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39 Things I wish I'd Known Earlier for More Peace, Success & Ease career lessons learned ny personal leadership relationships wisdom Jan 05, 2024

End of last year I turned 59. And during the last couple of years my learning  journey even accelerated and looking back where I was 10 years ago it seems to be a different life!

I was in a different country than today.
I had a completely different business (which I was tired of already at...

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Claudia Hesse, The Better Workplace
Monday thought #14: The most important relationship you'll ever have in your life...
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Monday thought #14: The most important relationship you'll ever have in your life... authenticity monday thoughts relationships selfcare Dec 06, 2021

... for being or becoming a great leader. Or simply having the life you really want. 

One relationship?

Really? We need a whole network and many relationships to be successful, don't we?

Yes, absolutely.

And still, success and leadership starts somewhere else.

THE RELATIONSHIP WITH YOURSELF....

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Relationship Idea #6: Your Relationship with Others Will Only Be As Good As the One With Yourself relationships Jun 29, 2021

When we talk about relationships, most people take a look at their outside world.

The relationships with our loved ones.
The relationships with colleagues.
The relationship with friends....you name it.

And so they put their effort into developing, building or restoring these relationships.

What...

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Relationship Idea #5: Deep listening completely shifts the relationship dynamic (Video) personal leadership relationships video Jun 24, 2021

Everybody wants to be heard.

But not so many people are willing or able to really listen attentively and deeply.

Despite the fact that many of us believe we DO listen. I thought that for a long time until I realized that my perception was very wrong (it helps to ask others for their perception...
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Relationship Idea #4: Everyone has struggles we don't know about emotions relationships Jun 24, 2021

In the past, when people shouted at me, shut down, or were getting very defensive, I got really furious. Or frustrated. And took it personally. Almost always.

And believed that there was absolutely no reason for their behaviour.
 
What I simply couldn't see back then was THAT EVERY PERSON HAS...

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Relationship Idea #3: Build deep(er) relationships with these 9 questions. personal leadership relationships Jun 24, 2021


Superficial small talk does not build relationships. That is valid for the business world too. 

You might believe deeper relationships are unnecessary in business - after all colleagues might not be your friends.

They might not be - that's not the point here.

Deeper relationships WILL create...

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Relationship Idea #2: You're co-creating success and the future together co-creation personal leadership relationships Jun 24, 2021

In a relationship - be it in business or privately, we often take the eyes off this "we're building a future together that we're both enjoy" - even if it sucks today. 
 
While we're busy being angry, frustrated, or annoyed at someone, particularly in business - despite striving...

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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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How to keep yourself & your team aligned working both, remotely & in the office communication expats relationships remote work team Sep 08, 2020

It looks like we won't get rid of the Corona situation and the consequences any time soon. Part of it is that many people still work remotely, some work in the office while keeping distance, some do both. 

That creates its own challenges. And even more so when you're a leader in another...

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Claudia's Insights: Whatever Someone Does “to” Me, Has Nothing to Do With Me and All to Do With The Other Person. change emotions insight personal leadership relationships Jan 23, 2020

Insight no 1:

Whatever someone does “to” me, has nothing to do with me and all to do with the other person.

 “He never said thank you – he’s ignoring me….I’m not really important”. We’ve all been there. Someone treats us horrible,...

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THE Thing To Do First In A Real Crisis change crisis gratitude personal leadership relationships Mar 10, 2019

Have you ever faced the situation where a crisis hit you out of the blue? Silly question, right? As I literally don’t know anybody who did not, at some point in their lives.  

This could be the loss of a job, your partner telling you that they want to leave, a diagnosis from your...

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Why 9 out of 10 conversations simply miss the mark (and what to do about that) communication high performance personal leadership power of words relationships trust Feb 10, 2019

I’m living with my partner. And raised two children. I worked in a number of corporates and have started two businesses. So, I had my fair share (and still going on) of conversations. And quite a lot of them were also difficult.

A gigantic playing field for learning how to have successful...

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