1. No test of the equipment for pleasant sound & picture impression (online check-in the day before?) 2. No personal eye contact, gestures, voice & upright posture 3. No clear plan, tasks, goals and online documentation (e.g. via Jamboord, Miro, Mural, Trello...

Quite some of you do miss their offices after being locked up at home ... - will shed some light next week on 5 key don’ts when it comes to video calls - stay healthy and confident ... 🙂

In the meantime we all do have quite some experiences with working at home and/or in the office - am interested in your views: 1: Working at home is great! 2: Miss my office! 3: Need the choice between both! Will get back to the results of this little survey next...

… in short: 100% resource and solution focus by questions such as … … 1. Appraisal interviews: “What progress have you made?“, “What are you proud of?“, “Who could help you further?“ … 2. Team members complains: “What was different when things worked?“, “ What else?“,...

We are all too familiar with these 4 situations and yes, we do have our proven recipes how to tackle them: You have to conduct an appraisal interview  One of your team members complains about another one You are not happy with somebody in your team  You would like to...

Confidence does not mean ignoring problems in the optimistic belief that they will resolve themselves.  It means recognizing and tackling crises, but never losing hope.  It is important not to compare ourselves with others, but to focus our attention on the positive...

Although there is no `magic bullet` when it comes to crisis resilience some people find it much easier to cope with and adapt to new situations - why? Well, one success factor is clearly that more resilient people can rely on their resources - including help from...

In hindsight, crises can be nicely divided into 5 phases - but how “crisis-prone” are we in advance? Which beliefs, expectations and behaviors let us survive a crisis more or less well? I developed this self-test here with only 10 questions and 3 possible answers each...

True to the motto "The solution does not matter how the problem arose" the client has the key to resolving the conflict: his/her own behavior has led to reactions and back-reactions, which, in this case, has further aggravated the conflict over years. There is no...

If not, conflicts at work are inevitable but can be tackled by solution-focused coaching. The attached dialogue between the client and myself here is from my coaching practice and gives you an idea as to how it works. Alternatively you can also listen to the dialogue...