Kategorie: Leadership & Coaching
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Management As Responsibility
Drucker, Peter F., with Joseph A. Maciariello (2004). The Daily Drucker: 366 Days of Insight and Motivation for Getting the Right Things Done, 110. Story behind the Passage Today is another one of my Peter Drucker days. I know, maybe you get sick of him already but I can guarantee that I will most likely blog…
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The Digital Gender Gap And Women Entrepreneurs
OECD. “Bridging the Digital Gender Divide: Include, Upskill, Innovate” (2018). Story behind the Passage It is such a joy to be able to participate in a conference in which women entrepreneurs and researchers from around the world are meeting online. Yes, there are many really tragic things about Covid but organizing conferences has definitely become…
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No Time For Assholes
Lichter, Horst (2017). Keine Zeit für Arschlöcher: Listen to Your Heart, 123. Translation: “In my life, I have always pulled off the things that I decided to do after thinking about them thoroughly. By now, I am used to the fact that people do not believe me. In former times, I was still afraid of this….
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Soft Skills Hard Consequences Solution Oriented Communication
Grimley, Bruce (2020). The 7Cs of Coaching: A Personal Journey Through the World of NLP and Coaching Psychology. Story behind the Passage Would it not be nice to go to an agency in your city, bring all your documents and get help with whatever you are there for? Sure — but it hardly ever happens. Well, of…
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No Code An Opportunity To Advance Women Entrepreneurs Around The World
Dans, Enrique (Aug 9, 2020). “Could The No Code Movement Put Programmers Out Of A Job?” Forbes. Story behind the Passage Last week, I attended an online conference on women’s entrepreneurship for international scholars and practitioners (I wrote about it last week). To make a long story short: This contributed to me rethinking the blog. I…
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Intercultural Communication
Kumbier, Dagmar, and Friedemann Schulz von Thun, ed. (2006). Interkulturelle Kommunikation: Methoden, Modelle, Beispiele, 24. Translation “Dear God, please give me the courage to openly discuss things that divide us, give me the discretion to skillfully override delicate moments, and the wisdom to know the difference.” Story behind the Passage Once again, I had to…
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Open Science
Franzen, Martina (2018). Die Digitale Transformation der Wissenschaft. Beiträge zur Hochschulforschung, 40:4, 9. Story behind the Passage What is scholarship? I have been struggling with this question ever since I became a scholar. And I still have not figured it out. To me, it always seemed weird how you, from one day to the next by…
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Micro Politics
Cunningham, Mary, with Fran Schumer (1984). Powerplay: What Really Happened at Bendix, 354. Story behind the Passage I know, everyone talks about politics, especially in Covid times. There is always something wrong that politicians can be blamed for — supposedly. And no matter how politically-interested or –informed we are, we all have to mess with politics since we…
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Visionary Leadership Living In The Future Reading About The Past
Dogru, Caglar, ed. (2020). Leadership Styles, Innovation, and Social Entrepreneurship in the Era of Digitalization, 9. Story behind the Passage I am thinking a lot about how much I ignored the fact that people think differently. This sounds quite stupid, right? Is it not self-evident that we all think differently, especially to someone who talks…
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Sparks
Wehrle, Martin (2010). Die 100 besten Coaching-Übungen: Das große Workbook für Einsteiger und Profis zur Entwicklung der eigenen Coaching-Fähigkeiten. Story behind the Passage The title of the book choice today is actually real bullshit in light of the passage above. Is that a bit too critical? Well, of course, but let me explain. I opened…