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When I talk with my trainees about authentic, value-based leadership, invariably there comes the time when this gets questioned in one of the following ways: What about this example of leader XY [...]

I had a couple of interesting experiences recently from a customer point of view with, let’s call it a large German transport company. You know when you have a strange or negative [...]

Ist Ihnen der Begriff  Ambiguitätstoleranz schon mal begegnet? Ist nicht unbedingt ein Wort, was man vergisst. Und sicherlich, vor allem seit der Covid Pandemie, und definitiv seit den [...]

Recently I wrote about giving that unsatisfactory answer to trainees in leadership trainings I hold. The questions usually circles around the fact that one, or multiple trainees, ask what tool to [...]

There is this German saying that I use sometimes, ok many times, when working with leaders: If you can’t lead yourself, then you can’t lead others. And as I prefer things phrased [...]

Vor kurzer Zeit las ich einen Kommentar der ungefähr auf folgendes hinauslief: Der Autor beklagte die folgende Situation, in der, wie er sie betitelte „armen Führungskräfte„, und der [...]

It’s that time again. I am in a leadership training with and the question pops up: „What tool would you recommend for situation x y ?“ Or a participant puts their hand up and [...]

I stumbled across this interesting impulse on empathy and caring, both topics that have been on my mind a lot recently. Since last year I have focussed on care and what it means to me, balancing [...]

Building on my last article on empathy, today’s is an impulse piece on empathy and building a psychologically safe environment. Psychological safety means: ‚a believe that there will [...]

The last few weeks and months have left me, next to feeling slightly lost for words, with an even deeper conviction that empathy is a key skill for humans: in life, in leadership, and in [...]