Category: Blog
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What hugging dad can teach us about the failure rates of nearly all change and transformation initiatives
Until recently I never thought about it, but suddenly I realized that I never hug my dad. How do you approach an issue like that? Is it easy to change? How can we progress, if even simple changes in life are difficult? What if one side wants to change and the other doesn’t? I do…
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The 3 x 8 Meeting Formula: Enrich Time
Enriching time is about getting the most out of every moment. Time is an equal commodity for all of us. The scarcer a commodity gets, the higher we value it. When someone says, “I’m killing time”, remember it’s actually the other way around. The never-ending circles around the dial made by the hands on a…
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Am I the “director of my own life”?
Life’s high pace can create our journeys by chance rather than by choice. Especially if we don’t stop now and then to think and reflect. Even at crossroads in our life such as career changes, we may be too busy to reflect and make truly thoughtful choices. When was the last time you answered these…
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The paradox of decision making: No decision is a decision
The difference between having others tell you what to do and being a leader is very much about making decisions. It’s easy to do what you’re instructed to do, but it takes leadership to make a decision. Leading comes with the burden of being responsible for both success and failure. Human nature has thought us…