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Our deep desire should guide us on the definition of our career strategy. But we are often disconnected from it. This video shows why and offers some simple approaches how to connect back to our deep desire.
I would like to outline here in greater detail what I mean by deep desire.… Read more “Career Strategy: Connecting to your DEEP DESIRE”
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”
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Career management is an important responsibility we have. We are all the CEOs of our own little enterprise. We are in charge to set the strategic direction, to ensure that our market value is increasing, to monitor trends and opportunities and to make bold decisions when needed.… Read more “Career management – You are the CEO!”
Many of us have experience how difficult it is to manage cultural change. This video outlines the importance of taking the unwritten rules into account to avoid that they become roadblocks in our change journey. The approach developed by Peter Scott-Morgan shows how to make these deeply rooted drivers of employee behavior visible and how to efficiently address them in our change journey (Peter Scott-Morgan: The Unwritten Rules of the Game, 1994)
Many cultural change initiatives fail – why?… Read more “How to manage cultural change”
Chip Anthony heads up a sizable industrial activity in Chattanooga (Tennessee). We visited his production site together and I was amazed by the fact that Chip reached out to many people calling them by their names, shaking hands, asking how they were and saying “thank you!”… Read more “The power of saying Thank you!”
Wow how = Examples of great leadership
Many companies assess employee performance based on the WHAT and the HOW. What has been achieved is based on the annual objectives. the How dimension is usually based on a leadership framework that outlines the expected leadership behavior.… Read more “Wow How : Great leadership behavior”
I get very often the questions how to assess employee’s potential. Managers want to know that in view of their team member’s potential. But I think it is a very good question to ask also ourselves – about our own potential ….… Read more “How to assess Potential?”
What is the experience base and why is it an important factor of your career management? I would like to use the analogy of the Egyptian pyramids. If you have a broad base, then the pyramid is high. With the career progression it is similar.… Read more “Career management: Your experience base”
We speak a lot about empowerment, but for some reason it seems more difficult to achieve it than you would expect. This article describes the vicious spiral that brings us constantly back into our old habits and how to break out of it.… Read more “How to Truly Empower Your Teams”
How to enhance trust in your organization. Interview with Prof. Dr. Tom Sommerlatte from the Trust Management Institute.
Trust is a key driver of performance. A robust trust base contributes to efficient interactions within the organization. Trust allows organizations to learn faster, to innovate and to adapt to changes in the market.… Read more “How to Enhance Trust in Your Organization”
