OUR MISSION
We support engineers and technical managers in developing positive leadership that is both measurable and mobilizing. They acquire key skills—clear strategic communication, self-management, mobilization of interdisciplinary and intercultural teams—that enable them to reduce costly errors, meet deadlines, and deliver sustainable results.
Our services to
Companies and Engineering Leaders
Develop your strategic communication for impactful leadership
Professional Development
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Corporate Culture
Winning collaborative RFPs starts here.
We prepare your leaders to perform in the moments that determine the awarding and success of your collaborative projects.
Bill 62 changes the rules. The winning consortiums will not be those with the best technical mastery — but those that master collaboration.
Why develop a culture of positive leadership in engineering
Fighting the toxicity of unproductive environments
At Positive Leadership Activation, we believe that today’s engineers are called to much more than mastering the technical aspects largely covered during their academic training, but also the skills related to positive leadership and communication.
Very early in their careers, they are propelled into roles where they must manage complex projects, lead teams, dialogue with strategic clients, and make critical human decisions.
🎯 The challenge? These interpersonal and leadership skills are often not taught in engineering schools.
That’s why we designed a concrete, measurable approach adapted to their reality: positive leadership—a method that combines performance and humanity, rigor and emotional intelligence.
Five key skills developed in engineers…
- Self-management – Knowing how to refocus, channel stress, act with clarity.
- 360° empathy – Understanding and integrating others’ needs into one’s decisions.
- Strategic communication – Conveying with impact, influencing without imposing.
- Emotional and positive intelligence – Cultivating inner calm and clarity of mind.
- Influence capability – Mobilizing, inspiring and rallying others around a shared vision.
Measure what truly matters: your evolving leadership…
At Positive Leadership Activation, we understand that in engineering, what cannot be measured… is difficult to improve.
That’s why we use proven psychometric tools like TRIMA, which provide an accurate reading of your current leadership posture and the skills under development.
Through this approach:
- You obtain a concrete assessment of your human and relational strengths.
- You identify the levers to activate to strengthen your impact on your projects and with your teams.
- You can measure your progress over time, in areas traditionally rarely quantified: empathy, strategic communication, influence capability, emotional intelligence.
📊 By integrating these results into our support program, you benefit from a true leadership dashboard—clear, evolving, actionable.
💡 Because a good leader is not defined solely by their technical skills, but by their ability to mobilize, to inspire… and to create a climate of sustainable and human performance.
Results ?
Mobilizing and ethical leadership, capable of strengthening intergenerational and intercultural collaboration, in a climate of calm, clear and coherent mobilization.
👉 We support engineers and their organizations through concrete development programs, aligned with real-world challenges, to bring forth a new generation of confident, balanced and effective leaders.
POSITIVE LEADERSHIP
Our services
Our services are eligible for
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
(CPD) hours
COMMUNICATION
LEADERSHIP
Strategic Coaching Communication and Leadership
When a leader engages in individual coaching in strategic communication, they don’t just develop better communication skills: they transform the way they exercise their leadership.
LEADERSHIP
SELF-MANAGEMENT
Interactive Conference: Positive Leadership
We offer an interactive conference titled “Increase My Influence Through Positive Leadership” presented by Lyne Marie Germain on positive intelligence for your colleagues and teams. The duration is one hour.
TEAM COHESION
COMMUNICATION
Co-development
Co-development is a collaborative method that improves professional practices through peer exchange.
LEADERSHIP
SELF-MANAGEMENT
Mental Training:
Activate Your Positive Leadership!
Flagship Program based on Neuroscience and Behavioral Psychology (Positive Intelligence Method created by Shirzad Chamine).
LEADERSHIP
PSYCHOMETRICS
Professional TRIMA Assessment
The TRIMA psychometric tools provide an accurate portrait of the leader, clarifying their humanity, acquired skills, and aspirations in terms of leadership.
COMMUNICATION
LEADERSHIP
360 Feedback
The 360 Assessment (or 360 feedback) is a powerful and essential tool for measuring and developing the leadership level of engineering leaders by gathering information from their peers.
COMMUNICATION
SELF-MANAGEMENT
Intercultural Intelligence
Learn to communicate effectively and mobilize teams composed of diverse nationalities. Transform diversity into a strategic advantage rather than a source of friction.
COMMUNICATION
LEADERSHIP
Strategic Hotline
This exclusive service puts you in immediate contact with an expert coach in communication and leadership, to assist you in structuring, refining, and delivering your most important messages.
Book a Free 30-Minute Call Now
with Lyne Marie Germain, CPQC
To clarify your needs and find solutions to overcome your challenges.
Our Innovative CLIENTS
ABOUT US
Positive Leadership Activation G.P. is a support company for leadership development and strategic communication for technical leaders and engineers founded by Lyne Marie Germain, CPQC and Thomas Kinsey, P.Eng. Ph.D.
Our TEAM
Lyne Marie Germain, CPQC | Follow-me on LinkedIn!
Certified Positive Intelligence Coach
Certified in Psychometrics (TRIMA, Atmanco)
Lyne Marie Germain supports leaders from all walks of life in their public and private communications.
Lyne Marie Germain is a strategic communication consultant certified in positive intelligence. Since 2008, she has worked with executives and managers in companies or organizations. Co-Founder of Positive Leadership Activation with Thomas Kinsey, P.Eng. Ph.D., she offers leaders the opportunity to increase their impact in leadership through communication with a unique approach based on her skills in Positive Intelligence, strategic communication, and certification with psychometric tools such as TRIMA and AtmanCo. She previously had a 25-year career as a journalist and manager at Radio-Canada and served as a coach and head of the speakers’ committee for TEDxQuébec from 2014 to 2020.
Sophie F. Marcil, MA, CRHA
Co-development Expert
Certified in Psychometrics (TRIMA)
Ms. Marcil has worked for over 20 years in organizations within the field of human resources management (HRM), primarily in the development of skills and best practices in HRM. Additionally, she has acquired extensive experience over the years in developing skills related to excellence in customer service. For more than 10 years, she has dedicated herself to supporting and developing business leaders and their teams, primarily in Quebec. She is TRIMA certified.
Ms. Marcil possesses strong expertise in coaching, facilitating, and leading training sessions and workplace interventions across various industries. She also has a vast professional network that she readily leverages for the benefit of her clients. She is a partner at Positive Leadership Activation.
Thomas Kinsey, P.Eng., Ph.D.
Certified in Psychometrics (Atmanco)
Co-Founder of Positive Leadership Activation with Lyne Marie Germain, Thomas Kinsey is certified in AtmanCo psychometrics. As an engineer, he observed how the quality of communication and leadership within a company impacts the productivity and well-being of teams. In engineering, it is common for individuals initially in technical roles to move into management positions after a few years of experience. Thomas realized that, for himself and many of his colleagues, managing people is often more complex than expected, hence the importance for engineers to seek additional tools. Positive Leadership Activation is an online training company whose objective is to provide these tools through support and training in communication and positive leadership.
Faïza Zaoui
Expert in intercultural and emotional intelligence
Certified coach, ICF member
Certified Eqi 2.0 practitioner (Emotional Quotient)
Certified professional coach, Faïza ZAOUI brings to companies over 25 years of experience in coaching, professional training and inclusive leadership development.
Engaged for more than three decades in intercultural dialogue, Faïza has led internationally-focused initiatives in Europe, North America, the Middle East and the Maghreb. She has notably collaborated on programs supported by the European Union, Columbia Business School and the University of Cambridge, promoting intercultural exchange, cooperation and skills development.
Recognized for her expertise in intercultural and emotional intelligence, Faïza is certified in using the EQ-i 2.0 psychometric tool. She designs and facilitates customized interactive workshops aimed at supporting teams and individuals in their transformation to strengthen their intercultural intelligence and develop authentic, inclusive and sustainable professional relationships.
LEADERS IN ENGINEERING
The Positive
Leadership Journey
Solid self-management is the key to optimal team management.