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  • CONGRATULATIONS to the RCPEM, new corporate member
    Written by Institut de Saine Gestion on 11/11/2010

    The Institute of Sound Management is proud to welcome the Regroupement des centres de la petite enfance de la Montérégie (RCPEM) as a new corporate member. The RCPEM has its heart set on promoting Sound Management and we are convinced that it will be a worthy and dynamic ambassador of the Institute to the CPEs [...]


     
  • Left wing? Right wing? Sound Management is neither one nor the other!
    Written by Bernard Brault on 03/11/2010

    I’ll start this blog by asking you why the Sound Management concept and principles should be more of the left wing or of the right wing, and even neutral. Be aware? Do you understand what I’m implying? There are certain political views implying that the right wing may be better in public management than a [...]


     
  • MACLEAN’S et L’ACTUALITÉ : La vérité a ses secrets que la vérité ne connaît pas !
    Written by Bernard Brault on 22/10/2010

    Le cynisme est une forme de Prozac pire que l’indifférence. Le cynisme décapant provoque l’immunité par le rire. L’horreur managériale a ses limites. Au lieu d’une dépression profonde, il est peut-être plus simple de s’abreuver à la fontaine du cynisme engourdissant !  L’article du MACLEAN’S aura le mérite de briser ce cynisme. C’est une tornade qui [...]


     
  • HARASSMENT at work. And the Governance governs!
    Written by Bernard Brault on 04/10/2010

    These last weeks brought us bad news. The suicide of an employee of the Société de transport de la rive sud de Montreal who couldn’t bare anymore the psychological harassment of some working peers. It seems that a loss of life was needed to trigger a series of harassment evidence that invaded all media and [...]


     
  • Governance’s Quest for Immunity
    Written by Bernard Brault on 09/09/2010

    That time of the year has come, after the summer vacation, where children go back to school and parents can focus on their job while baby-boomers ponder on their retirement. This past spring’s media events, however, haunted us through summer. Cynicism, a form of intellectual “Prozac”, has slowly settled in our modern society. A powerless [...]


     
  • Haïti – Rebuild with Abnegation? It sums up all dangers!
    Written by Bernard Brault on 21/06/2010

    The Haitian people haven’t buried yet their dead dear ones; the rest of the world hasn’t had yet the time to realize the extent of this disaster that the interest in rebuilding has already been expressed.


     
  • Organizational psychopaths…is your company protected?
    Written by Bernard Brault on 15/06/2010

    Can you protect your company by detecting the organizational psychopaths? Megalomaniacs, narcissistics, and omnipotents, please refrain yourselves! They won’t refrain themselves. This is the antithesis of this article’s title. In fact, they will be preferably chosen by boards of directors whose serious members, victims of their arrogance, are looking for a Messiah to quickly help [...]


     
  • Governance and Tutti Frutti Ethics or How to Put One’s Foot in One’s Mouth
    Written by Bernard Brault on 14/05/2010

    Managerial emergency! For our readers from out of the province, take note that the Charest government has just announced the release of an ethical code for June. There is a need, apparently, for a set of human behaviour guidelines before political opponents enter in a permanent and unproductive free-for-all. Ethics for the sake of ethics [...]


     
  • Let the world say what it will; the governance will continue to govern!
    Written by Bernard Brault on 05/05/2010

    And it continues tirelessly to the point of forcing us become cynical. By dint of muddling the issue, we can’t see things clearly anymore. Every day, we all postpone exceeding the limits of our indignation. During this time, disasters come and go, and the unshakable, resilient, and condescending governance continues to govern. The national and [...]


     
  • Caisse de dépôt et placement: A lean diet with fine cuisine.
    Written by Bernard Brault on 11/04/2010

    As we all know now, thanks to the media, cooking lessons will be offered to managers of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (the Caisse). Are they going to learn how to concoct us a lean diet with duck and foie gras? From the President to the middle and senior managers to the [...]