Great leadership behavior during the Mexico earthquake. The team comes first!

The purpose of the WOW HOW series is to provide examples of great leadership behavior. In this article Ricardo describes his experience of the Mexico earthquake in September 2017. In fractions of seconds everything started to move and buildings collapsed. His priority was to protect his team and ensure that everyone was OK.… Read more “Great leadership behavior during the Mexico earthquake. The team comes first!”

Career Strategy – 4 principles of career management

This article provides an overview on the key principles of career management. You will find concrete examples and dynamic graphical illustrations. Those could help you define your personal career strategy: setting your career ambition, broadening your experience base in view of your targeted position and going for the most promising opportunities.… Read more “Career Strategy – 4 principles of career management”

Millennial leaders – How do they operate and what we can learn from them?

A lot has been written about the challenges millennials have to integrate into our organizations. But they are now moving themselves into management or project leadership roles. I have therefore observed the behavior of millennial leaders and want to share feedback in this article.… Read more “Millennial leaders – How do they operate and what we can learn from them?”

The power of true Conversations

We speak about a conversation when we want to engage in a deeper exchange with another person. This article outlines some thoughts on how to prepare for the conversation and how to make it as rich and constructive as possible. It speaks about the importance of emotions and body language, about stumbling stones we may encounter and how to manage them during the conversation.… Read more “The power of true Conversations”

Happiness is in the PRESENT moment

Our mind is constantly drifting into the future to think about projects and duties or it is ruminating the past. But happiness is in the present moment. This video offers some thoughts on how to better connect to the PRESENT

Connecting to the present

I was running through the beautiful park of “Les Buttes Chaumont” in Paris, when this idea on happiness came to my mind.… Read more “Happiness is in the PRESENT moment”