to enter into one living relationship to another

Known the virtues of the theatre and improvisation to sit the cohesion of a team or resolve a conflict. The Office of human resources Alalma Council offers another cultural concept, "myth and Opera", most original yet: live music, time of a seminar, the journey of a hero facing fundamental tests, examine the meaning of these events, to learn, clarify the issues of a situation. The tool was born from the meeting of Stéphane Longeot, philosopher and musicologist who continued for fifteen years his work on myths, and Maria Diaz, lawyer in labour law and human resource management, leading a continuous research work modes of operation of the human being. Together, they developed myth and Opera to work managers on relevant archetypes from the "team building" or personal development issues that they encounter, to stimulate creativity and intelligence of situations. Seminars on the topic of the responsibility and take support on "Enchanted the flute" Mozart, others focused on the revival of project are based on the study of the "Barber of Seville" by Rossini. "Myths symbolize human psychic conflicts that every man must navigate: seduction, mourning, the encounter of love, initiation... to enter into one living relationship to another." They "speak" to managers because they are close to their concerns; "operas come touch sensitivity, engage the imagination and the emotions, generate unexpected links", commented Stéphane Longeot. To contact with founding narratives, confronting his perception of others, each person is invited to build a renewed, thinking to develop and promote innovative solutions: Orpheus is the artist who was able to charm the underworld, Othello strength of soul by jealousy, Ulysses the man who, after years of wandering, eventually to return to his homeland, Figaro is the Barber still up to the situation...

The seminar therefore proposed that the participants to gain knowledge of a myth, to discover the events that the hero confronts via listening to excerpts from Opera, the decryption of the voice of treason, of mourning, of wandering, of alienation... And then reflect on the manner in which this hero exceeds (Titus granted her clemency, Ulysses massacre contenders, Moses leaves the Hebrews from Egypt...), identify the issues of the discussed problem (authority, creativity, recognition, leadership, sorry...), to take a position, suggest solutions and make the connection with experienced professional situations. Each step is a reflection of group, sharing of analyses, a synthesis of the views. The night ending with the playful discovery of the masterpiece of lyrical art who have previously studied. The cost is $ 15,000 to 20,000 euros for 12 to 15 people.

A rewarding seminar

"We go out to top-management, which has already followed many seminars and is a totally different approach at the same time that rewarding," says Maria Diaz. Which are left to seduce by the proposal of myth and Opera include mail, EDF, Total... Madeleine Ferland, head of the community of 350 to 380 managers and top-managers of the La Poste Group, appealed to the cabinet at a seminar entitled "Decision-making, uncertainty and complexity" on the "Barber of Seville". "This helped to stimulate our frameworks heavy through a detour, better suited to managers as a head-on confrontation, of responsibilities to question the practices through fun and intellect." "It fits more the reflection when pleasure is sought", she explains. The "innovative" aspect of the approach has attracted Anne Gabillard, responsible for communication of the Council of Ile-de-France Western Assedic. She wanted to improve and renew trade internally, myth and Opera has submitted to address "the leadership and its challenges" through "the clemency of Titus". "Understand the cohesion of team through the emotional and music helped to bridge and put everyone to the same level of discovery, to create a privileged consensual time", observed. As Gaétan Guiller, Director of Sarlam, a subsidiary of the Group of lighting Legrand, he chose this type of seminar on the difficult termination of a framework export to remotivate the team. "It was to work about 10 people in team export on this case so that everyone understands the reasons for the dismissal, from"The clemency of Titus", the themes of betrayal and decision", said Gaetan Guiller who fort of this first experience, decided to use this formula in preventive and not curative, with the commercial this time (35 mobile and sedentary), to reflect on the evolution of their trade, their work environment and the need to compromise, from "Aida", Verdi. "These seminars give a broader view of the problems," he added. It thus becomes possible to deal with the privatisation of the post through the reconciliation of opposites and "Aida"... As noted by Stéphane Longeot: "when the action is located in Rome or in Greece, managers do not hesitate to say much about the leadership without self-censorship." They take their distance from the real, live experience outside the pressure of everyday life, while working on the universal issues.