David Fattal, researcher at HP, recognized by Polytechnique

David Fattal (HP Labs) recevant son prix David Fattal is senior scientist in the information and quantum systems lab of HP laboratories, Palo Alta, CA, USA. Last week, he has been recognized by the 2010 "Pierre Faurre prize" for his work by the french  engineer school,...

Lester Luborsky, un professeur américain en psychologie à découvrir ...

I am sorry for those who do not speak French because the text below will be inaccessible to them. It is a question in fact of presenting the work of Lester Luborsky, researcher and American professor in psychology, which considerably influenced analyses relative to the...

Un européen à la tête du groupe HP !

Depuis le départ précipité de Mark Hurd du groupe HP au début du mois d'Août dernier, nous attendions le nom de son remplaçant. Il s'agira donc de Léo Apotheker, leader que nous connaissons bien en France puisqu'il fut pendant de longues années le DG de SAP France. Il fut ensuite...

Bientôt un livre de Wolfgang Ulaga et Gérald Karsenti !!

De nombreux membres de mon réseau linkedin m'ont demandé si j'allais sortir un nouveau livre après mes deux premiers (voir ci-dessous). Et bien oui, mais pas tout seul ! J'ai écrit le suivant avec le professeur Wolfgang Ulaga (HEC Paris) et il porte sur les services. Nous...

If you look for a consultant in change management and a coach ...

Deborah Jones is a very experienced consultant in change management and a coach. I met Deborah some years ago and since then discover how skilled she is on many areas. She has a lot of business/ customer's references across the world, particularly in UK and France. I do recommend...

Point de vue d'un prix Nobel d'Economie

    According to Joseph Stiglitz: "Austerity leads to a potential desaster" - Le monde, May 24 - 2010. (french version follows ...) Who is Joseph Stiglitz ?  - Nobel price in 2001 - Economic advisor for Bill Clinton from 1995 to 1997 - Chief-economist at...

The current financial crisis ...

The world is not going nuts! (french version follows) A student in the third year at HEC Paris asked me recently if I would consider that the world was going nuts. I answered "no", although at the bottom I knew nothing about it! Then having left him, I thought about this...

Un livre pragmatique et bien structuré pour se lancer dans le coaching !

Le coaching attire ... encore faut-il se préparer à exercer ce métier exigeant. Dans cette nouvelle rubrique consacré au coaching, j'ai le plaisir de vous présenter l'ouvrage de René-David Hadjadj dont le titre est "Le Marketing du Coach" aux Editions Eyrolles (publié en Décembre...

Faire du changement un événement normal et salutaire (there is no translation in English for the time being but working on it !!). Un clic sur le titre pour être dirigé vers le site de l'USF.

Comment vivre le changement comme une nouvelle normalité ? Je suis intervenu à la dernière session du club des utilisateurs SAP Francophones le 23 Mars dernier au selon Eurosite Georges V. A cette occasion j’ai rédigé un papier sur le changement que je vous libre ci-dessous...

Dead souls (French version below)

A concept introduced in 1970 by John Nemiah and Peter Sifneos The alexithymy comes from Greek and means: "alpha" to indicate the hardship, “lexis" for word and " thymos " for humor. It is in fact about met difficulties concerning the verbal expression. Certain patients presenting...

A book to understand how one can establish a link between learning processes and competitive advantages.

  “Organizational learning and competitive advantage”, a book edited by Bertrand Moingeon (HEC Paris) and Amy Edmondson (Harvard School). (Un livre qui permet de comprendre comment établir un lien entre les processus d’apprentissage et la mise en évidence d’avantages...

On the occasion of the woman day on March 8 …

  Let us think about the progress achieved on the theme of the feminine leadership. We propose the reading of a very beautiful book, Femmes du XXIe siècle (Women of the 21e century), Florence Rochefort, Alexie Lorca, Editions Albanel, Paris, 2009. 16 women specially...

The question is: Can we (should we) use the styles of leadership defined by Goleman to structure an executive committee? (french version below)

Daniel Goleman I did receive emails the past few weeks and did respond individually … better to answer to all. Do not hesitate to comment sending me an email (see below) It is a good option. Put in front of you on a table the 6 styles of leadership defined by Goleman...

Because of their impacts on the firm, information systems - base of a considerable technological progress - cannot be any more ignored by the CEOs of firms ... (french version below)

Everything demonstrates it, CEOs of groups, of large firms or of SME understand very well the strategic importance of information systems … why? In some years, the economic context of firms profoundly changed. We already had the opportunity to say it. The competition has...

A book about Alexander the Great ...

Some of you asked me a good book about Alexander le Grand. The one written by Joël Schmidt at Folio Biographies / Ed. Gallimard is perfect to understand Alexander’s philosophy and to discover his intense life. I do recommend my network to go through and to get from it a lot...

Click here to access the press interview about the new "Sales Management School" launched by HP France (Sorry ... just in French !)

HP France lance l’EMA (Ecole de Management des Affaires) destinée à former les équipes au monde de la valeur, des solutions et de la vente consultative. eWeek Channel Insider / Net Media Europe HP développe une nouvelle Ecole du Management des Affaires en son sein Date:...

Why narcissistic leaders are so key ? Why they need to be under control ? (French version below)

Surveys, specialized papers, research materials, everything published over the past few years show that leaders are mostly narcissistic in the sense of Freud’s personalities …a lot of pros sure, but to be effective they just need to be under a clear control.   The profile...