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Experience Is
Blanchard, Ken, William Oncken, Jr., and Hal Burrows (2004, fourth ed.): The One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey, 50. Story behind the Passage Who would have thought that I can choose a passage that is so brief? Given that all my previous choices were much longer, this is a welcome exception. As you will see, however,…
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Special The Myth Of The Professorship As A Calling And How You Can Become Who You Really
# 22 SPECIAL (Part 1): The Myth of the Professorship as a “Calling“ and How You Can Become Who You Really Are My e-mail to PhD candidates, 09/17/2020 Why “Special”? Today is a special blogging day as you can already see in the headline. I have been blogging every day for three weeks now and I…
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Why Write
Goodreads Story behind the Passage Today I got a surprise call from a dear friend of mine. It ended up being an intense conversation, but a very helpful and deep one — with true meaning for both parties. My friend repeatedly tried to explain to me what it means to be an artist. I mean, he used…
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The Diversity Fable
Thomas, Roosevelt R., with Marjorie I. Woodruff (1999). Building a House for Diversity: How a Fable about a Giraffe & an Elephant Offers New Strategies for today’s Workforce, 4. Story behind the Passage Diversity is something that has been occupying me for many years. Actually, I AM DIVERSITY on two feet. Whenever I call someone…
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Never Burn Bridges An Issue Of Identification And Problem Solving
Medium Story behind the Passage This article above was in my Medium Daily Digest. Sometimes I read the recommended articles, sometimes I do not. Today, I just had to read this one because it directly addressed my present learning about personal branding and impact. Well, the algorithm knows what I am thinking about, right, so…
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What Startups Can Learn From Horses
Roberts, Monty (2002). Horse Sense for People: The Man Who Listens to Horses Talks to People, Foreword. Story behind the Passage Many startups want to become unicorns. But the name already indicates how rare they are. Companies valued at over one billion USD can be counted on the fingers of one hand in most nations….
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Taking Stories Seriously
Pullman, Philip (2017). Magic Carpets: The Writer’s Responsibilities. Ed. Simon Mason. Daemon Voices: On Stories and Storytelling, 3. Story behind the Passage Someone who is thinking about writing a book with me told me today: “Silke, you are very serious about stories. You really mean it. The way you get into stories, it is really…
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How To Prepare For A Great Job In Business As A Humanities Graduate 3 Simple Steps
Isaacson, Walter (2011). Steve Jobs, 494. Story behind the Passage Some of you who know me already also know that I am a rebel. I do not accept “no” as an answer if I am convinced that what I want to do makes sense for solving some bigger problem. And when I say “convinced,” this mostly…
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Change Is Driven By People
Kotter, John P. (1998). Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail. Harvard Business Review on Change, 9. Story behind the Passage This might sound quite funny but these days, I really have the feeling that the digital transformation is actually happening in Germany. Of course, revelations like these always occur due to the specific situation one is…
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Great Coaches Listen And Ask
Schmidt, Eric, Jonathan Rosenberg, and Alan Eagle (2019). Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Handbook of Silicon Valley’s Bill Campbell, 90–91. Story behind the Passage Last year, I talked to someone who founded and successfully scaled a company that specializes in HR Search and Development. It was a true pleasure to get connected with this executive…