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Personal Development

What skills to develop to best hold your role as a manager or leader? What tools to rely on? What subjects to put into practice?

Stop Being So Hard on Yourself

Melody Wilding

Appeasing our inner critic and getting it to reconsider its level of expectations. 

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Words and Phrases to Avoid in a Difficult Conversation

James R. Detert

In a tense conversation, stress can sometimes lead to clumsy phrasing, which only serves to further poison the exchange. The author lists six classic mistakes and offers some more productive alternatives.

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Et si on tenait vraiment compte de l’incertitude ?

Olivier Sibony

[What about really taking uncertainty into account?] How can we make decisions when the very foundations of the economy and social life seem themselves uncertain? An essay on strategy in the post-lockdown context.

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How to Overcome Your Fear of Making Mistakes

Alice Boyes

Accepting our fears, taming them and channeling them to our advantage. 

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When Putting Work Off Pays Off

Jihae Shin, Adam M. Grant

The results of a study conducted by two Canadian researchers on the surprising links between procrastination and creativity.

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How to Overcome Your Fear of Making Mistakes

Alice Boyes

How to not be ashamed of our fears and transform them into a driver to make better decisions.

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How to Find and Practice Courage

Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries

Concrete techniques to work at courage and get used to risk taking.

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Tuning in, turning outward: Cultivating compassionate leadership in a crisis

Nicolai Chen Nielsen, Gemma D’Auria, Sasha Zolley

Knowing oneself well and knowing others well to better face difficult times.

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The 3 Challenges Every New CEO Faces

Neal H. Kissel, Patrick Foley

The learnings from interviews with around twenty leaders, which aim to identify the challenges to anticipate when reaching a general manager’s position.

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How to Get Others to Adopt Your Recommendation

Nancy Duarte

Advice to adapt your approach strategy according to your counterparts’ status: peers, superiors, leaders, large audience.

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