Highs & Lows Method
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Metamorphosis
Your highs transform into your best memories, and your lows – when faced with courage, acceptance, and resilience – metamorphose into your proudest accomplishments. When you are walking, the road might appear as a line, as if it is leading somewhere, but it rounds in circles, in cycles. Smooth, bumpy, shadowy, every step comes as Continue reading
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Keep walking… and giving…
We have all been there. Sometimes you want to stay in bed. Not pick up phone calls. Not respond to your messages. Not see another human being. Such moments also come by when you are a manager. You might feel drained, and you don’t have anything to give. You might have a lousy week personally Continue reading
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The power of thank you
Weekly HIGHs & LOWs session with your team is the ultimate moment to share your thank you. Weeks are busy. Some say thank you, some forget. However, a little kindness and appreciation go a long way. Thank each other during the week, as much as possible. When your team gets things done, don’t take it Continue reading
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If you learn, teach
You don’t need to be an expert or a teacher to pass on what you have learned so far. We all accumulate knowledge. We all discover some truth along the way. Why keep it only to yourself? Many managers underestimate the added value they can bring to their teams on soft and hard skills. Teaching Continue reading
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Time
I get it you are busy. Meetings, calls, presentations. You don’t have time to kill. How can you delegate time every week for your team? Well, I get news for you. If you cannot find 30 minutes for your team, you are not busy; you suck at time management and prioritization. HIGHs and LOWs meeting Continue reading
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See and be seen
When the team gathers weekly for the HIGHs and LOWs round table, sharing their highest and lowest moments of the week, it is the ultimate moment to see and be seen. It lets the team form a shared understanding and safe space where individuals are accepted as they are. There are no rights and wrongs, Continue reading
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The Nightmare of a team vs a manager
A team’s nightmareJust like no one wakes up with the urge to be a bad boss, no team needs terrible management. Unfortunately, bosses still justify tough behavior as necessary to excel in their business, competition universe, or company culture. Such challenging behaviors mainly manifested as yelling, degrading, moping, and even cursing have never increased efficiency. Continue reading
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The difference
There is a big difference between HIGHs & LOWs and PROs and CONs. The highs and lows are relative, reaching upwards or downwards on a scale. If you had an excellent week and had only positive experiences, you can still rank the most satisfying one as a HIGH and the least amusing one as LOW. Continue reading
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Manager’s guide
HIGHs & LOWs is a perfect moment for the manager to share their side of the week, vulnerabilities included. It is a great chance to look authentically more human without trying so hard. We often forget that when the relationship between the manager and the team is closer, more efficient, and more functional if the Continue reading
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How does it work?
HIGHs & LOWs is a weekly team meeting where each member shares the HIGHs and LOWs of their week. It can be related to business or personal. The goal is to do a round table on how each person has experienced the week, discover motivators and demotivators, and celebrate the week’s work which is often Continue reading
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What is it?
No one wakes up with the urge to be a bad boss. Yet bad bosses exist in every company. During my +18 years career, I’ve seen three types of bad bosses on repeat : – « everyday bad bosses » who were failing their team in every interaction and sensing that something was off – « part-time bad Continue reading
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