There are the Cassandra princesses. Blocked transport, shortage of certain foods and coffee at the counter which will be times three. We refute the arguments. Teleworking is a solution, provisions for stressed urban survivalist apprentices and forgetting restaurants located in tourist areas. Common sense solutions. Immediately swept away. The Princess of Troy resurfaces in the form of the anxiety-inducing Hydra of Lerna: Paris under cover, passes and QR codes to get around and Vigipirate XXL. A catastrophe programmed in ten plagues of Egypt mode. Some fear what could possibly happen so much that they will flee Ile-de-France from Friday July 26 to Sunday August 11 and from Wednesday August 28 to Sunday September 8, 2024, i.e. during the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Fake news is unleashed, conspiracies are whispered. Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth (Because I’m happy)/Clap along if you know what happiness is to you/(Because I’m happy). What if Pharrell William’s “happy” manager took the Games head on, to reduce the pressure at the coffee machine and take inspiration from this fantastic opportunity to have athletes hosted by France?
“Sport is health. As the Olympics approach, we can start by taking care of our body,” advises Camy Puech, founding president of Qualisocial (which supports companies in improving employee health ). As soon as the first frost hits, take out the raclette machine. In July we walk or jog, and we take a few swims to get back in touch with the water. More than ever for summer 2024, get started.
Then, as for the semi-finals of Roland Garros when some people take the afternoon, organize moments of conviviality collectively. During a football match that brings a nation together, there are always anti-footballers excluded from the party, analyzes Camy Puech. But for the Olympics, there are so many sports and participants that anything is possible, you just have to let yourself be carried away by the atmosphere and be a little curious. The manager has everything to do. “Imagine an original team building, underlines the expert. A vertical with the nation behind the French athletes and another vertical following a sport that we like”. The possibilities are limitless. Find your Usain Bolt 2024 and criticize, like 7 billion humans, the choices of a coach, saying that we would do better. Rate, comment, organize competitions, reward with medals and find the bookmaker, guaranteeing reasonable bets. Create the emulsion, let yourself be enthusiastic. “Being a group around an event is very positive. Sport has a unifying aspect for mental health, even if we are far from sport,” continues Justine Paternoster, psychologist at Qualisocial. Mens sana in corpore sano (a mind without in a healthy body, Satires X, Juvenal, in the 1st century), the adage is current.
“Sport has many benefits for the brain and also brings creativity.” Take inspiration from the lifestyle of these extraordinary athletes but also from their stress management. “It’s a lever to lift a taboo on mental health,” assures the psychologist. For Camy Puech, the company must play the volunteering card, present in the messages of athletes and popular with younger generations. Have societal projects. Think about inclusion: 62% of those under 35 are concerned by this subject, 58% of Bac + 2. As for 50% of French people, they believe that companies should do more (particularly on disability and physical appearance in the lead at 86%, according to the Apicil/OpinionWay barometer, 2023).
Positive teleworking
The company will also have to rediscover the benefits of teleworking by trusting the teams. Being forced to adapt to remote work for reasons other than a health crisis means discovering other methods, underlines Camy Puech. For Julien Matsis, general manager France of Tellent (HR solutions), it is obvious. “For example, leaving home, making calls outside that do not require a computer.” For the Olympics, “even without a budget, having conviviality means doing inter-team competitions remotely, measuring the number of steps and adding them up to see who has covered the most kilometers,” he suggests. And remember Pierre de Coubertin: “The most important thing at the Olympic Games is not to win but to participate, because the important thing in life is not the triumph but the fight; the essential thing is not not for having won but for having fought well.”
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