After signing my separation agreement in the job that had been such an important part of my life in the last almost 9 years and knowing that my twins would finish high school and make their own attempt at living a good life – I felt I needed more than a holiday. Also, in 2023…
I am walker. I enjoy the act of walking as much as I love getting there. I love mountains as much as Iove walking long distances in plains walk. I adore lonely walks and also walking with a companion. I love walking in sunshine and in rain and snow: walking never lets me down. This…
The Values Game is a tool I often used before as a trainer/coach and also found it invaluable ( haha:-)) as a leader, creating my own versions to initiate discussions around values. It is basically a card game, which facilitates discussions that enable team members to agree on the joint set of values and norms they…
It does not make sense to be a leader if you don’t want to make the world into a better place. If you are doing it for money, for your ego, or by sheer accident, because there was nobody else to do it – forget it. You will suffer and the people you lead will…
In my last post I started to tell my story and I asked you to reflect on yours, remember? So what do these early impressions and experiences leave you with? Whatever and wherever I started to do something I was recognized as a leader: I was sent to leadership training as a pioneer despite my…
Owning your leadership journey. Leaders are born? Raised? Appointed? Prepared for leadership for years? Well, we have seen all of those and a lot of articles looking at what makes a good leader: Are they born? Cultivated? Grown? Nurtured? Drawn from scratch? I do not think this will ever be decided. You have your own…
Turning your assumptions about leadership upside down. There is a lot out there on leadership, so why bother to write or read something else? Well, there is a lot of training and coaching and tons of events and you still think you will do it your own way: differently, better, more creatively, whatever. It is…