Happy Work - La vulnérabilité comme force de leadership  - Gaël Chatelain-Berry
Happy Work - Bien-être au travail & management
[{'start': '1.224', 'end': '6.200', 'text': "[Music] Hello in this episode I'm going to\ntalk to you about vulnerability as a strength of"}, {'start': '6.200', 'end': '11.600', 'text': "leadership I'm Gaël Chatelain-Berry welcome\nto my podcast Happy Work"}, {'start': '11.600', 'end': '17.400', 'text': "the most listened to French-speaking audio podcast on well-being at work\nand caring management So I don't know"}, {'start': '17.400', 'end': '21.960', 'text': "if you've noticed but very often when\nwe talk about management we talk about the strength of the"}, {'start': '21.960', 'end': '27.920', 'text': 'manager on the infallible side the person who must\nknow everything never doubt make decisions'}, {'start': '27.920', 'end': '34.480', 'text': 'in short a little bit Superman or Wonder Woman That\nwas before Before that is to say in the last century'}, {'start': '34.480', 'end': '40.160', 'text': 'before the pandemic Now vulnerability\nemotions all these things that were considered'}, {'start': '40.160', 'end': '45.840', 'text': "weaknesses can be strengths\nand that's a good thing Well the whole idea of"}, {'start': '45.840', 'end': '50.960', 'text': 'this episode is to explain to you why\nvulnerability can be a real asset'}, {'start': '50.960', 'end': '55.960', 'text': 'for a leader So first of all there are some\nmyths for traditional leadership As I'}, {'start': '55.960', 'end': '61.920', 'text': 'said in the introduction the leader the manager is\nsomeone who must  to be infallible and omniscient'}, {'start': '61.920', 'end': '66.480', 'text': 'someone who does not doubt someone strong\nwho of course has no emotion In short when you'}, {'start': '66.480', 'end': '72.560', 'text': 'think about it the manager of the 20th century still looks a\nlot like an artificial intelligence No'}, {'start': '72.560', 'end': '79.200', 'text': 'Cartesian emotion it moves forward So the problem\nwith this myth is that nobody is perfect but'}, {'start': '79.200', 'end': '85.560', 'text': 'with the pressure of perfection and very often\nmanagers end up in burnout Because yes the'}, {'start': '85.560', 'end': '90.480', 'text': 'quest for perfection why not We must be\naware that perfection absolutely does'}, {'start': '90.480', 'end': '94.880', 'text': 'not exist in this world and especially in the context of a\nmanager A team will often want to resemble'}, {'start': '94.880', 'end': '99.720', 'text': 'its manager A manager who would put\ncrazy pressure on himself to know everything to pretend'}, {'start': '99.720', 'end': '104.520', 'text': 'not to have doubts or emotions His team\nwill want to resemble him and most certainly'}, {'start': '104.520', 'end': '109.520', 'text': 'increase the stress level and lower the\npsychological well-being of the whole team Then'}, {'start': '109.520', 'end': '114.840', 'text': 'science explains extremely interesting things to us\nDid you know that creativity was'}, {'start': '114.840', 'end': '119.840', 'text': 'very linked to emotions Yes that is something\nthat is absolutely certain For example when we'}, {'start': '119.840', 'end': '126.240', 'text': 'compares to artificial intelligences in terms\nof creativity we remain human beings and'}, {'start': '126.240', 'end': '131.800', 'text': 'especially in social interactions much\nmore creative Why But thanks to our emotions'}, {'start': '131.800', 'end': '136.680', 'text': 'thanks to our vulnerability when I feel that one of\nmy colleagues is not'}, {'start': '136.680', 'end': '141.600', 'text': 'well well I can act I can go\nsee her to try to remotivate her to understand'}, {'start': '141.600', 'end': '146.240', 'text': 'her emotions If I am only a cold monster\nwho is infallible and who will move forward like a'}, {'start': '146.240', 'end': '152.560', 'text': 'machine such as ChatGPT I am not going to see that and I am\nnot going to allow her to go further to'}, {'start': '152.560', 'end': '158.560', 'text': 'surpass herself to no longer be bad Well it is thanks\nto my vulnerability that I am sensitive to that'}, {'start': '158.560', 'end': '162.920', 'text': 'So what are the concrete manifestations\nof this vulnerability First of all a leader who'}, {'start': '162.920', 'end': '168.400', 'text': 'admits his vulnerability will admit his mistakes\nand his limits And yes a manager a leader can be'}, {'start': '168.400', 'end': '175.160', 'text': 'wrong A manager has the right not to know\nA manager has the right to have limits Well'}, {'start': '175.160', 'end': '180.800', 'text': 'being vulnerable is admitting that and stopping\nplaying the Superman or Wonder card  Woman Being'}, {'start': '180.800', 'end': '187.360', 'text': 'human is not bad Then very concretely the\nfact of having doubts is not bad because if we'}, {'start': '187.360', 'end': '192.280', 'text': 'talk about our doubts with our team we will share\nthe decision we will think together And as I'}, {'start': '192.280', 'end': '198.640', 'text': 'often say I like this African proverb Alone we\ngo faster together we go further Well'}, {'start': '198.640', 'end': '203.840', 'text': 'admitting that we are vulnerable is admitting that we\nneed others to move forward and that when we'}, {'start': '203.840', 'end': '207.880', 'text': 'have a doubt it is not serious We must talk\nwith other people the other members'}, {'start': '207.880', 'end': '213.160', 'text': 'of our team with our other colleagues managers\nto see if we can remove our doubts In fact'}, {'start': '213.160', 'end': '219.520', 'text': 'vulnerability favors collective intelligence No\none is infallible and managers who'}, {'start': '219.520', 'end': '224.000', 'text': 'think they are generally do not call upon\nthis collective intelligence which is so'}, {'start': '224.000', 'end': '229.560', 'text': 'rich which is so effective And that is what\nis absolutely great when we are vulnerable'}, {'start': '229.560', 'end': '234.800', 'text': 'is we also accept criticism because it\nmakes us grow constructive criticism of'}, {'start': '234.800', 'end': '239.560', 'text': 'course But in any case there is nothing worse\nthan a manager or even any'}, {'start': '239.560', 'end': '245.480', 'text': 'collaborator for that matter who would not accept\nany criticism thinking he is absolutely'}, {'start': '245.480', 'end': '252.360', 'text': 'perfect When you are a manager and vulnerable,\nwell you have to cultivate this vulnerability No'}, {'start': '252.360', 'end': '256.440', 'text': 'not by going to cry in the skirts of your\ncollaborators from morning to'}, {'start': '256.440', 'end': '261.840', 'text': 'night, no, but by sharing your doubts by creating\nspaces where we can exchange completely'}, {'start': '261.840', 'end': '267.720', 'text': 'freely where speech will be free without taboo\nYes, I have the right to say as a manager'}, {'start': '267.720', 'end': '271.720', 'text': "that I don't know in the same way that all the\nmembers of my team have the right to tell me"}, {'start': '271.720', 'end': '276.200', 'text': '"Ah well at the moment we are less motivated or that\nI don\'t know or in this decision that you have'}, {'start': '276.200', 'end': '281.760', 'text': 'taken."  We are not really sure that this is the\nright decision Creating these discussion spaces'}, {'start': '281.760', 'end': '287.440', 'text': 'is truly putting vulnerability\nnot as a weakness but as a'}, {'start': '287.440', 'end': '293.720', 'text': 'potential development It is admitting that all together and\nall together we will succeed in increasing our skills'}, {'start': '293.720', 'end': '298.480', 'text': "What I find really interesting in the\nfact of accepting one's vulnerability is that in"}, {'start': '298.480', 'end': '304.040', 'text': 'fact it does not take away the hierarchical importance\nof the manager It makes him more human but behind'}, {'start': '304.040', 'end': '308.880', 'text': 'finally It does not take away from the fact that perhaps\nit will be up to him to decide It will'}, {'start': '308.880', 'end': '313.600', 'text': 'certainly be up to him to assume the consequences\nof a potential bad decision That is'}, {'start': '313.600', 'end': '319.320', 'text': 'the role of the manager to ensure that\nthe psychological state of the team is good'}, {'start': '319.320', 'end': '324.040', 'text': 'And when we look at the psychological state\nof everyone it integrates strengths'}, {'start': '324.040', 'end': '329.560', 'text': 'weaknesses vulnerabilities and elements that\ncan progress thanks to working together'}, {'start': '329.560', 'end': '333.560', 'text': 'So you see vulnerability is\ntruly an asset when it is'}, {'start': '333.560', 'end': '337.440', 'text': 'assumed And  I think that if you were to\nremember only one thing from this episode'}, {'start': '337.440', 'end': '344.480', 'text': 'it is the fact that vulnerability can really\nserve as the basis for an excellent manager-'}, {'start': '344.480', 'end': '350.560', 'text': 'managed relationship because finally this vulnerability will serve to\nfree up speech to allow everyone to'}, {'start': '350.560', 'end': '356.760', 'text': 'feel comfortable without excessive pressure because\nin the end it is together that we will improve'}, {'start': '356.760', 'end': '361.560', 'text': 'that we will be pulled upwards whether\nemotionally or professionally'}, {'start': '361.560', 'end': '368.200', 'text': 'on our skills in short on absolutely everything\nAnd you then what is your view on this'}, {'start': '368.200', 'end': '372.920', 'text': 'If you are managed do you consider that\nyour manager can or should be vulnerable If you'}, {'start': '372.920', 'end': '377.840', 'text': 'are a manager do you assume this part of\nyour personality I would love it if you put it'}, {'start': '377.840', 'end': '382.520', 'text': 'in the comments I read all the comments\nI love reading them and I respond to absolutely'}, {'start': '382.520', 'end': '386.600', 'text': 'all And in addition very often it gives me\nideas for new episodes of Happy Work'}, {'start': '386.600', 'end': '391.560', 'text': 'So no hesitation to your keyboards I\nthank you 1000 times for having  listened to this episode'}, {'start': '391.560', 'end': '396.480', 'text': 'of Happy Work or watched it Do\nnot hesitate to share it if you enjoyed it to'}, {'start': '396.480', 'end': '400.920', 'text': 'subscribe on your favorite platform These\ntwo things are very very important so that'}, {'start': '400.920', 'end': '407.440', 'text': 'Happy Work lasts for a very long time and in addition\nfrom you to me it always makes me happy I'}, {'start': '407.440', 'end': '414.120', 'text': 'say see you tomorrow and until then more\nthan ever take care of yourselves Hi friends'}]