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Most Leadership Training Does Not Work (and Here's Why) being human emotions leadership leadership development training Nov 23, 2023

Wow, that is quite a claim!

Unfortunately it's true.

If you're a leader and have attend training sessions you probably know what I'm talking about.

Years ago, during my corporate career I had those - and went out believing I could tackle all sort of stuff now.

Have the difficult conversation.
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Female Leadership Is Better. Not Only For (Most) Women. alignment empowerment feminine leadership group coaching leadership Apr 05, 2022

Wow, what a statement! And is it even true?

Right – let’s clarify a few things upfront:

  1. I love and appreciate men. I enjoy working with them. I admire their wit, logic and clear-mindedness. And I don’t believe in a dividing line between men and women or masculine and feminine...
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Relationships: IDEA #1: Honour The Individual leadership relationships Jun 11, 2021
Relationships....THE most discussed topic in my sessions with my clients.
 
No surprise here - building and maintaining good relationships is not just a "useful" and absolutely crucial skill for any leader for achieving top results.
 
It even determines how happy we feel. That's...
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Are You In The Monkey Trap? helping leadership overwhelm responsibility Oct 05, 2020

Last week my 24-year-old son came to me telling me that his computer was causing a lot of trouble and he required help from me.

Which in the end - GASP - I refused to give.

Here's why and what that has to do with the monkey trap.

I've been a single mum for a long time - so I was the one my...

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5-Minute Leadership Wisdom #4: What to do when people don't understand and don't get your message 5 minute wisdom communication leadership personal leadership video May 26, 2020

Why can't they get it - it's so easy?...you might think.

Here are two surprising and probably rather counterintuitive tips on how to change this quickly and effectively.

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How to reduce stress immediately – get out of your head! connection emotions headspace leadership overthinking stress Feb 13, 2020

Recently one of my new clients confessed to me (feeling rather shameful about it) that often he finds himself in important meetings when this particular colleague, a level above him who permanently wipes off his suggestions and arguments.  

“Yeah, but….” is the...

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The 7 most significant mistakes I made as a parent acceptance courage influence leadership trust Dec 09, 2019

I’ve been a mum now for the last 27 years. And I can’t even begin to count all the mistakes I made. “Ah, we all do”, you might say. And yes, that is true. Particularly in this area, as for me, this is the toughest job in the world.

It’s not just a phrase, I know it....

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Watch What Kind of Energy You Bring into a Room awareness emotions energy influence leadership power transformation Nov 14, 2019

What energy do you bring into the room (or situation)?

Huh? Is that important?

YES - absolutely.

This Saturday I experienced quite a backlash while not being aware of my own energy.

With quite some consequences.

The (almost magical) power of that and how to do it, I'm explaining here in this...

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Are you a personal leader? Find out with these questions. communication courage energy growth heartset leadership mindset personal leadership productivity relationship resilience vision May 13, 2019

Quite honestly: 5 years ago I did not have a clue what Personal Leadership was. As I simply did not give it a thought. The definition that is.

Instinctively though I realized that there is something wrong with the way of how we learn to lead.

When I had just passed my mid-twenties and I worked...

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The Truth Why Traditional Coaching Does Not Work being yourself connection courage foundation leadership personal development personal leadership Feb 17, 2019

Right – buckle up….this is going to be a very open and honest article  on something that’s been on my mind for a while.

The coaching industry is booming. And for good reasons.

NEVER before there were so many people lost, confused, overworked and overwhelmed by the sheer...

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Conversational Intelligence in The Digital World is Key courage digitalisation executive & expert interviews leadership personal leadership trust Feb 01, 2019

"It's easier to deal with processes and technical things than with people" - one of the first things Christian told me in our recent chat (which we happened to record - and hence you can watch it here. Lucky you ;-)).

Christian Delez is Agile Software Leader at RUAG Defence and Co-founder of ...

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Why you're probably a bad listener (and why this matters) leadership personal leadership relationships Jan 27, 2019

Have you ever had one of those meetings where you basically stayed alert every second so that you could jump in with your answer or comment to what someone else said? I mean, before another colleague was quicker than you.

Or -  while you’re having this conversation with a colleague or...

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