Ivar Raav

We must first make peace with our past in order to come to terms with the present.

“I’m happy and grateful to be able to give people the opportunity to shine a light into their true depths.”

This is the sentence I have formulated as my MIKS. A phrase that inspires me. It brings together my work as a deep-dive leadership trainer and therapist. At one point, when I was choosing between coaching and therapy, I chose therapy because I sincerely believe that we must first make peace with our past in order to come to terms with the present. And it is only when we have been able to be present in the present that we can create the future.

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I don’t think it is possible to motivate people.

Last week, I spoke at a conference at the Estonian Training and Conference Centre for management assistants about motivation and inspiration. It was a lovely half hour with nice people!

I don’t think people can be motivated. But you can inspire people if you do what you do with passion and inspiration. Through it, we can unintentionally draw other people in as we shine and enjoy our own lives in our work and activities.

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Debate on education and governance

About a year ago, I met Sirje Kautsaari, the then director of Rapla Gymnasium, by chance during lunch on a conference day. We ended up at the same table. Our conversation turned into a passionate debate on education and leadership. Sirje’s idea that why not come and talk to young people about leadership, so that they would know how to make more accurate choices about their careers and leaders in their lives, sounded nice, but unrealistic.

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Studio@TV3

I sincerely believe that no one should tolerate bad management! I was on TV3’s Stuudo and I talked about a book 😊 A book that talks about leadership from a slightly different angle for non-leaders and also for leaders. It was a short but nice chat! https://play.tv3.ee/embed-video/ivar-raav,clip-4955980?autoplay=true&muted=true

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Listening or Resolving?

Think how many unnecessary conflicts would be avoided if we could ask one simple question: “Do you want a solution or do you want to be heard?”. or simply start with the assumption that a hearing is wanted. You will be notified when solutions are needed. Very often, however, we do not do this and

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