Don’t take No for an answer
One day, I was asked to give an inspiring speech to a hundred young professionals with high potential from a big company. I wasn’t a speaker, but they’d contacted me because I had impressed a few managers during a round table. In my speech, I shared the secrets that had allowed me to reach an […]
Can women get Angry?
Anger, a sign of hysteria? What happens when someone gets angry? It obviously depends greatly on cultures and personalities. However, quite often, it’s not really recommended in the professional sphere. It’s the sign that a person is losing their temper, and thus the control of the situation. Anger also leads us to make impulsive and […]
Queen Bees, do they exist?
When I was appointed as the Europe General Manager for Schlumberger, the announcement was made through the company’s usual communication channels. Two other women were appointed at the head of a region or a country at the same time as me. One of my colleagues came to see me to congratulate me. And he added, […]
HELP! I have been promoted.
The truth is, this is how many women react. No matter how competent a person is, with a solid career track record behind them, it is hard not to feel anxious by the challenges a promotion creates. Recently a colleague asked me: “Have you ever been scared when promoted to a new position?” The answer […]
Career & Partner
I’d like to comment on Aviva Wittenberg-Cox’s great article “Your future partner is not ready to support your career? Stay single” We’ve talked about relationships within companies and how to handle it. Today, I’d like to take a step back and discuss the step right before: how to pick your partner? Don’t worry, my intention […]
What about women truck drivers?
Firstly, I wanted to wish you all the best for 2019! And for my first article of the year, I’d like to talk about a topic that is important to me, a new objective that I’ve set: increasing the number of female drivers. The photo says it all. In yellow, me… behind me, a huge […]
Magali… she’s got some!
My TEDx on December 3rd started like this: “Magali, she’s the only boss we’ve had that had balls” Good start. I was referring the words used by some old members of my team – from the center I worked in 15 years ago – to describe me. Except that… I’d been told that before! One […]
And couples in companies?
Last week, I was celebrating my tenth article for the Usine Nouvelle blog. Ten article without mentioning my husband once, a huge achievement for me! Therefore, today I’m going to talk about the thematic of couples in companies. I met David on an oil rig in Nigeria. In other words, in a romantic atmosphere. Wearing […]
Do you want to go for a drink?
A simple sentence, which can be said at the end of a hard day’s work, when we reckon a little beer would be nice before heading home. Yet… A while back, we were talking about it with a friend, who was telling me that her colleagues often went for a drink together after work – […]
To Quotas or not to Quota, that is the question?
When I created this blog, I knew there would come a time when I would discuss topics more polemic than others covered so far. Voila, today is that day. QUOTAS! This is a topic that I have wanted to cover for several weeks, but I delayed bringing it up as I did not want to […]