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 see. I watched everything that makes a winning team go by: – presence and listening, – solidarity, – the leader’s vulnerability, – thoroughly prepared speakers,…
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 Augustin TRAPENARD gave up his seat to the guest of honour, Fabrice LUCHINI, letting him bring the show to a close. A change of perspective…
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 now”. The best people expect more these days. I believe this applies to meetings just as much as to management in general. And you? Do…
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 would never come up. The agenda held nothing but small fry that interested only a tiny fraction of the room and could have been dealt…
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 choses », devoted to the place of objects, animals and plants in pictorial art in particular. The first sentence of the exhibition curator’s introduction was:…
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 was paying attention to one person who, once again, was derailing the discussion. Confused remarks, hesitant phrasing, assertions withdrawn at the first objection. For the…
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 topics. So we parted ways. Finishing a meeting on time is already the exception in many organisations. Finishing early can be a delight, a feat…
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 establish a recurring weekly slot with the most committed members of the committee. Fifty minutes every Tuesday at 1pm. What a comfort not to spend…
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? This time I have decided to do some crowdfunding. To that end, I invite anyone who wishes to comment on this post, including by private…
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 of this Father Christmas. He is the head of the nearly 300-person company where she works. I now better understand how she has grown attached…
