in a project meeting. Four people on Zoom. Everyone fully present. Caroline, the facilitator, had prepared things beautifully. The agenda

Translated from the French original. Posting on my blog every working day for 30 days. That is the challenge I have set myself. With two intentions to better organise the

Translated from the French original. As my contribution to Coach Me Happy’s special wellbeing-at-work Advent calendar, I’m delighted to share some magic questions that will help you transform your meetings.

Translated from the French original. I’m a great fan of Carlos TAVARES. At least of the image the media reflect of him. His convictions speak to me, especially when it