It is again this time of the year where managers are asked to review their employees’ achievements and rate their performance. Processes...

As a leader you will sooner or later need to make decisions which touch you personally.  Many enjoy leading when everything is running...

What are your best practices to live a fulfilling life?   I observe that people who embrace life with an open mind and a lot of...

When a flower doesn't bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.  Alexander den Heijer I love this quote and I...

Believe in yourself, and find ways to express yourself, and find the discipline to keep growing. - Michael Feinstein *** Even after many...

When you are stuck in a situation and don’t know what you are aiming for, don’t worry.  Life is not single-purposed. There is no such...

We believe that we understand the world, but we don’t. Once we understand that we will always just see and experience a very small part...

One of my biggest challenges as a leader is to create PERCEIVED fairness in my team.    What is fairness? Is life ever fair? Can team...

Sprache ist etwas Natürliches. So wie sich das Leben permanent verändert, passt sich auch eine Sprache an die aktuellen Nutzer an. ...

Never wait for someone to develop you.  Develop yourself. Constantly.  Don’t put the responsibility of your personal development on...

Imagine you enjoy your meal at a restaurant. You enjoy the food. You enjoy the drinks. And you enjoy the atmosphere. The atmosphere is...

Okay, we should always start with ourselves and live by what we praise, but in today’s newsletter I would like to shift the focus from...

We cannot solve problems with the kind of thinking we employed when we came up with them. Albert Einstein *** Oftentimes it feels like...

Ich liebe Sprachen. Ich liebe eine direkte Kommunikation mit Menschen in ihrer Muttersprache. Sprachen verraten mir viel über andere...

One of my big learnings during the past years has been the power of action. Being a person who loves to plan and reflect before acting, I...

Have you ever worried about giving someone critical feedback?    Have you ever thought to yourself that you wanted the other to...

Why this mindset will help YOUR inner peace and happiness In the past, I used to get frustrated over people’s behavior. Why? Because my...

It’s the subtle details that differentiate you from the normal.  People who haven’t got the basics yet won’t understand or won’t care...

When thinking about a lean enterprise, it is easy to get drowned by complexity. Maybe you don’t know where to start. Maybe you focus on...

If you are a person who likes to work in details, it is easy to get lost.  You might get stuck and miss a deadline. You might focus on...