VALUES AND BEHAVIOURS
Two companies contacted me recently.One single question was enough to see that their values stopped at a poster on the wall. The first one for coaching an abrasive leader.The second one for mediation between two people displaying inappropriate behaviors. In both cases, I asked the sponsor the same question.“What will happen if nothing changes after […]
THE COACH’S NEUTRALITY
A neutral coach does not exist.And that is not a problem. A coach is a human being.They have a story, filters, reactions. Through their questions, their silences, their mirrors…they influence the direction.Always. So neutrality?Either it is an illusion.Or it is a cold, rigid, disconnected stance. That is not the real issue. The problem is not […]
LEADERSHIP AND THE OLYMPICS – Energetic contagion / the audience
The Winter Olympics have just come to an end, and I noticed something important.The influence of the audience on athletes’ performance. A dynamic I had already felt very strongly during the Paris 2024 Olympics. The crowds lining the marathon route.The stadiums vibrating.That palpable energy, almost physical. It wasn’t just noise.It was a force. That force […]
THE END OF THE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
We often wonder whether leadership is innate or learned.What I know is that it is revealed. In December 2019, I joined the Co-Active Leadership Program.24 people. 10 months. One week every 3 months. Sitges, near Barcelona. On paper, this program is deceptively simple:Working on our relationship with ourselves, with others, and with the world. But […]
POLARITIES 2
Polarities in organizations are not a “trend.”They are a symptom, and already a cost. I see it in what is increasingly showing up in my work:Mediations, abrasive leader coaching, interventions after harassment investigations, whether confirmed… or not. Everyone arrives with their truth, their “evidence,” and their story.And the other person becomes the problem. What worries […]