Leadership & Communication Archives

13 Oct

Co-creation: is your organization built for it?

By Anne-Cécile Graber
In Organizational Development

This article on co-creation belongs to the Purposeful Organization concept series in which I describe each section of a quadrant model. By the way, this model is based on two criteria. On the one hand, the desired level of personal development. On the other hand, the level of joined...

22 Sep

Are you working in a fairy tale?

By Anne-Cécile Graber
In Organizational Development

This article is part of a series in which I describe each section of a quadrant model. This model is based on two criteria. The first one is the level of desire for personal development. The second one is about the level of joined effort around a common goal....

24 Feb

4. How to use communication to create your enterprise – enterprise creation series

By Anne-Cécile Graber
In Organizational Development

Today, we continue the series Enterprise founding with the topic on communication. So far, we reviewed the importance of vision, mission and leadership to establish a successful and long-lasting enterprise. Communication is a vital topic because it transports the vision and mission of the leader. We cannot NOT...

10 Feb

3. What are the dimensions of leadership to consider when creating an enterprise?

By Anne-Cécile Graber
In Organizational Development

Our patriarchal society portrays a leader as a strong person who moves masses. The core belief is someone at the top knows the direction (vision) and people are to follow him by being the motor. Leaders in companies have more information than the followers. They were considered omniscient. This...

13 Jan

1. What is the first step to create an enterprise?

By Anne-Cécile Graber
In Organizational Development

Defining and overview of a vision New years eve is few weeks old. Some of us made a decision to start a diet, do more sport, learn a new language and so much more but most of us often fail. We have a vision for a better future. It...

04 Dec

Internet Deadzone – What would you do?

By Anne-Cécile Graber
In Organizational Development

What would happen in a company that found itself on a standstill because the internet and email system stopped working. I created the following fictitious scenario of potential reactions and would love to hear how you would cope in the same situation. ——————————— Internet Deadzone There’s definitely...

20 Nov

The 6 origins of toxic workplaces

By Anne-Cécile Graber
In Organizational Development

A toxic workplace has a negative impact on employees and their performance. It may be ruled by a boss or employees that use fear to motivate others to act. Toxic workplaces exist because of the behavior of people within the company. It can be an isolated case or a...

06 Nov

Where does motivation come from?

By Anne-Cécile Graber
In Organizational Development

Last week, one reader asked me if I could write about motivation. It made me think of all the articles, books and videos I watched and read. Most of the content focused on the superficial aspect of motivation: How to be motivated and how to motivate others. It is...

23 Oct

A step towards evolution

By Anne-Cécile Graber
In Organizational Development

We have to make a choice. The world has been changing at a very fast pace in the last centuries. The age of industrialization has created a world made of “fake abundance” for some and lack of everything for others. I prefer to talk about “fake abundance” because I...

11 Sep

Hard and soft skills: An iron fist in a velvet glove

By Anne-Cécile Graber
In Organizational Development

The hard skills are dominant In the western culture, we focus on doing, on hard skills, on a job title, on a measurable result. We emphasize on the hard skills and forget that we need soft skills too. There is an imbalance between the visible and invisible. The postulate “if...