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We have talked about the Riemann-Thomann model before and it’s uses in terms of leadership. Today we’re going to look at why you should be careful with it, no matter how useful it is. [...]

Psychological safety: key to team performance Following my article on psychological safety and leadership, I would like to expand a bit on what psychological safety is beyond the buzzword of the [...]

Last time we talked about authentic, values-based leadership. And now? What does this mean in concrete terms for me as a manager? Today and in future articles, we will look at different scenarios [...]

When I talk with my trainees about authentic, value-based leadership, invariably there comes the time when this gets questioned in one of the following ways: What about this example of leader XY [...]

Piggy-backing on my last article, today we are going to look at what to keep an eye out for when building company culture.  And critically, when building a good company culture. So, what do I [...]

I had a couple of interesting experiences recently from a customer point of view with, let’s call it a large German transport company. You know when you have a strange or negative [...]

I am pleased to present the tenth part of the my article series on inspiring people in my life. My inspiring colleague Jérôme Adjallé is in the ‘hot seat’ today.  I am so pleased that [...]

Have you ever heard the term ambiguity tolerance? It’s not necessarily a word you forget. And certainly, especially since the Covid pandemic, and definitely since the events since then, a [...]

Recently I wrote about giving that unsatisfactory answer to trainees in leadership trainings I hold. The questions usually circles around the fact that one, or multiple trainees, ask what tool to [...]

There is this German saying that I use sometimes, ok many times, when working with leaders: If you can’t lead yourself, then you can’t lead others. And as I prefer things phrased [...]