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(5 mins read) More with less… Faster and better… Do it today, not tomorrow… Have you experienced situations where you were pushed to do more, faster, or with fewer resources? I am almost 100% sure that every one of us has experienced situations wherein we had to deal with higher expectations, to work towards shorter... Continue Reading →
A STORY OF ELISABETH HOLMES AND "FAKERANOS" (9 mins read) Once upon a time… far, far away… there was a little princes. She was a beautiful and enchanting girl, and she was living in a mighty and powerful castle. Through her entire long life, she was always humble and wise and she was able to... Continue Reading →
(4 mins read) A long long time ago all companies operated locally and there were many happy people who did not know what Coca-Cola or Snickers was. I know it’s difficult to imagine, but that was the case. Then globalization came and disrupted every single area of our life. Our personal and professional life, ways... Continue Reading →
(3 mins read) At an early stage of my professional career, when my ambitions are on an extremely high level, I used to work as a consultant, responsible for selling some professional services to external clients. I was on a mission as I was sure that the company I used to work in, provided the... Continue Reading →
(2 mins read) Almost 500 years ago Nicolas Copernicus, the Renaissance astronomer, mathematician and polymath, challenged the status quo established eighteen centuries ago by ancient Greeks. In very simplistic words: “he stopped the Sun and moved the Earth”. Until 1543 the theory and belief was that the Sun goes around the Earth. Copernicus’s work and... Continue Reading →
(2 mins read) It’s obvious that you have heard, read or experienced working in or interacting with a High Performing Team. Everyone invests lots of thinking, time and effort to create an inclusive and engaged team. Due to this fact, there are so many definitions or models of the High Performing Team. This is the... Continue Reading →
(3 mins read) “Culture eats strategy for breakfast” Peter Drucker Certainly, you have heard the famous statement of Peter Drucker. It’s so simple and so POWERFUL. A company’s success is not depended only on WHAT. There are so many interdependencies and connections with HOW. A recipe for a successful organisation seems easy and straightforward. Everything... Continue Reading →
(3 mins read) During the last decade personal development has been significantly disrupted. We have been exposed to new concepts like e-learning, GROWTH MINDSET, in role development, stretched assignments and many more. In the past personal growth was coordinated by a HR department or by a manager, Recently, organisations promoted self-drive and empowerment, ideas where... Continue Reading →
One picture says more than a thousand words. In THEORY, being a leader is a simple and straight forward task: you need to focus on team management, and all will be nice and easy. In REALITY, team management is the most challenging area of responsibility of any leader. We deal with: different people, personalities, career... Continue Reading →
(5 mins read) Over the last few decades, we have witnessed how our ways of living and working have changed significantly. Smart phones, internet, communication technology, software, and social media, have impacted the way we engage with other people in a positive way. On the other hand, we have much more to manage in our... Continue Reading →
(3 mins read) The pandemic disrupted our ways of working and recently, with increasing amount of vaccination doses delivered and removal of restrictions, many people anticipated that we would go ‘back to normal’ soon. Based on recent experience, it does not look so easy or promising. Recently, the City of London-based branch of UBS, a... Continue Reading →
(3 mins read) Talent Acquisition, beside performance management, coaching and talent management, is one of the critical HR processes. Based on many years of experience in recruiting candidates for different positions, like: general management, commercial, supporting functions, we were able to develop the Talent Acquisition Success Formula. Requirements x Fit x Engagement = Outcomes During... Continue Reading →
(2 minutes read) At the beginning of my professional career I was full of energy, ideas, excitement and … incredible arrogance. I simply believed that the world is waiting for me and there was no need to connect with other people. A lesson came quickly and my arrogance had to turn into curiosity. There is... Continue Reading →
(4 mins read) Before we start let me share a controversial thought… STRESS IS GOOD! Its based on my personal experience. And I really do like acting in a middle of a stressful situation, in a crisis. It gives me an adrenaline shot, a drive, a positive stimulation to do something new, unique and innovative.... Continue Reading →
(4 mins read) My definition for asking right question contains the idea of “deep coaching”, a technique which uses my logic, my brain and … my heart as well. A few years ago, I was offered an interim HR leadership position in my company. This challenge was a great development opportunity and I jumped into... Continue Reading →
(5 mins read) A few years ago my company moved me to a new geography and team. During my first week, I was meeting people, asking questions and trying to understand what the culture is like. At the end of the first week, one particular element attracted my attention: too much leadership is at the... Continue Reading →
Nowadays, meetings take up a lot of our time. We engage with our coworkers in person or via ZOOM or Microsoft Teams. Although we continuously change our ways of communication alongside the technology that we use, there is not element which has not evolved… meeting effectiveness. Several years ago I had the opportunity to work... Continue Reading →
(4 mins read) A few years ago, alongside my contractual work, I was part of two additional projects. The challenge was that the project teams were located in time zones different to the one I was in that time. My day-to-day work was in London and one project was managed from Singapore and another from... Continue Reading →
(5 mins read) Some time ago my son had a moment of reflection after he observed that we, as a family, spend much more time together during weekends. He asked me why we cannot work for 2 days while the weekends last for 5 days? When he asked me this question, I started laughing; then,... Continue Reading →
Let’s think about the most important brand in your life. Do you think it’s Coke or Apple? Maybe Tesla or Samsung? However, none of these are the most important brands. The most important brand is YOUR NAME. In our history there are many powerful names throughout history. In art it is Da Vinci, Van Gogh... Continue Reading →
One day, I was sitting at my desk thinking about employee turnover. Imagine an ideal world, wherein you recruit new people and they stay forever. Is this like a Leader’s heaven? Zero recruitment costs, no onboarding processes, employees knowing the business in and out, high engagement, no exit processes and no leaving parties… Suddenly, a... Continue Reading →
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