Kategorie: Leadership & Coaching
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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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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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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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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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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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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…
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On Being Fearless
Huffington, Arianna (2006): On Becoming Fearless … in Love, Work, and Life, 203. Story behind the Passage Today I talked to two wonderful people who are changing the world in their current leadership positions. I know, this sounds like they are heroes and all of us are just “normal folks” who will never get to change anything….
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Holding On To The Monkey With Decency And Responsibility
Lindner, Erik (2010). Wirtschaft braucht Anstand: Der Unternehmer Wolfgang Grupp, 88. English translation “1. Manageable company size, 2. Job protection in favor of enhancing one’s prestige, 3. Market- and consumer-oriented production, 4. Rate of return thinking instead of a sales focus, 5. Teamwork, human dignity, and freedom in the workplace. What did this program mean in…
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Actually I Am Not Stupid Letting Go
Gunz, Walter (2013): Ich war doch nicht blöd: Ein Gründer von Media Markt gibt Einblick in seine geistigen und spirituellen Wurzeln, 47. English translation: “Let go of everything that is not essential, that does not belong to you. Separation and changes are necessary.” Story behind the Passage This morning, I thought about a student of mine….
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The Empty Chair And The Sausage Sandwich Man In The Sauna
Pink, Daniel H. (2012): To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth about Moving Others, 87. The Story behind the Passage I just had a little panic attack. I wanted to write about To Sell Is Human today but then I could not find the book. There is an easy explanation for this: I am (quite) messy….