What makes you a leader and not just a manager?

What makes you a leader and not just a manager?

When I attended Columbia University’s senior executive program in New York I asked a simple question: „What is from your point of view the difference between a leader and a manager?“ The answer I got from one the professors was even simpler: „A manager is doing things...
„The traffic-light is green“

„The traffic-light is green“

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:...
My personal story about story telling

My personal story about story telling

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’...