Ivar Raav

The trainer’s dilemma – whether to be boldly honest with the client or merely meet expectations?

I’m invited to work in organisations on quite similar topics – trust and accountability in the leadership team, collaboration, values, governance, etc. And more often than not, the conversation will lead to the fact that the topic being discussed is not the real “topic”. For example, if we are talking about trust, the issue is […]

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Again with the development debates – are we measuring development or are we developing without measuring?

Those of you who have followed me for a long time will know that I am increasingly questioning practices that have been in place for many years, because of the need to practice. Because the more I see organisations, the clearer it becomes that many of the classic management practices no longer work, even though

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Buy me! Come to my development programme! Buy my 1-1 service!

I believe that for many LinkedIn users, and especially the 1% of users who post regularly and see other people in their field, it seems like it’s all just self-promotion on this platform. Who uses marketing vulnerability (I-had-a-vulnerability-I-was-avoiding-you-needed-to-learn-me-way), ultrategism (take-responsibility-do-be-effective-do-no-responsibility), or a search-for-potential-clients-through-a-questionnaire, or some other way. You can still see the sales ears from

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Staying alive?

Recently, a client described surviving through his coping strategies. Through not letting people get too close because people might leave, betray. So it is safer not to get too deeply attached to someone. He has had experiences in his life where loved ones and confidants have disappeared from his life or betrayed him. Maybe it

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