Merging or acquiring are two highly risky decisions to take. Following several consultancies, the proportion of such operations, failing to deliver on their promises, is around 70%. Why do we get it so wrong? A paper, to which some of us contributed, brought...
Those of you who we work for, know that we use a lot the three levers of engagement (named after Aristotle famous “modes of persuasion” or rhetorical strategies): Logos (the clarity/sanity test): The intellectual lever, absolutely vital, creator of energy. People will...
Part of our practice is to be discretely flown somewhere, in an emergency mission, in order to help diffuse the dramatic effect of the falling apart between members of a leadership team. I remember being called by the Chairman of the Board and being requested to take...
By coincidence or synchronicity, I have been confronted recently to these complaints from some of our clients: “I was misled. I was hired for this job, on the basis of rocking the boat and shaking the hierarchy. But when I do I get punished.” “The Board started this...
When Lizzie Velasquez, “visually impaired” as they say and aged 17, saw on Youtube, the title “The World’s Ugliest Woman”, she soon realized that the clip was featuring… her! I let you imagine the profound shock this young adolescent felt when,...
