Category Archives: performance

Is this the end of the ‘knowledge worker’ era?

The ‘knowledge worker’ clearly defined by Peter Drucker might be dying. As AI is becoming a stronger assistant who is able to gather a lot of knowledge, one can easily predict that eventually the quality of information will get better, more accurate, more reliable, and more easily accessible, making workers a lot more equal towardsContinue reading “Is this the end of the ‘knowledge worker’ era?”

Control, Influence, Empowerment

One of my clients (Entrepreneur) recently asked me “Hervé, how can I have more control over my employees so that they become more productive?” Most CEOs feel the pressure to control everything like outcomes, teams, other leaders, sometimes even the market when their company size is substantial. In management and leadership, the temptation to controlContinue reading “Control, Influence, Empowerment”

The importance of the relation between performance, culture and oneself

Optimised performance is achieved when one evolves in the right environment and with the right dose of challenge. Our strengths can easily become weaknesses in the wrong context or the wrong culture. Our skills can also become watered down in the wrong job. Finding the right context for one to sparkle takes time and isContinue reading “The importance of the relation between performance, culture and oneself”