As a manager, do I always have to be available? I think not. The new term for this is “open doors policy”. This open doors policy may have made sense when all these electronic means of communication and the home office did not yet exist or were still a long way off. Some people can’t even …
Do you have a lot on your mind and often only listen to team members with half an ear? In the following article, I will look at what fatal consequences this has—and give you 7 tips to become a good listener. Many managers often only listen briefly, judging statements from team members far too quickly. …
Questions are an important tool for managers. They result in better motivation, better work results and conflict-free collaboration. “If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from that person’s angle as well as from your own,” said Henry Ford. …
The last few times, we’ve talked about values, vision, and mission statements. If you have them for yourself and your department, fine. The next logical step is that everyone needs to know them. They’re no good in your drawer. Leading by example helps, but if it’s new, then it has to get through to the …
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A year in review is due at the end of each year. The Pandemic has postponed everything again, the West is no longer in Afghanistan, and we have a newly elected government in Germany after 16 years of Angela Merkel – it hasn’t been dull, has it? Why are we looking back? What’s the point …
It’s hard to get started, as the saying goes. Not only for a manager. I’m not talking about the situation when you take on a leadership role for the first time as a manager, but about switching between different leadership roles. As a rule, you don’t remain the leader of the same team for the …
Why should we hold annual kickoff meetings? Why hold kickoffs, birthday celebrations, or anniversary celebrations? For that matter, why have any kind of celebration at all? I have hosted events like annual kickoff meetings to mark special occasions. When it comes to corporate, departmental or team kickoffs, the same arguments always, always, always come up …
Everyone knows it—no one likes it: a difficult conversation. The fact is that everyone who deals with people, whether professionally or privately, comes into situations every day in which they have to address things or have conversations that leave them feeling frustrated or anxious in advance. But why is this the case? Why are we …
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