An executive who writes has nothing to prove — he has something to pass on. For thirty years, Michel Mathieu set down what the profession taught him. Four books, available to buy and to read.
Michel Mathieu · Former CEO of LCL, founder of MM Conseil 
A short treatise on willpower
A short treatise on willpower, written by two executives. How do you unlock your own capacity to act? Why do we decide, hold firm and press on when everything invites us to give up? Drawing on their experience of taking action, Michel Mathieu and Alexandre de Navailles offer a concrete method for turning intention into results. A sharp, energetic book for those who must decide.
Those who are inventing the city of tomorrow — 2019 to 2022 editions
A series of portraits of those reinventing the city — elected officials, entrepreneurs, architects, associations, citizens. Edited by Michel Mathieu during his time at LCL, the collective work gives a voice to the everyday builders of urban life and, edition after edition, maps the initiatives transforming our territories. More than a book: the manifesto of a bank rooted in the city.
Banking will never be the same again
Written at the dawn of the digital shock, the essay anticipates — a decade ahead — the transformation of retail banks: new uses, new entrants, a new customer relationship. Michel Mathieu dismantles the sector’s certainties and sets out the conditions for a shaken model to survive. A clear-eyed executive’s reading whose intuitions events have only confirmed.
A reference work on credit risk
The reference work on the banker’s craft and the mastery of credit risk. Drawn from both practice and teaching, it sets out the fundamentals of a discipline at the heart of every bank: analyse, decide, commit. Thirty years on, it remains a solid foundation for understanding how a bank lends — and why, at times, it declines.
Les Echos, La Semaine Juridique, Les Petites Affiches, Revue Banque, L’Opinion, and others.
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