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Eight years after establishing Yemanja, which designs and furnishes offices, its founder and his partner handed over control to their partners and took a three-month sabbatical. Precious rest and transformed habits. Before redefining leadership.
He returned two weeks ago after an absence of three months. “We had to get back into the rhythm, but after such a long break, we come back full of energy. And then, I missed the office atmosphere,” smiles the 46-year-old entrepreneur, former administrative and financial director co-founded by Yemanja, with his partner Quentin Audran, who is twelve years his junior, they design and fit out office spaces. both offered themselves the luxury of a three-month vacation, leaving their 30-plus employees to fend for themselves.
A program? A long journey to the end of the world for one childless family stay in Japan for the other, a mother of three who then spent a lot of time at home in Bordeaux or Nantes between the two escapades, reading and writing, running her fingers on the piano or doing yoga poses. “I felt a complete lack of burden…
Source: Le Figaro
