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Why building a good culture should be on top of the agenda of every CEO

In March 2009, I graduated from university and started my professional career – first as an economic advisor and later (following “the call”) as a consultant helping organizations through difficult transitions. Weiterlesen

What “accountability” means for decision processes and why self-organizatio...

Recently I watched a video podcast of a systemic coach on decision making in self-organizing teams. I have been working with self-organization in my own business for a few years now and while it holds so Weiterlesen

“In the light of eternity” – how you can avoid wasting time when you ask yo...

No matter who we’re reporting to (team lead, c-level exec or shareholders), we usually are doing this rather short-sighted. What has happened in the last four weeks (or one quarter)? What’s going to happen in the next equally short period of time? Weiterlesen

How managers cause a lot of damage when delegating half-heartedly.

Just recently, I’ve had the chance to witness how a team really hurt losing valuable time even though everybody was highly motivated and executing their tasks quite efficiently. Weiterlesen

Make peace with your decisions, even if they have turned out to be wrong, a...

Repeatedly failing and retrying are fundamental for our learning process. That’s our natural mindset when we are born. Without it, we would never have learned to crawl, stand or walk. Weiterlesen

How to overcome perfectionism at work: 4 steps to higher performance and sa...

All my life I have been fighting the negative aspects of my perfectionism – the ones, that keep me from trying cool things out. The ones, that make me invest way too much time to bring a result to the 100 Weiterlesen

How people actually learn, and what this means for you as a leader (or pare...

Psychology, education science and neuroscience have made huge progress in understanding how people learn and they provide us with helpful insight. It turns out, that explaining or showing, understanding and even stupid exercising don’t do a thing when it comes to learning. Weiterlesen

How to get the best out of agile methods by keeping the big picture in mind...

Almost any modern organization can benefit from agile methods when done right. They enable much faster results. Yet simply moving at high speed isn’t good enough Weiterlesen

The three pillars of an executive. Do well in all three and your people wil...

Many people think becoming an executive gets you power (to call the shots), people (to manage) and better payment. However, that are only the status symbols that come with it. Weiterlesen

Perfectionists in survival mode look impressive, but in the end, they often...

We wouldn’t be here today, if it weren’t for that “survival mode” – a state in which we are able to unleash additional power and extreme focus. Weiterlesen

How being pragmatic helps you acting humane and making sustainable decision...

In the past 30 years, we have successfully torn down borders and conventions. However, we did not only gain freedom, we’ve also caught quite some complexity. Dealing with this complexity and all the ill Weiterlesen