“I trust that you do your best.” This is a mindset and it includes an important message: YOUR best. Not my best. Or someone else’s best, that is their expectation. It includes another - equally important - baseline to start with: I trust myself. I know that I will do my best. And from this understanding, I realize that your best might be very different from mine. I will be there to support you and try to create an environment where you are capable of growing into your best ve

Some days ago, I first heard about the term "microscopic truth". Microscopic truth means telling the truth in a very specific situation,...

Sometimes I have the answer in my head. I can answer immediately.  Yet, it can be better to take the question or the topic with me and...

How much money do we need? How much money do we really need?   It is quite a challenge.    If you have enough money to sleep well at...

In a coaching session last week, the coachee was unhappy with his own feelings and behavior. Commenting on it, he told me, “But what can...

I‘m a big fan of communication. Oftentimes, I rather notice to little communication than too much of it.    And I don’t mean that...

Why not? How to assume ownership.    Have you ever been in a situation where there was something to decide and you thought or said, "But...

I love how the English language differentiates between the two words “responsibility” and “ownership”.    We are all responsible for...

It is easy to be against something or someone. I watch people use their energy to fight a system they don’t approve of. Some are unhappy...

Like everyone, I'm still a work in progress. Justin Welsh We are never done. We are complete as a human being, but never finished in our...

Sometimes it is one question or one piece of advice that sticks with us. Sometimes it unfolds its importance for us only after years. It...

The art is to strengthen the system without becoming a servant to it.   Systems are something artificial. They are created by humans who...

If you strive for excellence, avoid rework. Don’t aim for perfection, but regular rework really decreases the trust in your general work...

There have been moments in my professional life when I knew that I was right. I knew it for 100 percent. Yet, hierarchies above me...

This week I learned something new in communications which I would like to share with you. It’s always interesting when someone explains...

I meet many people who give up quickly. They don’t instantly get what they want and then, for example, say that it is not possible.   ...

Don’t ask yourself how you can prove the other person wrong.  No one wins from blaming. Ask yourself how you can support the other.  By...

You are not sure what to do with your life? You have some doubts about your career (options)? You feel stuck in a job and are frustrated?...

In my daily work, I witness the difference between humans who say or think that they get something done versus those who actually get it...

"Remain playful as your responsibilities increase. It's easy to become serious when people and results depend on you, but nearly...