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Why Red Bull Wingfinder might be for you in HR & people development
Motivated people who are happy to contribute their knowledge and energy are what organizations need these days! When people are the biggest asset of a company in 2022, creating [...]
5 things to do for HRD success in 2022
Do you care for people and want to make a serious contribution to your organization’s success this year? Welcome, dear HRD professional! We’ve got you. The impact and success [...]
Dynamic loop in action – Leadership journey for senior managers
Inspiration case together with GG Group How does the Dynamic Loop Method look in real life? In this inspirational case study, you’ll find detailed descriptions of a very cool [...]
How to better connect with your teams: the six languages of connection
This article was first published on HRZone. Ensuring employees feel connected with one another remains critical as the pandemic continues to change how we work. By understanding the six [...]
Franz, what does a Loop Manager do?
For the trainer, coach and consultant Franz Mair the Dynamic Loop Method is first and foremost: vital. Especially in comparison to often experienced static development measures that are rolled [...]
A Red Bull success ingredient and how to use it for your development programs
Have you ever wondered why Red Bull is so successful? Certainly, there are several reasons such as the strong brand, the athletes, the way they do marketing. But what [...]
It doesn’t end with transfer – Hybrid training evaluation for full power programs
Ideas and tools to work with The Dynamic Loop Method Is your training and development initiative flying blind? Jim Kirkpatrick asked me this intriguing question when I met him [...]
Developing a Commercial Mindset in the Broadband Industry
Program inspiration, based on Dynamic Loop Method When hierarchies become low and responsibilities more result- than task-oriented, it’s vital that the concept of sales and customer excitement is not [...]
Break through bureaucracy for fresh innovation
Tackling innovation is on top of the agenda for any organization that wants to stay alive in a world defined by complexity, speed, and brittleness. So how do we [...]
How to manage stakeholders for L&D success – Dynamic Loop Goal Phase
Ideas and tools to work with The Dynamic Loop Method How can we consciously manage our L&D program stakeholders in order to maximize the impact and business success of [...]
True leaders for turbulent times
In challenging times as currently, constant change results in rising stress levels. The consequences are less calmness and more conflicts. Crises show how people deal with challenging situations or [...]
The power of development coaching
How much money does your company invest in Leadership training programs? Which habit or behavior did you change after your last training? Did you set any development objectives for [...]
Manage not engagement but energy!
People run in RUNMAGEDON (an extreme race with obstacles), compete in triathlon competitions or iron man, to know the limits of their own - physical and mental endurance. This [...]
Coincidence
Whether I am familiar with the term "coincidence"; "the remarkable concurrence of situations or circumstances without an identifiable causal connection", according to Lexicon. Yes, certainly I am familiar with [...]
Be water my friend
Wir möchten Sie gerne in den nächsten Zeilen auf eine kleine Gedankensreise mitnehmen, die Sie zu neuen Ideen anregen soll. Was benötigen Sie dafür: einwenig Zeit, Interesse und vor [...]
Healthy conflict culture – Why Clarification Counseling® might be for you
When we say conflict, most often we’re in a negative narrative immediately: Conflict is bad, conflict hurts, conflict is to avoid. But conflict is just conflict—the way we deal [...]
Executive wanted! How external recruiting can succeed
When something new is on the horizon, you feel magic in the air: A euphoric atmosphere of departure meets the delightful joys of anticipation and is enlivened by the [...]
5 ways the best leaders make more time
One of the most common complaints I get when I’m coaching leaders is how they are so stretched for time. Often this is an early port of call for us [...]
We have a conflict! – 8 Strategies to try when you’re heavily involved
In an earlier blog post, I wrote about conflict management or transformation strategies from the perspective of a leader, as a third party to a team conflict. In this [...]
Failure inevitable! Misserfolg vorprogrammiert!
Have you ever asked yourself why meetings or negotiations ended surprisingly positive or surprisingly negative? It is sometimes like a charm that influences conversations in the course and in [...]
Time management and stress related issues in leadership and management
Regardless of which leadership position is held, most professionals and board executives at all levels (leaders, executives and managers) have a filled agenda. Everyone is short on time. Time is [...]
The Significant Value of Difference
In an ideal world, everyone we interact with understands us fully and sees the world the way we do. Making life happier, more straightforward, and consistent. The world we [...]
Authentic and successful leadership: This is what it takes
“Authenticity is the alignment of head, mouth, heart, and feet — thinking, saying, feeling, and doing the same thing — consistently. This builds trust, and followers love leaders they [...]
Coaching—What is in it for me?
There is something very special about speaking with a coach. They listen to you and ask questions like anybody else, you might think, but in such a way that magic [...]
Leadership is a combination of Yin and Yang
Yi-ling was a HRD of a multinational company in Shanghai and she came to my workshop to do the kick-off of a three-day leadership workshop in 2013. When I first [...]
Omnichannel Communication: Building a framework for success starts with team-mindset
Being a strong leader in marketing, I have helped multiple international companies build strong omnichannel presences, meaning the connection of online and offline touchpoints for one seamless experience, while [...]
Konfliktarbeit bleibt Chefsache – eine Polemik
Immer wieder erlebe ich, dass es bei Konflikten in Unternehmen Bedenken gibt, sich die Bearbeitung der Konflikte in Anwesenheit der vorgesetzten Führungskraft vorzustellen. Ist es nicht schwieriger, sich einem [...]
Why leadership is lacking on partner level
It is obvious: the same type of people become partner in a consulting firm or enter the C-level in big companies. ‘Type’ refers mainly to behaviour and habitus, but it [...]
It’s a biased world—Dealing with stereotype thinking at the workplace
It’s not a secret that we judge other people in everyday life. We judge people’s looks and the way they present themselves. We’re used to make a lot of assumptions [...]
Individual leadership—new keyword or new necessity?
What would have to happen to enable people to adapt quickly and willingly to changing working conditions? What would all be possible if managers could create a working environment [...]
Change is always agile?!
The other week I was invited to Italy to give a keynote speech on „How to get management ready for change.” With a group of 30 entrepreneurs I discussed [...]
Business Impact of Training: Managers, it’s in Your Hands
Employee training gets on my nerves for years already – and now there is this flood of online trainings! Many managers wouldn’t admit it openly, but that's what many [...]
The Role of Knowledge Management in Digital Transformation
I had a chat with a Chief information Officer of a business conglomerate the other day. His company embarked on a Digital Transformation strategy recently. Millions of dollars were invested [...]
Resilience – Mental strength training
How we train our inner resistance and strengthen our motivation What makes people resilient? Why do some people manage to react calmly and flexibly to crises and break new [...]
“From the shadow into light: Coming to terms with yourself”
In the coaching world we speak of “the shadow,“ a term first used in analytical psychology according to C.G. Jung. The shadow is the counterpart of the persona, the [...]
CEO or pharaoh? What we can learn from pharaohs for leadership
Ancient Egypt is inextricably linked to the image of the great pyramids of Giza. They are the symbol of precision, incredible organization and making the seemingly impossible possible. Even [...]
With development talks into the Champions League
Much has already been written on the subject of "The executive as coach" and the need to develop employees to meet the challenges of our accelerating world. Too little [...]
The Military’s Answer to VUCA: Trust instead of giving Orders!
Are the following situations familiar to you? Too much uncertain, incomplete or non-existent information must be processed to make decisions of great significance for the future of others. Until [...]
Of Verticans (Vertikaner®) and Horizontans—or tales of humility and power
Picture the following situation: You are the boss. One of your direct reports, that you trust because of his dedication and professionality contradicts you publicly in a meeting with [...]
Why Intercultural skills matter in uncertain times
Cultural intelligence, or in other words, having a toolkit of intercultural skills, is crucial in helping us land well in a new location, lead a multicultural team or negotiate [...]
Leadership Fit For The “New Normal”—Why Mindfulness Is Key
Leading a business in November 2020 is a bit like sailing a boat across the Atlantic. You have a rough idea of the weather that awaits you in the [...]
Generations GAP—How we can build a bridge between young and old
Only yesterday afternoon I stumbled across a post on the social networks in which a 50-year-old man ridiculed an entire generation. His divided stance is a widespread one: "We [...]
Female Recruiting
Interview with Mag.a Dr.in Alexandra Singer-Weidinger I would like to hire more women, where and how do I find the right candidate? Time and again, HR managers complain about [...]
The way you communicate determines the way you live
It all starts and ends with communication. Everything that lies between the beginning and the end is determined by communication. So the way we communicate determines the way we [...]
All Leadership or what?
You'd think that everything has already been written about leadership, and yet hardly any other area of management has changed as massively as leadership as a result of changing [...]
Why regional banks can be more sustainable, if they only want to
The values of German regional banks offer an enormous breeding ground for the responsibility and sustainability in business strategies desired by customers. They only mean an immensely high level [...]
Learning is only ever a means to an end—never an end in itself
Many professionals working in the field of learning and development will be familiar with the rhetoric in the title of this article. The idea that corporate training must be [...]
Lovership
Love and leadership, two areas in life I have been on a quest to understand well. 'Love' perhaps a little longer than leadership. Today, 23 years into my professional [...]
7 steps to create to confidence, clarity and vision
Feeling overwhelmed, directionless or stuck? Follow these 7 steps to create to confidence, clarity and vision. So many of us swing between feeling motivated and ‘on-track’ and overwhelmed, frustrated [...]
So, what do you want?
Now, there’s a question. One conclusion I have come to in my years in this business is this: All organisational problems stem from the inability of one person to look [...]
Inspiring the inspirational—How to manage high achieving leaders
I was reading a recent article in Forbes on “How to Attract, Retain and Lead High Achievers”. It said that high achievers can provide 400% higher productivity than an [...]
Why aren’t we recruiting the right leaders?
All organisations need good leaders and a good Manager should also be a good Leader. So why is this so often not the case in business organisations?... I have [...]
Telepresence Robots—Usability in leadership trainings
What do you do if - from one minute to the other - your UK participant can’t leave the country for your strategic leadership workshop in Vienna? Well, you [...]
Work as an Evolutionary Path
There is an antiquated definition of work that views work as a way to make a living or a name for ourselves. Indeed, it is true that we make [...]
Are companies playing buzzword bingo with mental health just to tick the wellbeing box?
Mental health and emotional wellbeing are increasingly being recognised as important issues in the workplace, but are employers really doing enough to support employees? Or is the topic becoming [...]
Mindful leaders
There is a massive responsibility in the hand of any leader in this world. The pressure and expectations in the higher positions are immense and harm us if we do [...]
We have a conflict. Now what?
This blog article is the first in a two-part series, looking at some guidance on addressing workplace conflict. While it may be tempting to look for universal formulas and approaches, I have [...]
Leading for Today and Tomorrow—Leading Through a Crisis
We are all in the midst of one of the most unique events the World has experienced, the magnitude and impact of which is close to that of the [...]
What makes a good leader?
In many leadership seminars, people have asked me: “What do I need to be a good leader?” Frankly - for many years I couldn’t come up with one perfect [...]
Coaching Conversations
Coaching is so much more than just a conversation! Coaching goes beyond the ability to ask questions and listen attentively. Coaching explores personality traits, behavioural habits and thinking processes. [...]
„O Captain! My Captain!“
What Robin Williams in The Dead Poets Society from 1989 teaches us on Leadership How a leader will make his team feel, will determine the team’s commitment to follow [...]
The Downsides of Assumptions.
We live our lives by our assumptions. They serve us well. The advice and guidance we receive from those around us we trust, can be invaluable to protect and serve us, [...]
Emotional intelligence in leadership
Both in leadership and people development, you can’t get around emotional intelligence these days: everyone talks about it, everyone says you should have it. And here are some intriguing [...]
How Being ‘In The Conversation’ is Vital For Leaders
Every leader needs a capable team if they are to deliver the results expected of them. The individuals who make up that team need to be working together towards [...]
Who are actually more empathetic, men or women?
Join us as we get to the bottom of this exciting topic. When it comes to empathy, we usually think "it's a woman's thing." Is it really and if [...]
How many leaders still keep their emotions in check, believing business to be business, not personal?
For those of you who have seen The Godfather, the phrase “it’s not personal, it’s business” will be very familiar. I’m guessing that anyone dealing with frustrated and angry customers [...]
The human factor of leadership!
Leadership begins within us! Leadership is one of the most discussed and challenging, yet so important topics in any company, whether it is big or small. There are so [...]
How to build a great culture, team, and company
Great cultures do not only exist in companies such as the Apple, Google, Amazon’s of this World. They are not exclusive or unique. Is your company thought of in [...]
We don’t need more women in leadership positions. So what?
The business world is in a constant change process and Corona has even put more focus on home-office, agile work, flexible working hours, big data and many more. These [...]
Let’s make some impact! Welcome to Impact Week Ghana!
Campus Legon of the University of Ghana: The auditorium is full of people and emotions. Never before was Impact Week as big as this time in Accra, Ghana. More [...]