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Last Friday – On Mentors
Last Friday was one of the more stressful days I have had so far in my life. Not stressful like “I-have-too-much-to-do-at-work-and-I’ll-miss-the-kids’-school-performance-and-I-can’t-leave-because-of-this-really-important-meeting” stress, as the one you sometimes feel when you are a new working mum, but which goes away after … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Leadership, Women at Work
Tagged Bonnie Marcus, career, Forbes, France, mentor, mentorship, Sheryl Sandberg, Women
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Ways to Look at Talent – Is France Changing Direction?
“Make sure you study something you like and that you think is fun, it’s the best way to get good results. The rest will sort itself out later.” That’s the advice I was given when I wondered what I should … Continue reading
The French, the Danes, and Happiness Indices
You can read a number of articles in France’s online press on how the young generation is fleeing the country to work in other, less sordid, environments. The Sinistrose* is widespread in the workplace. Factories close. Only 11% of the … Continue reading
Posted in Innovative Business, Management, Multi-National, Work Culture
Tagged 35-hour work week, CCIP, Denmark, Economy, Edouard Brissaud, EU, France, Happiest people on earth, Happiness, Index, OECD, Overtime, Statistics
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The Libération of French Companies
Libération. It sounds like some type of communist concept, or at least as if the sweat shops in Asia were being dismantled and changed into factories where the workers are well treated. This was my first reaction when I saw … Continue reading
Posted in Innovative Business, Leadership, Management, Work Culture
Tagged ESCP Europe, France, Innovation, Isaac Getz, Kiabi, leadership, Libération, management, Poult, Revolution
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Skiller, Skillant, Skillé – New Lingo in France’s Newest Social Network
Are you a professional? Do you sometimes wish you had the answer to that specific question in an area where you have absolutely no clue about how things work? Do you enjoy sharing ideas and knowledge with others? Tu parles … Continue reading
Posted in Innovative Business
Tagged career, Collaborative Economy, France, FrenchTech, Poult, Sharing Economy, Skiller, social networks
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The New Wave – « Collaborative Economy » in France
Last year, the world looked at France fearing it was on its way to become the next Greece, or at least that it would end up close to the bottom of the EU economy. Factories closed, unemployment continued to rise, … Continue reading
Posted in Innovative Business
Tagged Collaborative Economy, France, Insee, Le Monde, OuiShare, Sharing Economy
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Navigating Cultural Differences While Working Internationally
Name Linnea Nas Age 36 Nationality Swedish Lives Stockholm Works as Accountant at TradeDoubler*, an international performance marketing … Continue reading
Three Different Experiences
I have a friend who had been working for seven years at the same company. Actually, they are three, but they can all be introduced in the same way: A punchy woman in her mid-thirties, serious in her job, driven, fun, and … Continue reading
Posted in Management, Multi-National, Women at Work, Work Culture
Tagged Australia, career, corporate culture, France, management, Sweden, work
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The Lack of Valkyries at the Top
Last night, I jumped when I saw this week’s headlines in the Economist. “A Nordic mystery – In the world’s most female-friendly workplaces, executive suites are still male-dominated”. Finally someone writes what it seems nobody talks about, or knows outside … Continue reading
The 35-Hour Week and Football Sirens
In France, as in many other western European, “developed”, countries unemployment is pretty high and employee benefits are pretty vast, at least in big groups and corporations. Yet, people who work there seem to never think that their work benefits are … Continue reading
Posted in Multi-National, Uncategorized, Work Culture
Tagged 35 heures, 35-hour work week, benefits, employment, EU, France, unions
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