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Orient'Action can help you with professional retraining, change of profession, hotel and catering industry, career development, professional reorientation, skills assessment.

If you've spent most of your career in the hotel and catering industry, here are the professions you could consider switching to.

Personal service What you like most of all is being of service. Your [...]

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Method 16, Orient'Action book, Emeric Lebreton, soft skills, Orient'Action editions

"Méthode 16": the first book devoted entirely to developing soft skills

Book presentation There are human qualities that help people and organizations to flourish.

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"As serene as a tree": discover Emeric Lebreton's latest book

A title that sounds like a promise. At first glance, one might be tempted to think that the [...]

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Soft skill: 10 challenges to develop team spirit in the workplace

1- Become a first-aid attendant at work If you work, as part of your training, you can [...]

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Job hunting: why and how to activate your professional network?

Activate your professional network The first way to be visible to your professional network is to [...].

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Challenge: 10 exercises to boost your motivation

1- Improve your workspace Your workspace is an important part of your company's [...].

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Emotional intelligence: 10 exercises to learn how to make the most of your emotions

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Discover 10 time management tools that will boost your productivity

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Stress: 10 tips to combat it effectively

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10 tips to develop your entrepreneurial spirit: it's up to you!

Challenge 1: Take one training course a year Analyze your potential areas for development, what [...]

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If you want to develop your critical thinking skills, take up these 10 challenges!

1- Always get three estimates before ordering any work Even if you're [...]

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10 exercises to develop your empathy: it's up to you!

1- Practice remembering people's first names Here's a great way to get started.

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Be curious: 10 exercises to develop your curiosity

Exercise 1: Get to know yourself better First of all, develop your curiosity about yourself. [...]

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10 challenges to stimulate your creativity: take up the challenge!

1- Create rebus or charades You've got children, nephews... Don't hesitate to [...].

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New: test your soft skills with ORIENTACTION

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Rebuilding after burnout: why the ORIENTACTION skills assessment can help?

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Career Change at 30: Choosing Your Life Over a Career You’re Stuck In

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Discover the 32 Preferences® personality test created by Emeric Lebreton, Ph.

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How to finance a skills assessment in 2026: CPF, employer, ANFH, and social assistance

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Retraining from nurse to skills assessment consultant

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Prevent occupational illness by taking a skills assessment with ORIENTACTION

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50 Powerful Messages of Encouragement to Boost Motivation and Confidence

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Thirty funny and kind messages to wish you a happy birthday

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Evaluation questionnaire - skills assessment - ORIENTACTION

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Fifty messages to (re)give a woman confidence

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Fifteen examples of birthday messages for her daughter

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What are the main job search sites in France?

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The 50 most beautiful proverbs about life

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Fifty thank-you messages to a friend

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"Rallumez les étoiles": a luminous guide to rediscovering your path and your joy

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"Origins, a history of consciousness": Emeric Lebreton explores the roots of the human mind

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Back-to-school 2025's must-read HR and business books

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Five inspiring books to get you started in 2025

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Fnac, book sales, guide for authors, bookstore distribution, publishers, book publishing, sales strategy, French bookstore, how to publish, book market, sales tips, book promotion, author visibility, bookstore network, Fnac books, product placement, literary marketing, book launch, editorial collaboration, bookstore sales techniques, attract readers, Fnac and authors, distribution agreements, bookstore success, bookstore stock management

How to sell your book at Fnac: a practical guide for authors and publishers

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colleague Christmas gift

What Christmas present should you give one of your colleagues?

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couple life, separation, divorce, love relationship, couple therapy, marriage counselling, break-up, cohabitation, couple communication, infidelity, marriage, reconciliation, conflict management, shared responsibilities, commitments, emotions, co-parenting, self-love, life transition, mutual understanding, marriage counsellor, emotional freedom, grieving process, independence, new beginnings

Excerpt from the book "Et puis m...c'est fini" by Dr Emeric Lebreton

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"10 rules for happy, successful employees": Emeric Lebreton's latest book

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10 attitudes gagnantes pour réussir dans la vie, Emeric Lebreton, Orient'Action, ouvrage, management, conseils, attitudes gagnantes, adopter les bons comportements, : un livre pour réussir

"10 winning attitudes for success in life": a book for success!

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New: test your soft skills with ORIENTACTION

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prevent burnout, psychosocial risk, exhaustion, fatigue, rebuild, Orient'Action skills assessment

Rebuilding after burnout: why the ORIENTACTION skills assessment can help?

6 min. reading
professional reconversion at 30, change of profession, employee, create a company, job, new, skills assessment, retirement, passion, motivation, desire, employee, employer, do a skills assessment with Orient Action

Career Change at 30: Choosing Your Life Over a Career You’re Stuck In

10 min. reading
Books
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"Rallumez les étoiles": a luminous guide to rediscovering your path and your joy

7 min. reading
Origins consciousness, Emeric Lebreton, history consciousness, human mind, roots consciousness, psychological exploration, philosophy mind, neuroscience consciousness, evolutionary psychology, development consciousness, human thought, emergence consciousness, cognitive psychology, psychological anthropology, archaeology mind, genesis thought, human psychology, consciousness and humanity, deep psychology, origins thought, historical psychology, human consciousness, philosophical psychology, intellectual exploration, origins psychology

"Origins, a history of consciousness": Emeric Lebreton explores the roots of the human mind

9 min. reading
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Back-to-school 2025's must-read HR and business books

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