What is considered sustainable and healthy for nature also applies to companies: The Power of mixed Teams

Let's have a closer look to our nature, monocultures and permaculture - and what we can learn from there!

Conventional gardening generally uses a single method for growing food. The focus is on what the gardener wants to grow, rather than which plants best suit a particular piece of land.

“Monocultures can be managed efficiently, but they are anything but sustainable,” concludes a study by the University of Zurich.

Transfer effectiveness in times like these - a rough push into the development zone

Almost none of everything that has made up our lives so far applies anymore. We too have been pushed out of our comfort zone, and we have used the innovative power that was freed up to completely rethink our leadership development programs for the current reality and how to design them digitally. Our focus was on our promise that applies more than ever:
We deliver IMPACT.

The Power of Old Habits

Many studies , but also our own observations in different organizations have shown the same picture for decades: Many participants come back to work enthusiastically from workshops and programs, but after a few days the flood of meetings, business trips, bureaucratic duties and pressure brings them back to their old habits.

Professor Robert Brinkerhoff is an internationally recognized expert in learning effectiveness and assessment of how training programs work. His findings have proven effective in dozens of...

Last week I had an animal dream - I was a giraffe and had a conversation with a fish. The "fish" was a person who was obviously very close to me (emotionally, not physically in this time of social distancing) and she was very disappointed with my behaviour. She said to me that she wished I was more thorough and had more depth. I looked at her in amazement, bending my long neck down to her, going into the depths of her water. But after a few seconds I had to stretch to catch my breath. At the same time, I felt a great need to keep an eye out for all the things that might come our way. I turned my neck to all sides to get the overview I desired. 

"I wish you had more vision, that you were more open to new things and made quicker decisions," I finally said to her, the fish. Responding promptly to my statement she jumped as high as she could to take my perspective. But as high as she tried to jump, she was nowhere near able to get close to my height and certainly not to catch the...

Daha önce hiç iyi anlaştığınızı, “aynı dili” konuştuğunuzu düşündüğünüz insanlarla hiç çalıştınız mı? Peki ya sabrınızı zorlayan ya da sizi çileden çıkaran insanlarla? Şüphesiz ki kariyeriniz boyunca her ikisini de deneyimlemişsinizdir. Biz insanlar, genellikle diğer herkesin bize benzer şekilde düşünmesini ve davranmasını umuyoruz. Bizim söylediklerimizi dinlemelerini, bizim gibi düşünmelerini, hatta biz daha söylemeden ne düşündüğümüzü anlamalarını bekliyoruz. Bu kuşkusuz birlikte çalışmanın en kolay yoludur, ama ne yazık ki gerçek olması mümkün olmadığı gibi en ideal yol da değildir.

Her birimiz kendimize has ve eşsiz özelliklere sahibiz

Doğduğumuz günden bugüne, nerede, ne zaman ve nasıl büyüdüğümüz, ailemiz, dostlarımız, öğretmenlerimiz, tüm sosyal ilişkilerimiz,...

Have you ever worked with people you really get along with, who speak the same “language” as you? What about people who push your patience to the limits and drive you crazy? I am pretty sure that you have experienced both on a daily basis. We very often expect people to behave or think similarly to us. We expect them to listen to us, to think the same way as we do, or even to understand ourselves before we say anything. That would undoubtedly be the best way to work. But it is neither the reality nor the best way.

We all are different and unique in our own ways

From our birth to this very moment everything, like where, when and how we grew up, who our family, friends, teachers are, our social environment, the culture surrounding us and of course our experiences play a decisive role in shaping our personality. All the time we carry an invisible backpack full of beliefs, values, concerns, challenges and desires with us – and we bring it to work too. We interact with...

Liderler ile birlikte yaptığımız çalışmalarda performans değerlendirme dönemlerinde geri bildirim vermek ile ilgili yöneticilerin bazı düşünceleri / inanışları olduğunu gözlemliyoruz. Bu inanışlar ile ilgili bir yazıyı yılın bu döneminde sizler ile paylaşmak istedik.

Ancak önce aşağıdaki sorulara genel olarak bakmanızı istiyorum:

• Yoğunluğunuz nedeniyle yılda ancak bir kez mi geribildirim görüşmesi yapabiliyorsunuz?
• Çalışanlarınıza açık ve sürekli olarak geri bildirim vermenize rağmen, hala yeterince gelişmediklerini, inisiyatif kullanmadıklarını mı düşünüyorsunuz?
• Gelişim alanlarına yönelik geri bildirim vererek, çalışanlarınızın motivasyonunu olumsuz yönde etkilemekten ya da onları kaybetmekten mi çekiniyorsunuz?
• Kötü performans gösterdiğini düşündüğünüz bir çalışanınız ile geri bildirim görüşmesine girmek sizi...

When we say 'fail', it evokes bad feelings, because this word is normally used in a negative context. That is why we are afraid to fail. But why this fear of making mistakes? Isn't it time to put an end to this subconscious negativity? 

Changing the perspective can...