On the Courage of Making Decisions

On the courage of making decisions

Every day, every hour, in fact every second we make decisions. Consciously or unconsciously. Without them we would not be able to survive. Sometimes they are easy. Sometimes they are difficult. Some have big effects, some have none. And sometimes … we decide not to make a decision at all. The reasons for this can […]

How to Find a Mentor

How to find a mentor

Mentoring – a much discussed topic and yet not much is said. So you read things like “mentoring is important”, “The right mentor can catapult forward your career” and then of course the question everyone would like to see answered: “How do I find a mentor?” Well, I have no answer to that question for […]

The MBTI: A First Step to Successful Collaboration

First step to successful collaboration

“Oh no, not another one of these psychometric tools!“, I hear you say. But the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is much more than “just another tool“. It is a solid, albeit controversial, approach grounded in Carl Gustav Jung’s theory of personality and it helps us to better understand how we “perceive“ and “decide“.

The Dangers of Multitasking

Dangers of multitasking

With January gone the unmanageable wave of well-meant advice, whether you asked for it or not, seems to also have run its course.

The Thing with Arguing …

“If you stand for something, you will always find some people for you and some against you. If you stand for nothing, you will find nobody against you, and nobody for you.” (Bill Bernbach) Never has this been more relevant than today … a time in which “survival of the fittest” has almost become a […]

I Dare You

Let’s face it – we all make mistakes … every day. And most of us never stop to think about them. Because making mistakes is bad. Making mistakes leads to blame. Making mistakes shows up your weaknesses. Making mistakes can cut careers short. So we cut them out of our professional storyline. These spots of […]