This fall, the Executive Education HEC Montréal is launching a brand-new leadership training entitled L’essentiel du leadership, designed for managers who want to develop their leadership through reflection, introspection and action. The five-day program offered in French focuses on classroom interaction and was created by Cyrille Sardais, associate professor and holder of the [...]

Many discussions and questions are raised by the meaning of the word leadership. To get a clearer idea and possibly correct some misconceptions about leadership, Cyrille Sardais, associate professor in the Department of Management of HEC Montréal and holder of the Pierre-Péladeau Chair of Leadership, gave an interview to the Executive Education, which [...]

While the last season of the Game of Thrones series is over, several questions about the leadership practiced by the key characters of the series remain open. Thus, the Leadership Development Chair led by Sylvie Deffayet Davrout, professor at EDHEC Business School, will organize in July a conference with Cyrille Sardais, associate professor [...]

Cyrille Sardais interviewed by Gérald Filion on the television channel Ici RDI Cyrille Sardais is Associate Professor at HEC Montréal and Holder the Pierre-Péladeau Chair of Leadership. On the eve of the publication of his book co-written with Marine Agogué and entitled "A small treatise on management for the inhabitants of Essos, [...]

Source (in French): Program While many definitions suggest that leadership implies the notion of influence, the reciprocal is not true according to Cyrille Sardais, Professor of management and Holder of the Pierre-Péladeau Chair of Leadership at HEC Montréal. Clarifying this debate and questioning the expectations of today's leadership were the subject of [...]

The Pierre-Péladeau Chair of Leadership awarded Laurence Orillard, CHRP, Talent and Organization Development Consultant, and Wendellyn Reid, Associate Professor in the Department of Management at HEC Montréal, for excellence in the writing of the case Andrei Feher and the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra: A leadership rooted in the profession1. The theme chosen for this second [...]

You are cordially invited to the launch (in French) of the book 'Petit traité de management pour les habitants d’Essos, de Westeros et d’ailleurs', written by Marine Agogué and Cyrille Sardais. The launch will take place on Thursday, May 9, from 5 pm to 7 pm at Le Cercle restaurant. Small bites will [...]

Some participants of the EMBA McGill - HEC Montréal 2020 cohort during the module 'The Reflective Mindset, Managing Self'. Bottom: Cyrille Sardais, associate professor and holder of the Pierre-Péladeau Chair of Leadership. Being thoughtful, stepping back from always doing and seeing familiar experiences from a new perspective, this is what the participants [...]

Did you know that in the 21st century there is a general management issue, namely how to manage (over)qualified people? In fact, this question is widely raised in companies with a large number of qualified professionals, as it is the case at Sid Lee, a creative agency working globally from Europe and North [...]

The Researchers in Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development[1] (CRSDD) of ESG UQAM organized on September 19 a public seminar on the theme "Science Fiction and Enterprise". Among the five invited presenters were Marine Agogué, assistant professor in the Department of Management of HEC Montréal, and Cyrille Sardais, associate professor in the same department [...]