Customer story: Leadership does not start with strategy. Leadership doesn’t start with strategy. The question is – are we guided by a subconscious part of ourselves or is it guiding us? Increasingly, I have seen how leaders’ actual choices, reactions and relationships are not based on what they know, but on what they do not […]
Leadership starts from the subconscious. Read More »
No, I don’t just mean the class of ticket. I’m thinking about life as a whole. Do you allow yourself moments where you don’t have to constantly prove yourself, where you have space to breathe, to stop and really be yourself? A conversation with a loved one reminded me how rarely we really allow ourselves
💺 Do you travel business class in your life? Read More »
Such a sentence was said by an expert in systemic management Jan Jacob Stam in one of his trainings, and of course for me as a leadership trainer AND therapist, it hits the nail on the head and creates a bridge between forward looking leadership and a therapist focused on deeper resolution of past traumas,
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I am reported to have said such a phrase at one of my leadership team meetings years ago, and I was reminded of it years later as a positive push-back phrase. At first it startled me, wondering if I had really allowed myself to say it, but then I realised that I still believe it
“So, very nice! We’re all fucked now. Shall we get to work?” Read More »
I used to feel a little uncomfortable as a trainer, and also as a leader, when someone said that at the end of a training or a joint discussion. Did I really not offer anything new? Was I not inspiring or thought-provoking enough? But – it’s one of the best compliments you’ll hear: “That was
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Many organisations regularly carry out employee satisfaction surveys and often stress that they are anonymous. This has always been a questioning approach for me. If your organisation considers an employee satisfaction survey to be anonymous, it is worth stopping and asking – why? What does this fact reflect? Why do we need to do the
Anonymous peace of mind research is bizarre Read More »
It is not the world around us that creates our peace, but how we keep ourselves, or how we create peace within ourselves. If our locus of control is outside, in what is happening in the news, in social media, in other people’s lives, then anxiety will increase, not decrease. Leadership – self or others
Leadership – self or others – starts from within. Read More »
We live in a rhythm where patterns, beliefs and systems drive us more than we know. We seem to make decisions, think for ourselves, run our lives … But when you look deep down – is this really the case? Have you noticed that sometimes:🔹 you reply to emails before you even think about whether
Have you ever noticed how automatically you act? 🤖🔄 Read More »
Today, the world is built on organisations – workplaces, businesses, schools, hospitals, political associations, from media houses to housing associations. Behind every organisation and team is a leader whose ideas, awareness and attitudes shape the environment. Taken together, the entire leadership community has a huge impact on society as a whole – on the physical
For how long is a driver a “proper” driver? When does “I still have more to offer” become “I can’t let go”? In my book “The Footprint of Leadership – Why Leadership Should Be Temporary”, it is this question that has generated the most controversy. The job of a leader is not to stay in
Leadership is not a job for life – when is it time to stop? Read More »
