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It's Not What You Do, It's the Way That You Do It!
🌞 Recently, one of my daughters, aged 27, sent me a photo of a note she'd written a year ago, placed next to a jar that looked like it...
Olivier SE Courtois
Sep 5, 20242 min read
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Paris 2024 - Opening Ceremony: Smashing Success or Crushing Failure?
As leaders, what lessons can we draw from the management of the opening ceremony for the 2024 Olympic Games? 👏 First of all, kudos to...
Olivier SE Courtois
Jul 29, 20242 min read
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Age, Ego & Let Go: Too Senior to Stay?
😎 When I was thirty, I played squash regularly. In one of the Brussels clubs I was a member of, I remember a coach from New Zealand....
Olivier SE Courtois
Jul 22, 20242 min read
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Five Things You Can Do to Get Back on Track After Your Holiday
After your holiday, make the best of your return to the professional scene! 😎 - First of all, promise not to work during your holiday....
Olivier SE Courtois
Jul 17, 20242 min read
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Five Lessons I Learned From Being Immobilised After My Accident
In early January, I broke my ankle and thumb on my way to the airport. As I mentioned in a previous article, I was immobilised with two...
Olivier SE Courtois
Feb 26, 20242 min read
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Effective Networking: How Do You Boost Your Career & Performance?
We never stop learning. I have just been certified in Leadership Network Diagnostic, developed by Phil Willburn & Dr. Kristin...
Olivier SE Courtois
Feb 19, 20242 min read
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Career Success: Should You Be a Sniper or Spray and Pray?
People buy people. Behind the greatest entrepreneurial success stories are personalities: Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, or Richard Branson. Did...
Olivier SE Courtois
Feb 12, 20242 min read
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Keep on Smiling: Resilience Has a Knock-on Effect
2024 is off to a 'great' start. As I resumed my travels after a break in December, I experienced the shortest journey of my career:...
Olivier SE Courtois
Jan 25, 20242 min read
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Does Your Next Speech or Presentation Stack the Odds in Your Favour?
👉 One of the essential attributes of a true leader or professional is to draw a group of people to their side, to encourage them to...
Olivier SE Courtois
Dec 9, 20232 min read
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Last Card Game
I don't like to talk about my private life here, but for once I'll make an exception. My mother-in-law is living out her last days...

Olivier S.E. Courtois
Oct 23, 20232 min read
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The Finishing Line. Caution: Stay the Course!
After a well-deserved break, we're on the threshold of the last quarter of the year ... Q4 ... Three months - actually two and a half if...

Olivier S.E. Courtois
Sep 28, 20232 min read
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Stressed? Frustrated? Nervous? Exhausted? Need a Holiday? Maybe You're Victim of Misalignment!
Many of you look forward to the holidays with relief. After all, don't we all need a break to recharge our batteries? But from what?...

Olivier S.E. Courtois
Jul 5, 20232 min read
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The Power of the Collective
For a while now, I have been back to intensive travel. A week ago, it was a special trip. I returned to London for the first time since...

Olivier S.E. Courtois
May 1, 20232 min read
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100% of Learning Comes from Practice!
At the end of a busy week with an exciting project in Milano, and as I prepare for the week ahead (which already started this Sunday with...

Olivier S.E. Courtois
Mar 19, 20232 min read
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Progress Lies in Simplicity, Not in the Latest Hype! (You Have Everything in Store!)
When working with executives, I am often asked to suggest recent, new and sophisticated models to quench their thirst for novelty. I...

Olivier S.E. Courtois
Feb 17, 20232 min read
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Generational Differences? Let's Not Stereotype!
Generational differences are the subject of many publications and research. It has almost become a business with its gurus, research and...

Olivier S.E. Courtois
Jan 31, 20232 min read
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A Bad Investment Is Better Than A Good Spend!
First of all, let me wish you a wonderful year 2023. May this year bring you what you want or better yet what you need! It's time for...

Olivier S.E. Courtois
Jan 5, 20232 min read
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Does Your Brain Function at Its Best in This VUCA World?
With the collapse of the USSR, the relatively binary world entered a much more unstable and complex era. It was on this occasion that the...

Olivier S.E. Courtois
Nov 23, 20222 min read
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Never Again!
It is with my head in the clouds (it's a metaphor, they are rare in Dubai), but with my feet in the mud (sand in this case) as the saying...

Olivier S.E. Courtois
Nov 10, 20221 min read
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Why Are Some People So Lousy at Ending a Relationship?
I was reading the other day that nowadays, some people end a love relationship with a simple text message. Cowardice, lack of courage are...

Olivier S.E. Courtois
Nov 2, 20222 min read
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