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New cohort of graduates

Congratulations to this new cohort of  ATOUT RECRUTEMENT graduates for completing the “Professional Productivity and Personal Effectiveness” program: From left to right, top photo: Robert Dubé, President and CEO Chloë Dufresne, Robert Parent, Director of Finance and Administration Marc Sarhassi, Vice-President and Senior Advisor Marie-Claude Grenier, Director of Human Resources It has been a real...

Planning and Agendas

To have a productive week, I put this post at the beginning of the week to guide you in organizing your weekly agenda. The organization of your work week in your agenda reflects your time management and therefore your productivity. Our agenda is a key element of our time management because it is where we...

Productivity killers

Many distractions within the office can be detrimental to our productivity, sometimes even elements of our personal lives can interfere with this interruption. Focusing is a daily and endless battle that takes up our time, so why waste any more of it? Here are some productivity killers we should watch out for: Social media 📱...

Back to Work Preparation

Back to work is here, and with it, my tips to make your life at work easier! Every new year, it’s the hustle and bustle of getting back to work, starting new personal and professional projects, and new resolutions/goals. That rush, that feeling of running out of time, never-ending to-do lists… the transition from the...

Enjoying your vacation

When it comes to taking time out and relaxing, many people find it hard to cut the cord with their work. And that’s normal. However, taking a break every now and then can only be good for your body, your morale, and your productivity. The end-of-year vacations often come at the right time. Stress, fatigue,...

Preparing for vacation to disconnect

After several months of non-stop work, you are impatiently waiting to go on vacation in the sun or on the ski slopes, far from your files and colleagues. As your departure approaches, it’s often a rush to get everything done in time and not forget anything. Even if you choose the destination of your dreams,...

How to disconnect from work at night?

How can we fully enjoy our free time away from work without thinking too much about it❓ Sometimes when we get home from the office in the evening, it is hard for us to completely disconnect from work, resulting in a feeling of endless mental load 🤯. When we get home, we want to unplug,...

Manage your emails better 📧

Managing your work email inbox is a daunting challenge. We receive a large number of emails a day, and without realizing it, we waste the majority of our time checking our emails all day long. It can quickly become a very time-consuming distraction, with hundreds of messages piling up in our inboxes, so we end...

Before you speak, think.

The most obvious way for us to be able to communicate instantly is through speech. We don’t always have to think before we speak, and this can be both beneficial and detrimental. We’ve all regretted words we’ve said or the way we’ve said them. Usually, these regrets are due to an impulse caused by anger,...

Our time is precious

“Time is precious because the clock is accurate” – Youness yoshizi.⏳ Time is a concept that seems so simple that we sometimes forget its importance. Already, it should be emphasized that we always live in the present. It’s good to remember this since we spend a lot of our time precisely thinking about the past...