The Personal and Managerial Develop¬ment Center (CDPM) addresses itself to the functioning and development of the well being and performance of people and groups at work.

Its mission is to offer all students, teachers and administrative staff a place, a time and professional advice to improve the quality of their life and professional performance.

Our philosophy is to listen to others. Our advisors are committed to allowing each person to identify their potential, to solve problems, to take the correct decisions when faced with important choices and to assist in the elaboration of their personal and professional pro¬jects.

The work of the CDPM directly contributes to preparing future managers for the management of psychosocial risks. It has led Grenoble Ecole de Manage¬ment to be chosen as a pilot school by the Ministry of Labour for the teaching of the management of psychosocial risks for future managers.

Three levels of support

Defining your career means having to make strategic choices, which are often complex. The CDPM supports the students and permanent staff of Grenoble Ecole de Management through a programme of training, coaching and professional and personal development at three levels.

Collective

The CDPM organises courses, confe¬rences and training workshops on the themes:

• Life project: job search techniques interview preparation, professional project development,...
• Managerial development: Intercultural awareness (East/West), decision making, managing with awareness,...
• Personal development: stress, personality profile, heart coherence, non violent communication,...

Individual

Throughout the year, CDPM consul¬tants can meet you upon appointment in accordance with your needs:

• Job search techniques
• Professional project and personal development
• Psychological support
• Legal advice

Research

The CDPM leads applied research ac¬tivities linked with personal develop¬ment, mainly in the following fields:

• Assessing professional stress
• Coaching procedure
• Concept of Mindfulness and its assessment

Articles are published in peer reviewed journals and/or presented at interna¬tional conferences..

The Center’s research focuses on

• Quality of life, stress, well-being, and happiness on the job
• Personal development and fulfilment, including a sense of meaning
• New technologies used to address work-related health issues, such as biofeedback and heart rate variability.
• Coaching
• Personality types
• Mindfulness
• Leadership and team unity
• Cross-cultural relationships (eastern and western)
• Setting initial personal and career goals and changing course