🌳 3 leadership nuggets you loved most this year (so far)

Inspiring Connections by Anita Cassagne - August 2025

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Anita Cassagne
August 03, 2025

Hi there,

Before I slow down for August, I wanted to drop a special Inspiring Connections edition in your inbox.

I’ve looked back at everything I’ve shared since January and picked out the three pieces you loved the most - to read (or reread) with your morning coffee, or maybe a chilled glass of wine in the evening ☺️ (always in moderation, of course!)

You’ll find them in both English and French, right here on my site.

Cultivate your curiosity as a leader

Because yes, curiosity isn’t just for kids. I truly believe it’s a leadership superpower.

Not the controlling kind - but the curiosity that listens, explores, questions and grows. The kind that helps you challenge assumptions and stay fully alive in your role.

💭 When’s the last time you gave yourself the space to be truly curious?

What makes teams really work?

It’s not about big budgets or detailed plans. 

It’s how people collaborate, build trust, adapt to one another, and above all: how they get to know each other to move forward together.

💭 How are you helping your team build that collaboration every day?

Use emotional pay as a strategic lever

Today, people stay for meaning, recognition, freedom, connection. Not just paychecks and perks.

Only 8% of employees in France say they feel fully engaged at work (Gallup 2025). 

So, what is engagement? And why has it become such a strategic lever, for performance, retention and workplace culture?

💭 What are you doing to nurture that spark - in yourself and in others?

What about you?

Which piece resonated most this year?
Have you tested something new in your team?
Is there a topic you'd love me to cover next?

Just reply to this email, I read every message!

And this is me enjoying every minute of facilitating a management training

And if something's already on your mind for September - about your leadership, your team, or a challenge you're facing.. don’t hesitate to reach out.

I’d love to hear what’s going on for you. You can always reach me here or by email.

Keep enjoying summer ☀️

Warmly,

Anita Cassagne, Founder & Coach at The Laughing Willow.