Meaningful managers

"Be yourself, the others are already taken" - Oscar Wilde

The objectives of the "Meaningful Managers" training course are :

Foster a managerial posture that conveys meaning, by developing managers' ability to link the actions of their colleagues to the five pillars of meaning in the organization.
Develop language elements to be communicated by managers to their staff to reinforce their perception of meaning in their day-to-day work.
Share best practices, questions and obstacles through a training program that will also enable managers to get together and create a sense of belonging.

The "Meaningful Managers" training course is aimed at all levels of management within the company:

Executive Committee and Strategic Management, Middle Management and Local Management.

A good understanding of the French language is required to use the training materials.

The course

Target skills

Support

The course

The "Meaningful Managers" course is organized around the five pillars of meaning in the organization:

Part

Introduction

What does it mean to give meaning?

Part

The five pillars of meaning in the organization

Pillar no. 1: give meaning by linking the employee's actions to the organization's economic challenges.
Pillar n°2: give meaning by linking the employee's actions to the customer's or user's experience.
Pillar no. 3: Give meaning by linking the employee's actions to the needs of the organization's other employees.
Pillar no. 4: give meaning by linking the employee's actions to the benefits he or she derives from his or her work for his or her personal life.
Pillar no. 5: give meaning by linking the employee's actions to major social or environmental issues.

Part

Conclusion

The 8 thank yous technique

Target skills

The training aims to develop five skills for conveying meaning, based on the five pillars of meaning in organizations:

Give meaning by linking the employee's actions to the organization's economic stakes.
Give meaning by linking the employee's actions to the customer's or user's experience.
Give meaning by linking the employee's actions to the needs of other employees in the organization.
Give meaning by linking the employee's actions to the benefits he or she derives from his or her work for his or her personal life.
Give meaning by linking the employee's actions to major social or environmental issues.

Teaching resources, methods and supervision techniques

During the "Meaningful Managers" training course, trainees are accompanied by an expert trainer. The trainer uses the following techniques in particular:

Brainstorming,
Knowledge transfer,
Concrete examples and case studies,
Practical exercises,
Educational tools,
Role-playing situations.

Example of pedagogical tools used in training: "Value maps"
Example of pedagogical tools used in training: "Circle of equilibrium".

Training duration and conditions

Individual or group training (max. 8 people/group)

Training takes place over two consecutive or non-consecutive days. There are several ways of organizing the course.

Means of organizing face-to-face training

You have a choice of training courses:

On the premises of ORIENTACTION, based in Le Mans,
On-site: the trainer trains at your company (travel and accommodation costs calculated in the quote).

Ways of organizing distance learning

Training will be carried out via synchronous distance learning using the ZOOM tool,
. Links to ZOOM will be provided by the Training Center.

Remote pedagogical and technical support and assistance

Support and assistance are provided by the same trainer as the one delivering the training. This support and assistance is provided by e-mail or, in an emergency, by telephone. The trainer's contact details are given to the beneficiary at the start of the course. The trainer must reply within 48 hours. If the trainer cannot be reached within this period, the beneficiary may contact the training manager, whose contact details are given in the Welcome Booklet.

Means for monitoring action implementation and results

At the end of the training course, the beneficiary fills in a satisfaction questionnaire to assess the benefits of the training.
On completion of the training, the beneficiary fills in a certificate of attendance.
He/she also takes part in a knowledge assessment quiz.

People with disabilities

Training is open to all, and all situations of disability will be taken into account within the limits of the skills, human and material resources offered as part of the training provided. If ORIENTACTION does not have the material, technical and human resources to meet the needs of a disabled person, the latter will be referred either to the ORIENTACTION group's disability advisor, or to a partner organization in the ORIENTACTION network.

Access procedures and deadlines

All requests for services must be accompanied by a quotation specifying the amount of the service (including VAT) and the dates on which it will be carried out. The estimate is sent in electronic format.

Training for company employees