Critique of the Riemann-Thomann model
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. [...]
Dealing with uncertainty, complexity and lack of clarity – tolerance of ambiguity is key in leadership
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 [...]
INTERCULTURAL – Buzzword, curseword or reality?
How do you deal with the topic? Does it affect your day-to-day work and private life? Here is a summary of what you can look out for in global teamwork this month in order to improve it [...]
Gender roles – what do you expect from the “stronger, or weaker sex”? (Series: intercultural teamwork)
“We’ve begun to raise daughters more like sons…but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.” – Gloria Steinem “Girls can be athletic. [...]
A question of permission – what do you allow yourself at Christmas? (Series: global teamwork)
“The question is not who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me”, Ayn Rand, Russian-American novelist What do you allow yourself during the holidays? How far can you go? This is [...]
I or we, that’s the question here! (Series: global teamwork)
“We must learn to live together as brothers, or perish together as fools.” Martin Luther King Jr. Do you prefer to work in a team, from the top of the hill, in the middle of the ‘melee’ or in the [...]
Germany vs. the UK & tolerance of ambiguity (Series: global teamwork)
If you do what you have always done, you will get what you have always gotten. Abraham Lincoln Only a gambler in despair stakes everything on a single throw. Johann von Schiller When the winds of [...]
What programme are you on? (Series: global teamwork)
If you have read Asterix books as enthusiastically as I have, then you will certainly be familiar with Methusalix’s quote: „Ich habe nichts gegen Fremde. Einige meiner besten Freund*innen [...]
Divided by a common language (Series: global teamwork)
Do you already work interculturally? Your colleagues come from all kinds of countries? Do you get along well with each other and would like to work together more effectively? Or maybe your [...]