What would you do if you are walking down the street and a man comes up to you, covered in many scabby wounds and a dirty plastic bag, who looks more or less clean, but you can tell by the way he looks that he doesn’t seem to be doing too well. This man walked […]
When you notice that you have changed. Read More »
Time and time again I see situations where people go to comfort someone who is crying, pat them on the head, etc., or completely panic and look for a way to end the conversation quickly. The crying and the not crying are both involved in this frantic behaviour. Emotions are like energy charges in our
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We make smaller and bigger choices in our lives every day. Some choices have already been made and we call them habits. Choices can never be made again, because there is never exactly the same situation, but we can always make choices in a new situation. One of the problems of being human is that
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My last few days of struggle – everything is there, but there’s still something missing. I’ve been there before, and I’ve always moved on to the next qualitative level. It has always been supported by a sentence someone has said or a thought they have read. In this case, a conversation with a life partner
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What is sober driver- usually understood to mean a mindful driver on their journey who is aware of their surroundings, adaptable, attentive to the here and now, and not influenced by sensory input. Looking at the world of organisations, we are very often influenced by mind poisons (other people’s stories, emotions, needs, other people’s goals
Sober driver – still so common? Read More »
As a leader, when you think about who your team is, does the team of subordinates and you as their leader come first, or does your leader’s direct reports and you included come first? When a manager identifies with the team of specialists below, it is very difficult to get out of the mindset of
Fake security – a feeling often built in organisations and then dealing with the aftermath, where people are surprised that there is no complete security in their lives. One of the best examples of creating a sense of insecurity is fixed-term employment contracts, where people are surprised when they expire and sometimes lose their heads.
One of my managers once said that to me, and once I started to act on it, life started to go much more smoothly for me. Gradually, the priorities started to fall into place on a more emotional and mental level. But I see almost every day that many people need to say this sentence
“Work must be done with heart, but not taken to heart” Read More »
This is the question I asked in my first “Basics of Management” class for secondary school students. In response, I expected to hear something about meeting targets, common objectives or delegation. How would you respond? However, one 10th grade boy answered perfectly: “A leader gives tasks because he believes in people!” Beautiful! That’s the kind
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Top executives often face a challenge where their middle managers focus on the “how” question. Meanwhile, the top executive may not even notice that they are focused on the same question. However, top leaders should concentrate on the “why” question – why we do what we do and how it supports a broader mission. This
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