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In today’s fast-paced world, innovation is no longer just a buzzword – it’s a necessity. Companies that fail to innovate risk falling behind.…
In today’s fast-paced world, innovation is no longer just a buzzword – it’s a necessity. Companies that fail to innovate risk falling behind.…
Since 2020, most knowledge workers in organisations worldwide had to start switching to remote work. Does this impact employee engagement?…
Since 2020, most knowledge workers in organisations worldwide had to start switching to remote work. Does this impact employee engagement?…
“Tell me about an occasion when you introduced an idea to do the work in a different way. Can you elaborate, please?” is often the opening question during our competency-based…
“I did a lot of spaghetti walk this morning”, was uttered by my wife after we left our house. “What did you cover with your spaghettis?” was my question knowing…
The digital revolution not only opens up new opportunities for how organisations arrange work and structure themselves, but it also necessitates new ways of working and leading high performing teams…
The Year of the Golden Rat has presented us with unusual challenges we have newer seen before. Again. The last Rat, the Earth Rat, had given us the financial crisis. This one has brought Covid.
So, what can possibly be good about this Rat? It forced us to create the New Normal! …
When I was first asked to turn a face-to-face workshop into an online event, I was not too keen, to say the least. Why?
Is it really possible to interact with my participants during an online workshop the same way I usually like to do it?
Read about our experience……
When the Chinese talk about Crisis, they talk about Danger and Opportunity. Sometimes we miss the latter because we are so captivated by the former.
Therefore, let’s discuss the chances and opportunities we have now to redefine our future. Let’s just think about one not completely new topic: working from home.…
During my time at one public service organisation in Singapore, I recognised one day that I had a problem calling my staff by their name. Even worse, I did not know anything about my more junior level officers. Of course, I met my managers and deputies quite often. But, some of the executives I did not have any chance to engage in a chat with.…
By using the SBI technique, the feedback is rather focusing on facts – neither on person nor on assumptions. This helps to make it less threatening and easier to digest. It goes like that: Specify the Situation, describe the Behaviour, state the Impact of the Behaviour. See some examples here……
Coaching is about believing in someone and then taking action to help that person to be his or her very best. Some months ago, the managing director of an MNC…
Not continuous improvement nor innovation have to start with massive initiatives. To the contrary, it needs to be part of the DNA of an organisation if you want to ensure that your aforementioned initiative is successful and lasting. …
In a coaching or mentoring relationship, finding the right moment for performing the coaching is critical. Often, coaching attempts go wrong because the moment is just not right. But, how do you know whether it is a good time for coaching? Just ask yourself whether you have the right essentials for coaching someone.…
Some twenty years ago, just after I was hired by General Electric Capital and tasked to implement something as strange to a bank as continuous improvement in their newly acquired, yet dusty German banking environment, life was not walk in the park anymore. Gaining the skills for the new job with the help of the outstanding GE Capital people development engine was challenging but rewarding. But I never learned about Management by Walking About (MBWA).
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