Ivar Raav

It might be time for a critical self-check on what we’re doing. Work should be a pathway to self-actualization. And self-actualization should give you energy, not the other way around. In therapy, there’s a golden rule: if a therapist feels tired after a session, they likely wanted more than the customer. I believe the same

Venue: public restaurant in Tallinn city centreCharacters: manager, subordinate, computer (protagonist)Time: noonGenre: documentary drama The manager fills in a spreadsheet or a form on the computer, occasionally asks the employee questions that have been entered in the spreadsheet. The answers to the questions are not commented on by the manager, but he (the protagonist) clicks

Even though I have gone through hundreds of hours of therapies and hundreds of hours of self-development activities, I still cannot be so sure to finish the sentence: “I am…” I believe none of us truly knows who we are. So we don’t have any right to use the sentence “You are…” to label others,

As a leadership trainer with a background in leadership, I often hear the pitch of quick fixes and immediate results. Many people here on LinkedIn also focus on workshops that promise instant solutions to problems and claim to boost results overnight with the help of all effectiveness tools called “10 steps to…” or “3 most

Imbalance is a normal part of a leader’s life. This is one lesson I consistently discuss during my training. You’re never going to find peace as a leader, nor experience satisfaction from all counterparties. Leadership is about maintaining balance in a triangle, where each angle of the triangle plays an unique role – owner, customer,

The role of the manager, or more precisely the need for the content of that role, has changed significantly in the last 10 years. Many years ago, the leader was mainly a catalyst, an igniter, a leader, a visionary towards shared results. Many more years ago, the manager was the organiser, the giver of orders