The management profession: 9 tools for assessing and developing skills

Management is a skill that can be learned and developed. This book enables you to quickly put into practice what you've learned, thanks to a variety of relevant exercises and tools. It reflects the author's extensive field experience. It's a must-have for managers in all sectors who want to excel in this wonderful profession.

Mary-Ann Bell, Corporate Director

Passionate about the skills required to exercise the difficult profession of management effectively and humanely, Professor Archambault has devoted his academic life to guiding managers by offering them not ready-made answers, but questions whose great merit lies in giving pause for thought and guiding action. It's a tour de force to be able to stimulate thought in this way, and in this field, Professor Archambault is a true master.

Richard Déry, full professor HEC Montréal

A book that goes straight to the heart of the profession: harnessing and developing talent through self-development. The tools proposed provide a very useful look at our own actions as managers, and guide the reader towards the best practices that the author has finely targeted through his extensive field experience. An invaluable work for managers at all levels of responsibility.

Yannis Mallat, President and CEO, Ubisoft Montréal

This book will be useful to managers at all levels of responsibility and in all sectors, including humanitarian organizations. The first chapters are self-assessments that provide important and useful insights. The final chapters emphasize the need to focus the assessment process on the contribution and development of people's talents. All the tools include a wealth of practical advice on how to move from reflection to action.

Matthew Pearce, President and CEO, The Old Brewery Mission