Do you prefer working at home or in the office?

Do you prefer working at home or in the office?

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...
Answer to last week’s question …

Answer to last week’s question …

… 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?“,...
What could you ask instead?

What could you ask instead?

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...
Why Confidence beats Optimism

Why Confidence beats Optimism

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...
What makes you crisis resilient?

What makes you crisis resilient?

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...
Test your crisis resilience

Test your crisis resilience

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...