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Reinforce your collective execution skills

Reinforce your collective execution skills

How to create the conditions for employees to work together effectively? By establishing a context that instills a sense of accountability and urgency to take action in the right direction!
183b – Synopsis (8p.) Strategy Execution
Stepping away from the short term/long term dichotomy

Stepping away from the short term/long term dichotomy

Reconciling differing time horizons to build lasting performance.
336b – A look at the news (2 p.) Strategy Execution
Integrate the human factor to improve project management

Integrate the human factor to improve project management

The reason why so many projects fail lies less in disciplined project management than in the irrational dimension that influences day-to-day action. How can we integrate this human factor?
224b – Synopsis (8p.) Strategy Execution
After the merger, achieving successful integration

After the merger, achieving successful integration

A few tips to successfully complete a corporate merger.
332b – A look at the news (2 p.) Reorganization
Realigning culture and strategy

Realigning culture and strategy

The culture of an organization constantly reshapes itself to remain aligned with strategy. But obstacles sometimes stand in this convergence’s way. How can we draw inspiration from history’s great reformers to succeed in transforming our culture?
324a – Synopsis (8 p.) Corporate Culture
Mergers: building a bridge between cultures

Mergers: building a bridge between cultures

Achieving successful mergers and acquisitions by working to bring cultures closer together.
324b – A look at the news (2 p.) Reorganization
Deploying your projects and ideas on a large scale

Deploying your projects and ideas on a large scale

Once an idea or project has demonstrated its potential, what could be more logical than seeking to extend its reach? This “scaling-up” phase is an indispensable step, but a perilous one. How can you ensure the reliability of your large-scale deployments?
318a – Synopsis (8 p.) Growth
Management by objectives in the agile era

Management by objectives in the agile era

When management by objectives takes into account the constraints of the agile era, it remains a formidably effective tool. How can you help your teams choose and reach their objectives in a context of uncertainty and permanent change?
285a – Synopsis (8p.) Performance Management
Driving change

Driving change

Among all the factors that contribute to the success or failure of transformation initiatives, the attitude of staff towards change is absolutely decisive. How can you convince them to engage in the effort towards transformation?
279a – Synopsis (8p.) Change Management
Get the most from your consultants

Get the most from your consultants

Businesses increasingly rely upon outside consultants, but are often disappointed with inconclusive results or difficult-to-manage relationships. How can you make the most of your consultants?
253a – Synopsis (8p.) Performance Management
Rally the entire workforce for effective change management

Rally the entire workforce for effective change management

What is the secret of the exemplary success of some (too few) transformation programs? Discover how to rally the energies of the whole workforce in order to manage change effectively.
223b – Synopsis (8p.) Mobilization
Harness the power of habit to manage change successfully

Harness the power of habit to manage change successfully

Many change projects fail because people return to their former behavioral patterns. Yet this is not inevitable: how can one use habit as a supportive—rather than obstructive—change management driver?
220a – Synopsis (8p.) Change Management
Take action despite uncertainty

Take action despite uncertainty

In a world in lasting crisis, the companies that fare the best are those that know how to act and learn at the same time. What operating modes should we adopt to implement this approach?
214a – Synopsis (8p.) Uncertainty
Use collective common sense to make more accurate forecasts

Use collective common sense to make more accurate forecasts

The “wisdom of crowds” turns out to be infinitely more reliable than individual common sense, and even than expert predictions. How to gather and capitalize on employees’ collective perception of the company's challenges?
214b – Synopsis (8p.) Foresight
From ideas to action

From ideas to action

In every business organization, hundreds of ideas are generated every day, ranging from creative solutions to everyday problems to revolutionary new products and services. What if innovation were principally a question of personal discipline?
213a – Synopsis (8p.) Innovation Strategy
Lead projects successfully despite opposition

Lead projects successfully despite opposition

What could be more painful than the emergence of strong opposition to a project? Your attitude towards opposition is decisive. How can you respect your active opponents without neglecting your allies or the silent majority?
211b – Synopsis (8p.) Change Management
Changing behavior

Changing behavior

How can you ensure lasting change and avoid falling back into the same old habits? Lasting behavioral change requires a combination of logic and emotions.
192b – Synopsis (8p.) Change Management
Grow from your mistakes

Grow from your mistakes

Companies inevitably make mistakes. Identifying and analyzing them helps transform them into learning opportunities, and thus prevent them from reoccurring.
151b – Synopsis (8p.) Learning
Tempering change

Tempering change

Limiting the negative repercussions of change by adopting a more measured approach.
323b – A look at the news (2 p.) Change Management
Choose your key battles

Choose your key battles

How can we reduce the number of our strategic priorities to better achieve our objectives?
312b – A Look at the News (2p.)  Strategy Development
Implementing a successful reorganization

Implementing a successful reorganization

In a context of permanent change, companies need to reorganize frequently—but results are rarely satisfying. How can you maximize your chances of success in a reorganization initiative?
261a – Synopsis (8p.) Reorganization
Support customer orientation in the field

Support customer orientation in the field

The least qualified employees are often the ones in direct contact with customers—with a major impact on the perceived quality of service. How can you develop customer satisfaction through the engagement of your front-line employees?
235a – Synopsis (8p.) Customer Relationship
The secret of successful alliances

The secret of successful alliances

Alliances can provide considerable development leverage—provided that they run effectively on an everyday basis. How can you draw lessons from experience to maximize the chances of success?
234a – Synopsis (8p.) Extended Company
Change management: The new deal

Change management: The new deal

Nowadays, change no longer consists in moving organizations from a stable starting point to a stable target point. How can we revisit change management best practices to take into account this reality?
233a – Synopsis (8p.) Change Management