You know the situation: Your counterpart may react very emotionally to your simple factual statement and not at all in the way you would have expected. What are the reasons for such misunderstandings, which also cause problems in private life? The answer is simple:...

Last week we touched on the benefits of story telling in general and particularly when it comes to leadership issues. One example from my business coaching practice actually started with an interview training. When we watched the rehearsal on my client’s smartphone it...

When I attended the Senior Executive Program at Columbia University in New York back in 2008 I was a bit surprised about the lecturers’ emphasis on „Story Telling“. I knew (and experienced) story telling in marketing, both professionally and from a clients’...

Especially in “either or” situations, it is often difficult for us to make a decision - but not making a decision usually leads to frustration. One way out of this dilemma is a little trick, the so-called “tetralemma” - here is a little example from my business...

Before we get back to decision tools, let me briefly touch on the result of a decision I made 18 month ago - yesterday I received the result:  My final degree is recognized by the German Federal Coaching Association (DBVC) and got additionally certified by the...

What are the success factors of a good manager? Stunning charisma? Brilliant mind? Or just avoiding the following 11 management sins? 1. No decisions 2. No help from outside 3. No balance between acting and thinking 4. No role model of corporate strategy 5. No...

Some people can pull an audience or just their counterpart completely under their spell, but how do they do that? Short answer: They are charismatic, but were not born as a charismatic and can often consciously switch this quality “on and off”! The essential “trick”...

Short answer: not really at all. We already find it difficult to develop own new habits by constantly practicing small steps. Admittedly, taking others as they are is not always easy - especially if the 4 techniques for changing behavior did not lead to the desired...

Changes in perspective support us, as shown last week, not only in making decisions, they are also valuable when it comes to releasing blockages in conflict situations. For this purpose one could, for example, place 3 moderation cards on the floor: A: Own perspective...

Last week we stopped at “changes of perspective“ as an important tool in business coaching. This week I would like to pick up on one of them: the (imaginary) guest. The client himself determines who could support him/her in an upcoming decision-making situation - this...