Giving or receiving recognition – which is more important?

“Leaders don’t look for recognition from others, leaders look other to recognise” -Simon Sinek-

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71% of employees report low job satisfaction and commitment

How are your thoughts this morning?

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Are you Extrovert or Introvert?

this blog is continuation to my previous blog “Are you outside of your comfort zone?” which can be found by clicking here. Background Everyone is different. The older you get more difficult it becomes to change your behavior and accept behavior of others which is different to yours. The first…

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Tribal Leadership session in Innsbruck 7.11.2012

What is tribal leadership? One very powerful tool for firstly understanding the current state of your business, secondly defining your goals and thirdly providing tools for achieving the goals is called tribal leadership. Tribal Leadership is based on focusing on your company culture. It claims that every group of people in…

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How much ego-boosting people cost?

First of all many thanks to A-J Wihuri from Innotiimi for the excellent blog about this topic. Unfortunately the blog is for time being only in Finnish. So, I am going to just drop you a tag which may make you think. In their book called “Egonomics” David Marcum and…

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Let’s scrap the word innovation

What is innovation? Innovation is a buzz word that had been around for quite some time. Obviously everyone needs innovation and is pretty clear why. But what is innovation? I would describe it simply with following sentence: “Doing anything that ensures the long term profitability and growth of a business.”…

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Greatest risk is to play always safe

Let us imagine a company that has reached a status of market leadership through its innovative products and services. The road to the leading position may well have been a tough fight against thecompetition. Innovation work has been successful, and a great deal of the new stuff has been radical: Many…

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Making change happen – on three levels

“You have to get it. To want change you have to want it, feel the need for it, understand Why the New and Why Not the Old.” When you are planning change for yourself you get this, you know why you’re planning to find a new home, why you are…

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Only the future matters

Many people are so fixed in maintaining the status quo that they simply cannot create something new. Having said that, luckily there are people who understand that the past is not unimportant, but what matters more is the future. You do not have to be university professor or exceptionally successful…

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What does leadership mean to you?

Leadership has many faces. Here is one of them.

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Leadership and sailing – they have actually a lot in common

Leadership and sailing – business and sport. They have actually awful lot in common. Sailing, especially racing, is 100% team sport and it goes even further. A large sailboat has that large number (around 15 of them) different controls and trims that you can tweek. Nobody can handle them alone….

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Manage things – lead people

Today I was planning to write a blog about leadership (and management). Actually I decided to bin the text I had already written and just post this picture that I found in the internet. This cartoon summarizes so brilliantly what leadership is all about. By whatedsaid | View this Toon…

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