By Anik Desjardins, CHRP, ACC, certified coach

Do you sometimes feel that your team meetings are less productive than you would like? That they generate little interaction, little creativity, few concrete actions or decisions, especially when some of the team members work remotely? Do you sometimes feel like there are formalities,...

Recently, I had the privilege to be interviewed by the one and only Jack Canfield. Jack holds a Guinness World Record for having seven books on the New York Times best-seller list at the same time. He is best known for his Chicken Soup for the Soul series.  We talked about leadership, culture of Empowerment, USC and Coaching. 

We also...

By Cloé Caron, PCC, certified coach & Anik Desjardins, CHRP, ACC, certified coach

We all want this return! We can't wait to see each other again, to talk to each other again, to meet - and I almost dare not say, to hug each other. At the same time, we wonder how we're going to leave our comfort, our jogging pants, our flexibility...

 By Anik Desjardins, CHRP, ACC, certified coach

Can love have a place in leadership? Many believe that these two words cannot co-exist. Too risky, too strong, too promiscuous, not professional, not timely. We believe that to be a manager, we must maintain an emotional distance from our employees to make good decisions and to manage...

By Cloé Caron, PCC, certified coach

After 2 years adapting to this pandemic, stacking one emotional/professional/personal adjustment after another, you thought you were coming back physically to the office in January… You imagined face-to-face meetings, lively lunches and conversations in the doorway… In other...

By Cloé Caron, PCC, certified coach

I wrote this blog at the beginning of January. Usually, I write it in December - either right before or right after Christmas with the smell of cinnamon still in the air and the fire cracking. This year, I did not – I could not. I needed to take a break altogether - to rest and give myself space,...

Goodbye ego! How can you be a catalyst in your organization?

(episode available in English)

Summary

If executive coaching is recognized today by all organizations, it is thanks to pioneers like Stephen Josephs. Author, coach and meditator, he is also a model who influenced Cloé in her own practice. Adept of oriental...

By Cloé Caron, PCC, certified coach

As the holiday season approaches, I've been looking back on 2021, as I do every year. And I realized how far I've come, how many twists and turns I've faced, how much adaptation and resilience we've shown, and how much of my life mission is taking shape day by day, year by year. This exercise nourishes...

Transforming the police : mission impossible?

(episode available in French)

Summary

Does participative leadership have a place in the police force? Yes, in some cases. Fady Dagher is on a crusade for his patrollers to improve their relationship with citizens. Speaking at Confessions of Leaders, he tells how his childhood in Ivory Coast,...

Feedback : growing while staying authentic

(episode available in English)

Summary

How can you give feedback while remaining honest and benevolent as a leader? Cloé Caron discusses the issue with Mélanie Bernier, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer at PSP Investments. With Cloé’s cooperation,...