Companies like 3M, Google, DreamWorks and Facebook have in common that they’ve embraced the idea of allowing their employees to become inside-entrepreneurs, so-called intrapreneurs, and capitalized on new business ideas. These intrapreneurs take new initiatives without being asked to do so. Hence, they focus on innovation and creativity, and transform an idea into a profitable […]
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In order to achieve big goals we need to be willing to think big. Theoretically we all can do it. In reality, however, we often constrain ourselves, we have doubts in our skills and capabilities, and we might lack self-belief and confidence. As a result we do not see the big picture. How to get
Have you ever wondered why some work groups display effective teamwork and other teams are dysfunctional? Why are some teams highly performing, are charged up with energy, and love to go for the impossible? And then there are teams which struggle, are without direction and agenda, and get lost in bureaucratic processes versus flourishing on
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Every great leader had or has a great mentor. And every leader should sooner or later act as a mentor. Why? In mentoring and in teaching you as the mentor will also learn and develop. At the same time learning and growing will eventually enable your mentee to become a teacher and mentor herself. Steve
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The other day I met with a good friend who happens to be also a mentor of mine. An amazing lady and very successful senior executive. We conducted an engaging and stimulating exchange on leadership. As we usually do when we catch up. I thought that some of her statements were both very insightful and
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In the last two decades coaching has become increasingly popular. With change in life and business still accelerating – and coaching being a highly effective methodology which assists in working with change – it is one of the most powerful communication and leadership instruments. Unfortunately it´s not being really practiced yet by many managers and
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What is in your opinion more important in order to become and to stay a successful leader: To acquire and to possess the “right“ leadership characteristics, or to follow and to live by clear leadership principles? From my perspective, and although the two aspects are certainly interlinked, they are two separate issues which are equally
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In 1903 an educated and well-known business man proclaimed: “The horse is here to stay but the automobile is only a novelty – a fad.” The gentleman was the distinguished president of the Michigan Savings Bank advising Henry Ford’s lawyer not to invest in the Ford Motor Company. More than a hundred years later another,
Yep, there still is the legendary sign saying, “Caution: Low Flying Fish“ at a world famous boot at the Pike Place Fish Market in Seattle, Washington. People from all over the world, myself included, go there to buy fresh salmon and to watch the show when the Pike´s Fishmongers toss fish around, expertly wrap it,
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As concerns about the novel coronavirus, also known as the COVID-19 virus, continue to spread around the globe, there´s a lot of talk about leaders having to act, to ingest trust, and to mitigate uncertainties and fears as many people are seriously concerned. Indeed, extremely challenging times – like the crisis we´re facing right now
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