On the occasion of Reconversion Day, France Bleu offers you a series of portraits of Lorrainers who have changed their lives. Example with the former professional player of Metz Handball Nina Kanto.
Increase productivity, reduce absenteeism, learn to surpass oneself: these are, among others, the missions of Nina Kanto within companies. To do so, it offers several activities such as conferences on the themes “Sport and business”, workshops “Team-building” or even fitness sessions.
The importance of the collective
Workshops “Team-building”, that is to say, cohesion workshops, have the main objective of strengthening teamwork. Nina Kanto offers exercises around handball, a sport she has practiced at a high level for twenty years: “It’s always in the form of a relay and with a handball. For example, it is necessary to make a balloon travel with two by being back to back. The goal is to find a rhythm and the perfect cadence so as not to drop the ball. It is in these moments that the collective force is in action. ”, she explains.
These exercises also allow employees to learn to discover themselves. They naturally reveal each other’s strengths and weaknesses. Skills that will gladly be put to the service of the company.
Sport and business: common points
Nina Kanto walked the handball courts until 2017. For five years, she also worked in different entrepreneurial structures: “Today, I have a 360-degree view of these two environments” she confides. “In sport as in business, you have to be structured, have a strategy, ambition and know how to analyze your competitive environment”.
The advice she gave during her professional career is now the advice she gives to companies. An athlete and an entrepreneur are sometimes faced with similar issues: “On the pitch, I was able to play with foreign players who spoke Russian, English or Spanish. You had to learn codes, ways of understanding each other easily in order to be able to perform well and counter the opponent’s attacks. In business, it’s a bit the same. You have companies that are competitors. You have to learn from the competition or from the people who work in your company ”.
Finally, it is by valuing its employees that a company performs, just like a handball team. Nina Kanto’s mantra? “Alone we go faster, but together we go faster but above all further”. 0