Chaque entreprise, chaque organisme a sa motivation propre pour organiser un stage de teambuilding : vous souhaitez intégrer de nouveaux membres dans l'équipe, vous voulez faire un brainstorming en dehors de vos locaux ou vous ressentez simplement le besoin de développer l'esprit d'équipe. Quel que soit votre objectif, j'anime des séminaires qui vont aider votre groupe à s'ouvrir, à mieux communiquer, à tisser des liens forts. Je m'implique et je m'engage à aider les participants à aller de la discussion (dont l'étymologie signife « secouer » ou « casser ») au dialogue (dia logos, la parole [coulant] au travers). Les membres de toute équipe tirent profit de l’existence d'un lieu où ils peuvent exprimer leurs attentes, leurs défis et leur investissement dans l'entreprise, où peuvent se construire compréhension et le respect mutuels, où peuvent être explorées les valeurs communes.
Je fait le plus souvent débuter un atelier de teambuilding en proposant des outils qui servent de langage commun et d'approche commune dans la compréhension des comportements humains ; ces outils restent utiles après le séminaire parce que mon ambition est d’en donner aux participants une compréhension solide, souvent visuelle. Les outils dont je me sers le plus souvent sont : le Myers Briggs Type Indicator, le FIRO-B ou même l’Analyse Transactionnelle. La communication créative et la conscientisation constituent le fil rouge et l’objectif ultime de ces séminaires.

Each company has its own motivation for doing a team building course: to integrate newly hired staff, to brainstorm on company issues outside the office or to promote better team spirit. Whatever the objective is, I conduct team building courses that will help your group open up lines of communication and reinforce interpersonal relationships; my role could be seen as Dialogue Enabler. I am committed to helping participants go from discussion (whose etymology signifies “to shake or break up”) to dialogue (dia logos = flow of meaning, together). Members of any team can benefit from being given a safe place in which they can share their professional expectations and challenges, build mutual understanding and respect, and explore team values. I often begin one of these workshops with a tool that will give participants a common language and approach to understanding human behaviour and which also serves as a solid foundation that they can refer to after the seminar. Some of the tools that I use are: Myers Briggs Type Indicator, FIRO-B, or Transactional Analysis. Creative communication and awareness raising are both the underlying themes and ultimate objectives of such a workshop.

Nos relations sont comme des ponts jetés entre nous et nos interlocuteurs : collègues, patron, amis, etc. Pourquoi ces ponts rompent-ils parfois ? Quelle est l'importance pour nous de conserver intact tel ou tel lien ? Est-ce que nous consacrons notre énergie à maintenir le lien ou à rejeter la responsabilité de sa rupture ? L'Analyse Transactionnelle apporte un éclairage intéressant pour mieux nous comprendre, et mieux cerner les autres. Ce stage est intéressant pour qui souhaite travailler dans une ambiance plus agréable, savoir comment faire face à des situations professionnelles délicates, et comprendre les racines du conflit pour mieux l'éviter dans le futur.

All our relationships are bridges: I have a bridge with my colleague, a bridge with my boss, a bridge with my friend, etc. Why do those bridges break sometimes? How important is it for me to keep that bridge? Do I want to fix the bridge or fix the blame? Transactional Analysis is a valuable tool for self-understanding and for understanding how others function and relate to the world. This course is interesting for anyone who wants to work in a more pleasant atmosphere, to deal more effectively in delicate professional situations and to understand the roots of conflict and how to deal with conflict in the future.

We all know communicating is a fundamental need without having to consult Maslow. French psychoanalyst Françoise Dolto called communication the law of the living and yet it’s not easy in spite of pigeons, smoke signals, morse code, snail mail, telephone, e-mail, text messages, video conferences, chat, webcam, etc. We have all the means and capabilities to exchange information and it is still so challenging to communicate in a constructive way with our colleagues, hierarchy, friends, partners. How much of our daily existence is spent communicating with others? On a scale between unsatisfactory and extremely satisfying, where do we place our own communication? Why is there little meaningful dialogue? Why is it so difficult to communicate with certain people—the complainers, the victims, the lazy, the unmotivated, the aggressive? What I offer in my courses is a variety of approaches and tools and my trainees can choose which ideas “speak” to them. If you are interested in taking a step towards self-awareness, if you sense that communicating well with ourselves is a prerequisite for sound communication with others, and if you wish to dive into the vast mystery of human behaviour... these courses will interest you.

Analytical psychology highlights certain patterns that disrupt and complicate interpersonal communication, intercultural communication and team communication. I also present these mechanisms in my courses because if they remain unknown or unconscious, these perturbing elements can take control. One effective way of dethroning these “internal tyrants” seems to be by simply welcoming them and integrating them into our consciousness. My experience in this profession has revealed time and again that the deeper our level of consciousness, the more confidence we have: self-awareness and self-confidence are, for me, intimately linked.

Here are some short presentations of the kinds of workshops that I enjoy facilitating. Each course is specially designed and personalized to meet your group’s needs. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me for further details.

CONSULTANT FREE-LANCE
PROFESSEUR AFFILIE ESC TOULOUSE

Née à Westminster dans le Maryland (USA), je vis à Toulouse depuis 19 ans. J'ai démarré ma vie professionnelle en tant que Directrice Académique d'un programme d'échange universitaire (School for International Training of Brattleboro, Vermont). J'interviens depuis douze ans en entreprise et dans des écoles régionales. Je suis notamment intervenue pour : Airbus France, Airbus Germany, Electricité de France, France Telecom, Compagnie Générale des Eaux, Motorola, M3 Systems, Intermec, Atchik, Carrément Fleurs, Toulouse Business School Groupe ESC, Aerospace MBA, Euromed Marseille Maritime MBA, Sup de Co en formation continue, SUPAERO, ENSAT, INSA, Université de Toulouse Le Mirail, EGIDE.

FREELANCE CONSULTANT
AFFILIATED FACULTY MEMBER ESC TOULOUSE

I came to Toulouse from Westminster, Maryland, USA 19 years ago. My first professional experience was as Academic Director for a university exchange program (School for International Training of Brattleboro, Vermont). For the past twelve years I have worked as a corporate trainer, facilitator and coach. Some companies and schools I have worked for over the years: Airbus France, Airbus Germany, Eléctricité de France, France Telecom, Motorola, Compagnie Générale des Eaux, Atchik, M3 Systems, Intermec, Carrément Fleurs, Toulouse Business School (Groupe ESC Toulouse), Aerospace MBA, Euromed Marseille Maritime MBA, Sup de Co en formation continue, SUPAERO, ENSAT, INSA, le Mirail, EGIDE.