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...

Last week we identified the benefits of humor as an important leadership quality. Some studies even see it as an indicator of intelligence. This week I would like to go one step further and shed a little more light on the power of self-humor for personal development....

Of course, cool career types and power-oriented managers who make your working life difficult will unfortunately also be remembered. But when will your team remember you positively as their boss? Which leadership qualities and personality traits are important for this...

Warren Norman reduced our personality to 5 traits: open, agreeable, extraverted, conscientious and emotionally stable (or, converserly, “neurotic“). Empirical evidence from more than 600,000 interviews reveals that the first 4 traits are all positive but we should be...

Ranking from last week’s quiz may not convince you but it‘s the result from more than 600,000 interviews:  A: Having own children = ② (even more so for men …) B: Making more money = ② (if you earn at least €2000 per month) C: Sleeping less than 6h = ③ (three hours per...

Sociologist Martin Schroeder analyzed more than 600,000 interviews in a rigorous fashion. Let’s get a bit closer by a little quiz - rank the following five points either 1 = „Makes very happy“, 2 =  „Not really important“,  3 = „Makes very unhappy“: A: Having own...

The decisive factor for a winning presentation is YOU: your body language, followed by your voice – the content only makes up 7%! What does that mean for you? Before your next presentation, deal less with the content, but remember a sense of achievement or happiness...

You know the picture: the last few minutes before a decisive presentation, many people spend trying to recap their pages. But what does your audience really appreciate? What percentage importance does it attach to the success factors „content, voice and body...