These days everyone is talking about the C word: culture. Since the scandal in the Netherlands around TV talent show The Voice there is a lot of talk here about the need to make company cultures less macho. And with the Read more…
Empowerment is a term we hear a lot about, and is usually used to refer to the way we work with others. But I want to argue that one of the most important skills in life is to be able Read more…
I have always been shy, consider myself an introvert and was not born a natural leader. I am able to create rapport with almost anyone, I dare to speak my mind even if it feels scary, and know how to Read more…
Last month I had talks with a Fintech company based in the UK. There was a sense that despite the professionalism of the young workforce, they weren’t owning the numbers. As long as the management team kept the pressure on Read more…
This is a cautionary tale of four people, who never met each other, called Bill, Lakshmi, Tatjana and Mo. These are not their real names, but I have personally worked with all of them. Bill, in his late fifties, was a Read more…
The past 7 seven years I’ve been learning tennis. I started it to make friends in my neighborhood, and within a year or so I had met a group of women who have become great friends. We started around the Read more…
If you want to become a star in your work, you want to get good at creating alignment both with others and with yourself. One of the four aspects of creating alignment with others is the art of encouraging and Read more…
Giving and receiving honest input is a sensitive point for many people for two very simple reasons: a) most people are afraid of being criticised b) they don’t want to insult and hurt others, and c) while many companies make Read more…
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