Suvi. Everything should be light, airy, holiday-weary…But you’ve got a desk full of stuff. Because the parties are resting – you’re replacing, covering, reacting, producing results for several. Because you think that’s the way it should be and that’s normal, it’s always been that way. Does it really have to? 📌 It’s very OK that […]
🥵 Holiday period = overload season? Read More »
This is a phrase I’ve heard from 5 customers recently. I understand that and sometimes agree that it is too early. I also understand that looking at leadership in a whole new way – not as a set of techniques, but as a consequence of the inner world of the person – can seem daunting.
This is a quote I heard one of the participants quote in turn. I was left thinking that it is a very true description of the mental heaviness that is rife in organisations. Mental exhaustion does not just come from workload. Indeed, it often arises primarily because people are not creating. Doesn’t create something that
We do not have a mental health crisis. We have a creative crisis Read More »
🌿 Leaders don’t just shape strategy – they shape the culture in which people either grow or decay. Leadership is too often measured in terms of results and targets – to be radically honest: the success of creating a culture of burnout. But the real impact comes later. What makes a leader a leader is
Leaders don’t just shape strategy – they shape culture. Read More »
Looking at promotion from a slightly homoerotic angle, as Fridays do, one can see that promotion is often simply a matter of rewarding hard work with even more work. When we talk about promotion, it could mean more meaning, freedom and joy. But often, promotion means more influence and therefore more responsibility, more meetings, more
The number of incapacity for work leaves due to burnout in Estonia increased by nearly 60% during the year.This was the news on ERR a few days ago, referring to data from Statistics Estonia. Not six percent. Sixty. And that’s when people go to the doctor. But I believe that most of the time people
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The quality and standard of what a person can offer at work directly depends on the choices they see and perceive in their lives. If a person perceives that “I have no choices in life”, they cannot be expected to show initiative, responsibility or creativity and offer new added value to the customer. 📍 If,
The quality of work is not always about motivation or skills. Read More »
Do I want what I want to happen?Or am I ready for what is bound to happen? As leaders, we are used to planning, directing, making an effort, organising and taking action. But sometimes we don’t notice how we are holding on to something that life, or a so-called evolutionary force, has long wanted to
Do I want what I want to happen? Read More »
Some things in working life do not need a new development plan. It needs… to be sent away to ‘die’. We are good at taking on new projects. New goals, new tools, new responsibilities, new tasks, etc. It’s what moving up the career ladder is all about – do more, you can do more –
We know how to take on, but we are not good at stopping and giving up. Read More »
As a subscriber to a training course, do you feel that this is a familiar question:👉 How can you make sure that the training doesn’t just remain a nice event and that after the training the managers don’t drown in their daily life again? The answer is not just in updating content or finding new
Leadership development needs meaning alongside wisdom Read More »
