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How to own your career
Last week I attended a panel discussion with high ranking people from politics, academia and economy in Geneva. Including an ambassador for the UN who’s also an Executive Director in the Secretariat of the High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation (I had no idea such a position existed) and the Director General from the ILO (International Labour Organisation). The event was part of the ILO 24-hour Global Tour to celebrate its Centenary.
The topic of the discussion: “How to shape a future that works”. Transforming the global response to the future of work.
I won’t go through all the details what was discussed (as many of it was pretty theoretical anyway). What was clear though was, that on this level a lot of policies & regulations are being discussed from a 100-miles above view, which does not really help the individual.
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Do you care (too much) about other people’s opinions? Then read this.
A couple of years ago, I started pondering about changing my career. Because I simply realized that I was far more interested in people than IT, which had been “my” business for a good 30 years.
I hatched a plan rather quickly. It would still take me more than a year to finally come out telling the world what I was doing now. And another 2 years to let go of the “old” business.
So why the heck was that?
I had done my research, my trainings, combined all of that with my decades of experience and had a great offer in my hands. I had tested the service, got consistent results, built a website, and still, I hesitated telling people in my network that I was now focusing on being an Activator for Personal Leadership instead of a Sales Director for an online magazine.
What would people think?
Obviously I asked myself WHY I was so hesitant?
- Was there a lack of confidence in what I was offering – nope.
- Did I have doubts that I could deliver results? Well, in...
The Power of Starting At the Right End
A couple of days ago I had one of those lovely hour long drives (travel from Switzerland to Germany on a regular basis), completely on my own (love it) and was mulling some thoughts over...with that result:
I was thinking about the power of “starting at the right end” and what that really means.
So let me go into more detail what I really mean.
I worked in corporates for about 15 years, juggling hundreds of millions and managing teams across a number of countries.
Then I started my own business working with corporates, small and medium businesses and partners.
I also went through 2 failed long-term relationships.
And eventually this one thing struck me big time:
The WRONG END
Every time when someone - or I - was stuck we, basically every time, start "problem solving" AT THE BLOODY WRONG END!
....We are going to leadership seminars without knowing how to lead ourselves.
....We learn interpersonal skills to communicate with others without even knowing ourselves or how to...
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Hi, I'm Claudia and the founder of The Better Workplace and creator of the Personal Leadership eXperience 5.0 program. Having spent 30 years in leading positions in the IT business, and running my own company provided me with tons of knowledge, insight and learnings which I'm sharing with you on a weekly basis. Oh - and did I mention that I raised two kids on my own? That was probably when I learned most about humans - how we work, and where we screw up. What works, what doesn't work. What makes us happy, how to get those relationships working and how to get more energy. Still lots to learn and to find out - and you can be the first to learn what I learn - just subscribe to my weekly newsletter and you're in. Lots of love, Claudia
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