Leading through attentiveness, advice and action

Active listening

Being a company president means accepting a certain degree of isolation and limiting the number of people you can confide in freely without fear of being judged, damaging the company image or being fed with comments motivated by career, business or personal interests. Over the past 20 years, Jean Émond has been a circumspect yet understanding and open sounding board for many senior executives dealing with personal and business issues. Familiar with the business world, tolerant of ambiguity, sensitive to the delicate nature of relationships with key members of the board and strategic executives, and well aware of the importance of personal well-being for business success, his listening skills add to the relevance and quality of his advice on the personal front as well as for the human aspects of the business.

 

Surpassing business objectives

We tend to ignore or deny the importance of the emotional side of an organization, and yet it makes a critical difference. It is imperative that individual and collective human energy be checked and channelled in the pursuit of a shared business project. The most complex variable in any organization is each individual that comprises it. It is these people who, through their competencies and above all their commitment, will achieve or surpass set corporate goals. With a unique people management philosophy and a long list of achievements in this field, Jean Émond knows how to guide the search for meaning (precisely defining the business project at each stage) and engage the commitment of every individual and group.

 

Optimal people management

Our challenges today are defined by a competitive environment, business growth and profitability targets. People management within the organization must facilitate the achievement of set objectives. To evaluate, implement or rectify people management issues, Jean Émond’s in-depth experience gives him the skills needed to guide, develop, set up or expand on all the people management components within the organization. From candidate searches to termination, and including training, succession management, compensation, professional relations, performance management, employee commitment, ethical conduct and customer service, he knows how to advise and take positive, concrete, focused action to improve or implement a people management system that will lead to the achievement of business objectives.