Next 12th of May from 6PM to 8 PM, I will give a presentation with Luc Vandervelde, on the Consumer (R)evolution in the context of a world changing all the time (digitalisation, cloud computing, social media, …) Title of the conference : Back to the Future. Location : Vrije Universiteit Brussel – campus
At Microsoft, we welcomed 60 nearly young graduates from different Belgian Universities. The idea was to share full experience on how we work and live and how technology enables innovation and flexibility. I had the opportunity to make a presentation with Luc Van de Velde (DPE Lead) on the current Consumer (R)evolution. Take a look
Good reading about how to improve your BLOG http://www.chrisbrogan.com/50-ways-to-take-your-blog-to-the-next-level/ Some take-away. I’ve put in BLUE the things I will try to do shortly (Low Hanging fruits). Make Your Goal and Target Audience Crystal Clear. If your blog is to be your business, treat it like that. It’s okay to use a personal voice but keep it
Great reading during my holiday : Problem Solving 101 : a simple book for SMART people. About the author : Ken Watanabe studied at Yale and Harvard Business School and was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company for six years. He is now the founder and CEO of his own education, entertainment, and media
I’ve read a great book from Seth Godin : Purple Cow. In this book, Godin urges you to emulate companies that are consistently remarkable in everything they do, which drives explosive word of mouth. Some take-away of this book : Every day, consumers ignore a lot of brown cows (if you are on the highway) but
Some ideas to kill CREATIVITY and DISRUPTIVE THINKING within organization 🙂 Have a critical look at this check-list. Really a good food for thought. What are the most used TIPS used in your organization ? Source : Yougme Moon
Good reading in HBR about Eight Things Your Employees Want From You. Melissa Raffoni wrote this for the Harvard Business Review blog The job of a manager / leader is to make it practical for people to succeed. When you do this, everybody wins. This is not rocket science and by doing that people will TRUST you. I
Vety interesting Blog in Dumb Little Man – Tips for Life. To have the full article, just click HERE Here below, a sumarry of these 10 Amazing Lessons & quotes from Albert Einstein : 1.Follow Your Curiosity “I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.” 2.Perseverance is Priceless “It’s not that I’m so
very good article (Blog by Scott R. Sheaffer) on the most stupid thinks you can do to a customer Sales Tips Blog by Scott R. Sheaffer – Threatening To Escalate – Making The Buyer Feel Stupid – Questions With An Agenda To sum-up Finesse is the art of delicacy, subtlety and skill. As sales professionals,
In the flight from Amsterdam to Seattle, I have discovered a good book from Mark Sanborn, called the Fred Factor. Good book as food for thought Is your professional commitment wavering? Do you just want to get the job done and go home? Find fresh energy and creativity for your life and work by imitating
We’ve implemented the Situational Leadership within my Team at Microsoft. The principle is that managers must use different leadership styles depending on the situation. You will find all the secrets of this in One Minute Manager. Click here if you want to order this book. The model allows you to analyze the needs of the situation
I’ve explained the concept of ONE MINUTE MANAGER to my team and suggested them to read the book of Ken Blanchard on this. Feedback from my team was very positive I really like this book as it is so simple and that you can read if fast and then you can write next pages during
Take a look at this VIDEO showing Great Quotes from Great Leaders My favorite quotes are : – If you can dream it, you can do it (Walt Disney) – Success is not final, failure is not fatal : it is the courage to continue that counts (Winston Churchill) – Failure is simply the opportunity
We’ve all seen the locker room speech. It’s in many a movie. The team, usually with no reason to be there, or having the talent but recently saddled with some heavy baggage, is hanging it’s heads. Then the coach storms in and whispers or shouts, or massages their egos in just the right way so
I don’t know if you have ever worked with a micro-manager? This is someone who thinks he or she needs to be involved in everything that happens within the company. These leaders are closing out the talents of others by not divesting themselves from the day-to-day problem-solving activities of the company. Great leaders let go
Interesting article in Harvard Business Review regarding Leadership. My take-out is a list of 5 things you can do to achieve self-awareness and personal mastery in leadership. •Monitor your performance. Note areas in which you excel and need improvement. Communicate these to your team. •Realize that failures and mistakes are just one step on the
What they’ll be talking about in Davos The World Economic Forum annual meeting kicks off in Davos, Switzerland, this week with a lofty agenda devoted to some of the world’s most pressing issues, including rebalancing the global economy, shaping the future of climate change, and innovating health care. In this package of both new and