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Seeking inspiration from stoicism to manage stress

Seeking inspiration from stoicism to manage stress

How can you remain clam when the situation becomes tense and escapes your control? In the turbulent environments of today, the precepts of stoicism are more topical than ever. 
293a – Synopsis (8p.) Stress
Overcoming the effects of stress to better deal with turbulence

Overcoming the effects of stress to better deal with turbulence

In a situation of change, stress drives us to cling to proven approaches and established convictions. How can we counter this tendency toward conformism to preserve our lucidity and our creativity? 
341a – Synopsis (8 p.) Stress
Drawing inspiration from athletes to better resist pressure

Drawing inspiration from athletes to better resist pressure

High-level athletes stand out for their ability to resist pressure in all circumstances. How can senior executives draw inspiration from their methods to gain in effectiveness?
317a – Synopsis (8 p.) Stress
Reducing your mental load at work

Reducing your mental load at work

A strong aggravation of stress at work has been observed since the pandemic and the rise of teleworking. Faced with the constant increase in the number of topics to address, how can we manage our mental load to avoid burnout?
307b – Synopsis (8p.) Stress
Be more serene at work

Be more serene at work

We do not lack occasions to feel annoyed in our work life! In the long run, these annoyances undermine the satisfaction we derive from our work and hurt our performance. How can we manage them without being overly affected?
244a – Synopsis (8p.) Stress
Remain effective under pressure

Remain effective under pressure

Pressure is often regarded as a stimulant—but beyond a certain threshold, it becomes an inhibitor. What strategies can you implement to keep all your faculties in high-stress situations?
242b – Synopsis (8p.) Stress
Move beyond the work-life balance dilemma

Move beyond the work-life balance dilemma

What if finding the right balance between personal and professional life is the wrong question? Recognizing that the two are constantly intermingled makes it possible to move beyond this contrast and to find a new equilibrium.
220b – Synopsis (8p.) Stress
Manage your energy for long-term success

Manage your energy for long-term success

Stress at work can cause professional burnout. How to manage your energy to perform well over the long haul?
184b – Synopsis (8p.) Stress
Actively manage psychosocial disorders

Actively manage psychosocial disorders

Violence, harassment, excessive stress… How can you determine what really comes under the company’s responsibility? And how can you take effective action against psychosocial risks?
202b – Synopsis (8p.) Health and Safety
Escaping the trap of workaholism

Escaping the trap of workaholism

Companies naturally seek to have employees who are available and committed. But when this commitment, taken to excess, results in an inability to switch off, the consequences are dire. How can we avoid the pitfalls of workaholism?
338a – Synopsis (8 p.) Personal Effectiveness
Deciding while under pressure

Deciding while under pressure

When we make decisions, we are inevitably subjected to biases—that are all the more powerful when we are under pressure and the stakes are at their highest. How can you nonetheless secure vital strategic decisions?
291b – Synopsis (8p.) Decision Making
Escape the time trap

Escape the time trap

Running increasingly faster seems to be everyone’s challenge. How much of this feeling of constant overload relates to perception, and how much is actual reality? How can you liberate your agenda from self-inflicted constraints?  
201b – Synopsis (8p.) Personal Effectiveness
Drawing inspiration from explorers to face uncertainty

Drawing inspiration from explorers to face uncertainty

Corporate leaders are frequently confronted with turbulence whose consequences are difficult to predict. How can they draw inspiration from great explorers to account for uncertainty in their strategic steering?
335a – Synopsis (8 p.) Uncertainty
Enhancing your teams’ resilience

Enhancing your teams’ resilience

In a context in which crises are multiplying, it is precious to be able to lean on teams that know how to react, adapt and quickly return to a high level of performance. What are the foundations of collective resilience?
331a – Synopsis (8 p.) Resilience
Finding a balance between discipline and responsiveness in a crisis

Finding a balance between discipline and responsiveness in a crisis

How to get through the test of a crisis quickly and without major damage.
326b – A look at the news (2 p.) Crisis
Channeling your internal discourse

Channeling your internal discourse

Whether we are aware of them or not, those “little voices” that speak to us from our innermost depths are an integral part of how we function. How can we channel this internal dialogue to turn it into an ally?
319a – Synthèse (8 p.) Emotions
Spotting and fighting our defensive reasoning

Spotting and fighting our defensive reasoning

We often adopt behaviors that are at odds with our values. Defense mechanisms, most often unconscious, are behind this phenomenon. How can we get rid of these defensive reactions?
306b – Synopsis (8p.) Emotions
Taming procrastination

Taming procrastination

Tending to postpone until the next day what we could be doing that same day is a natural mechanism to manage our emotions. Rather than fighting this temptation, how can we channel it, or even take advantage of it?
301b – Synopsis (8p.) Personal Effectiveness
Changing habits while maintaining your energy

Changing habits while maintaining your energy

Relying on habits enables us to save our energy. Yet, it happens that these habits are no longer suited to a situation or needs that have changed. How can we evolve them?
282b – Synopsis (8p.) Learning
Dealing with a “difficult” boss

Dealing with a “difficult” boss

What can you do when faced with a “difficult” boss? Rather than enduring him/her, you should rather seek to modify your relationship with him/her. By understanding the underlying triggers behind your hierarchical superior’s stance, how can you influence his/her attitude and behaviors?
277a – Synopsis (8p.) Upward Management
Sharpening our self-awareness

Sharpening our self-awareness

Self-awareness is a determining factor in professional success. It is also a complex and intimate topic. How can we develop the means to function with a better understanding of ourselves?
274b – Synopsis (8p.) Learning
Managing emotions during a negotiation

Managing emotions during a negotiation

Emotions play a major role in the course of a negotiation. How can we learn from recent research in behavioral psychology and neuroscience to take advantage of these emotions, rather than suffering from them?
270b – Synopsis (8p.) Negotiation
Improve your personal productivity

Improve your personal productivity

Paradoxically, the productivity of business organizations has decreased over the past few years. Thus, our tendency to confuse being busy with being productive leads us to waste 25 to 40% of our working time. How can we regain these lost hours?
266b – Synopsis (8p.) Personal Effectiveness
Matters of conscience at the heart of management

Matters of conscience at the heart of management

How to choose between different options when none of them clearly emerges as being the best?  These dilemmas make us face ourselves: What is most important for us? What do we favor? What image of ourselves do we give others?
256a – Synopsis (8p.) Ethics
Accept conflict to manage it better

Accept conflict to manage it better

Conflict is part of the everyday landscape for most leaders and managers. However, we generally find it extremely difficult to react calmly to conflict. How can we understand and hence better manage our spontaneous reactions?
212b – Synopsis (8p.) Conflicts