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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) Beginning of the year: it is a time when many of us reflect on what was achieved during the previous year and what are our objectives for the next year. It’s a time of setting new year’s resolutions which may last days, weeks or months… We have ambitious plans at the beginning... 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 →
(5 minutes read) Recently I experienced a very interesting developmental coaching session. During the session the person I coach, presented an individual development plan. The plan itself was really professional with a purpose, key focus areas and specific developmental actions. There was only one key problem. There was no progress, no development, almost nothing at... Continue Reading →
(3 minutes read) Everyone is dreaming about becoming a movie star, having a great family, having an amazing professional career or accumulating wealth. We wanted to be the next Steve Jobs, Indira Ghandi, Rihanna, Nelson Mandela, Jack Ma or Angela Merkel. Why are some people successful in realising their dreams and why others are not? ... 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 →
(6 mins read) Drawing by boradoodles.pl A few months ago, I had an incredibly tough day. Lots of calls, team meetings, decisions to be made, deadlines to be met, personal and family-related challenges… I remember that, at the end of that specific day, I sat down at my sofa and felt really good. My family... Continue Reading →
(2 mins read) Finding free time these days is a bit challenging. In the 24 hours that is available to us in a day we have to fit our private life, work, and sleep. In many cases we do not invest in ourselves. Working from home and through the pandemic brought many challenges to our... 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 →
What we should learn from Klopp’s football philosophy? Let me introduce you to the one of the best football managers in the history - Jurgen Klopp. He is a modest, down to earth person, without an oversized ego and is characterised by his amazing, and extremely successful, winning philosophy. In this article, we will analyse... Continue Reading →
DEVELOPMENT TRILOGY - EPISODE III Just at the beginning, I have good and bad news for you… If you thought that after identifying Your Purpose and creating Your Development Plan that you could just make yourself comfortable on a sofa with a glass of your favourite drink to get some rest and relax a bit,... Continue Reading →
DEVELOPMENT TRILOGY - EPISODE II Once you know your PURPOSE you can think about your development actions. Answer these 16 KEY questions to shape or boost your Development Plan. Below you will find 16 POWERFUL QUESTIONS which will guide you during your journey and development. The questions are divided into 4 key categories: PERSONAL, HEALTH,... Continue Reading →
DEVELOPMENT TRILOGY - EPISODE I “Where the needs of the world and your talents cross, there lies your vocation” - Aristotle When we were in high school, we spent hours discussing our future with our friends. What is it that we wanted to do? Who is it that we wanted to be? We dreamed about... 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 →
A story of an external CEO in GE This case study will not be yet another piece about the successful leadership style of Jack Welch. You will be able to understand more about what has happened in GE during the last few years and how specific leadership decisions impacted the GE’s reality. GENERAL ELECTRIC GE... Continue Reading →
Throughout our professional careers, we observe many leaders and always end up asking the same question. Why is it that some leaders are extremely successful whist others fail? If being a leader is so simple, then why doesn’t every leader make it? After discussing it with different leaders, conducting much research and analysis we identified... Continue Reading →
Steve's Jobs journey to become Apple CEO Steve Jobs was not a natural born CEO. As a hippie, without a formal higher education, with specific personality and high work expectations, he was not seen as a candidate to lead Apple, the company he created. After the first 10 years in the company he was fired.... Continue Reading →
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