For many people this year has really been a tough one in terms of health, finance and emotions. People have been laid off, companies are at risk, in others the employees are working until they drop, society seems to be dividing. And yet one cannot help but think about the word gratitude.
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Only 50 centimetres wide and tall full of black and white squares and yet the whole world! Chess is not only a board game, but also a conceptual model for managers. Anyone who has seen the series "Queen's Gambit" will understand why chess is so relevant for managers. Do you agree?
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Lockdown light in Germany. Lockdown tough in many other countries. For most this means: yet more home office. And even more video conferences. The consequence: Serious sighing about the fact that online meetings just won't stop. Four more weeks of looking into my colleague's living room and them looking into mine!
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Imaging you have a task ahead of you or your team, right now, right here that requires quite some creativity. But as it happens, in particular today, everyone - including you – is feeling like the least inspired creature on earth. A world full of ideas? Not in your heads today. What is the solution? Give up? Postpone? Or is it a solution to…
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A few weeks ago, I conducted an interview on the subject of humility. One component of humility in leaders is understanding that you are only a small part of a larger picture. Of course, everyone is actually aware that it is helpful to perceive this larger picture. At the same time, it is difficult to find it for oneself again and again.
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