Jim Rohn: My personal role model
You maybe have heard these names: Tony Robbins, Les Brown, Denis Waitley. What do they have in common? They are all speakers that try to motivate you to be a...
Alpha males are not what you think – Leaders are caring
I had one of those nights in which I surfed the web to find myself at a TED talk. This one was about chimpanzees and their leading structure. I have...
Freedom is the new raise: Working from home
I have recently seen a video of Meet Kevin about home-office which I found very interesting and I would like to discuss it from a perspective of employer and employee....
Use this pandemic times to train yourself!
Sometimes mother nature shows us our biggest weaknesses by putting a mirror in front of us. Local authorities missing emergency plans for epidemics. But you should not fail in this...
Institutions, grades and interview picks
I have written recently a book about studying in Germany. And I would like to put up one advice I give young adults for picking an university to team leaders...
The circle of influence
Have you ever felt like you are fighting a war that you cannot win? Did you ever feel unable to move things in the right direction? For most people, this...
The philosophy on backup planing – robustness against economical downturns
There are a lot of discussions right now about an upcoming recession. Stock markets go down from all time highs and world economy climate is falling. Since Lead and...
Competence gaining
Last time, we looked into why competences are important for your job and your salary. Now, we are taking the opportunity to discuss how to actually gain competences. I...
How to get a higher salary
In my recent post, I stated that I want to focus more on individual competences. To motivate the topic a bit, I would like to start off today with...
Do stuff. Fail. Learn. Repeat. Build up competences.
It is very difficult to show when you achieve competences. For example: I visited a basic and an advanced seminar on simulation software for optics. Do I feel competent?...