Bertrand Jouvenot

The last book of Bertrand Jouvenot is titled : Managing Softly : Learning From Buddha, Gandhi, Gracie.

The purpose ot the book is to draw the lesson from Buddha, Gandhi, Gracie and to establish Non Violence Principle as key success factor for tomorrow's management.

It is a manifesto for alter-management, a call to action.

In the business world where management has become a commodity, there are far more findings and new input in this book than in piles of others. Even the most familiar with the management field will consider this book as a real breakthrough. Others will see it as something like a meteorite. Both will think it as a change. Either way, this book is probably the first one to liberate itself from the management consensus.

The first book of Bertrand Jouvenot is titled: Le Journal de BJ au bureau. It is a "Bridget Jones Diary of business".

It aims to teach high end management and business to non insiders, young professional and middle managers, in the most didactic and funny ways as possible.
Beno?Jobert is a young candid man who begin his work life. He meets thirty excellent professionals (managers, colleagues, consultants, suppliers...) and talk with them at the coffee machine, in his office, at lunch, in meetings, in the airplane, in the taxi...on different management and business issues. In the night, Beno?writes his diary relating what he heard, understood, learnt on management and business.

The book is organized in three parts:

The first part is business management oriented. It explains what a company is, how fast its environment evolves and how organizations try to adapt themselves in such a context.

The second part is "how to" oriented. It covers know how issues and tells how to do things in practical ways : how to build a business plan, how to write a marketing plan, how to manage a P&L, how to do a job desc, how to delegate to colleagues... covering the main functions of a company. It is based on the author's personal professional experience matched with tools.

The third part is "personal development" oriented and focus on attitude and behaviors, interpersonal communication, psychology at work, values, mindset...

The book has been translated in Chinese for a publication in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore by a first Chinese publishing house.

Then it will be translated in Chinese, by a second publisher, for a distribution in continental China.

A Korean publishing house has equally translated the book. More at: http://www.aladdin.co.kr/shop/wproduct.aspx?ISBN=8995737026