Dr. Cornelia Topf
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Dr. Cornelia Topf is a certified business coach and international management trainer with support for over twenty years Cornelia Topf As an international management trainer and certified business coach, well-known companies of all sizes and industries. Her focus is on target-oriented communication and success-oriented body language. The promotion of women is particularly important to the doctor of economics. The managing director of “metatalk Kommunikation und Training” in Augsburg is the author of many specialist books and guides that have been translated into numerous languages. These include titles such as “Self-coaching for women”, “Negotiating successfully for women”, “Assertiveness for women”, “The guide book for cheeky women” or “Defusing presentation torpedoes”. Cornelia Topf is also a sought-after expert in the media. More information at www.metatalk-training.de
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Small talk etiquette: Attention chatterbox reflex
When people hear "small talk," they think they actually need to talk. This mistranslation leads to them talking too much, even nagging themselves. It doesn't have to be! The more insecure people are, the more they talk! The more insecure many people are, the more they talk, the harder they fall...
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Change structures as an employee: Change management & rhetoric from below
Your supervisor is still pushing you to do something, even though you are already totally "closed". What do you say? Most of the time we say things like, "How am I supposed to do that?" Although we know very well that the manager cannot, will not and must not accept this objection. So what to do? First rule: never contradict! Contradiction solves...
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Controlling body language for job success: With the right gestures and facial expressions for a better impression
How we come across to others, what impression we leave, whether we are considered competent or dubious, and also whether we can assert ourselves or often have to lose out - all of this is conveyed by body language, among other things. How can we control this? The importance of non-verbal communication The importance of non-verbal communication for the…
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How good manners of career use: 10 tips on business etiquette
In times of crisis, competition is tougher and customer selection criteria are stricter. It often comes down to the little things and interpersonal relationships. In addition to good value for money, politeness is also an important advantage. And: Misconduct gets around! So much politeness is required Many a faux pas, which used to be considered a trivial offense, is now a reason for a…
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Achieve career goals with appearance & effect: 7 X 3 tips for body language training
First impressions matter. And especially at work, the external impression is even more important because it has serious consequences! Our body language is not only effective, it is also versatile: voice, posture, sitting position, gait, as well as facial expressions, gestures and a few other factors are also included. The interlocutor intuitively believes the body…
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Body Language Communication & Power: Men vs. Women
Body language has more influence on our competent appearance than many would like. And unfortunately, in the struggle for power, men and women play by different rules. Men have a career, women have a family? Women still have a hard time in the male world we live in. Men make a career, women make a family, says an evil saying.…
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Emphasize strengths instead of self-optimization mania: Change management at the limit
How much baggage are you lugging around? How big is your desire for change? The fact is, instant optimization rarely works. And often we should emphasize strengths instead of tinkering with weaknesses. One instant change please! Willingness to change is a good thing. We need him to achieve our goals, to develop ourselves and to get out of our comfort zone.…
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Mixed Leadership: Classic Leadership Fallacies Between Men & Women
One of the fundamental misconceptions of mixed leadership: male and female executives have to "get along somehow" and "please concentrate mainly on the task at hand." Nonsense! In order to work together successfully, they must understand each other's language – and act accordingly. Venus and Mars While women tend to emphasize their imperfections unnecessarily and unprompted...
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Small talk & leadership rhetoric: top managers have a hard time
It is particularly difficult for top managers because a non-binding contact is more likely to fail the higher the (real or imaginary) rank. What can help? Smile and don't take yourself too seriously. Whoever smiles appears intelligent The golden rule of small talk: smile, smile, smile! For what reason? The biggest fear of small talk is that...
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Small talk & social communication: empathy for advanced learners
A US university once did an interesting experiment on small talk: They sent a test person into a room full of mathematicians. After 20 minutes, the mathematicians had to rate the test person. What was the result? What a nice guy! Everyone was excited: “What a nice guy! And really has a clue about mathematics!” The scoop, you guessed it...
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Change perspective & rethink your head: headstand with clapping your feet
Is it not progressing or not progressing easily enough? The work, the task is no longer fun? Then hang in there! Work harder? Better: Work smarter. For example with a change of perspective: Change the perspective and everything becomes easier. The perspective catcher I mow my lawn and the neighbor complains about the noise of my - electric mower! Has…
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Change perspective & rethink your mind: the glass is half full of humor
If we think in the same way, it is difficult for us to change perspective. But even the change of perspective is only a question of technology. Humor, posture and questioning techniques, for example, are helpful. Change your perspective! Is the glass half empty or half full? We know that it would be better to take the glass of life, from difficult tasks, from challenging…
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Social competence & communication: 2 X 4 tips against ego trips!
Being successful not only means pulling your own boots through, but also always acting together with others. Alterocentricity is essential. How does this work? Help, an egomaniac! Do you know that too? During negotiations, your interlocutor confronts you with technical terms and abbreviations that neither help nor interest you and that you only understand as an insider...
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Volition - train willpower: 5 tips to achieve your goals
How do you recognize people with outstanding willpower? 5 skills as science has discovered. And you can train them. 5 for willpower proactivity. Strong-willed people don't sit through problems or suppress them. They get started straight away or work so well that there is often no problem at all. Persistent focus. You concentrate...
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Put problems aside with self-love: clear the way to the goal!
Sometimes a goal, a dream, a wish fulfills us so much that we almost fly over every obstacle on the way: enthusiasm gives wings and we can scale the highest mountains. But there are also other wishes and goals. Goals that don't inspire you, but rather burden you. How do you overcome obstacles? Most people are…
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Change perspective & rethink your mind: It's all a question of technology
Anyone who changes perspective gains new insights, removes blockages and makes faster progress. But how do you change perspective? For example, with the not-yet or chance technique. It's all a question of technique "The belief that one's point of view is the only reality is the most dangerous of all delusions," said Watzlawick. For example, anyone who believes that the...
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Negotiate correctly & win: I came, I saw, I won
Those who can negotiate have a clear advantage! He gets the higher salary, sits in a higher position, pays less for a first-class car. But negotiating successfully needs to be learned. In the beginning there is the will to negotiate Success in negotiations begins with the conscious decision to enter into the negotiation. If we are not ready in the first place...
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Emotions in business: from the mood to the purchase decision
Emotions, moods, states of mind, whims have long lived as unpleasant ghosts in the dingy corner of the temple of reason, although they are omnipresent and fundamental to human existence. For a long time it was believed that feelings have no place in business. Never forget that feelings are involved! I would like to accompany this text with a very appropriate…
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Thanks to rhetoric for self-efficacy: love yourself & speak yourself strongly!
We are what we say we are. Whether we reap success, sympathy and happiness in life does not depend so much on our looks, our intellect, circumstances and other people, but on how we talk to ourselves, how we conduct our inner dialogue. And a direct comparison overview shows: There are big differences!...
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Small Talk - dialogue for success: overcome fear of embarrassment
Many people are afraid of making a fool of themselves with small talk. This even affects executives and Richard P. Feynman almost turned down the Nobel Prize because of it. But how do you overcome fear? Turned down the Nobel Prize? The physicist Richard P. Feynman once said that he almost turned down the Nobel Prize. Not because he...
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Guided tour in a double pack: communication between men & women - 2 X 3 tips
Diversity is good, but communication often falls short: many men complain that they don't understand women. The same goes for women the other way around. But if you want to work and even lead together, you have to understand each other. Because each gender has a different communication style! Direct communication is rude? Let's start...
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Negotiate successfully: 2 X 6 quick tips for more money
Anyone who believes that it is enough to only do good work for success is wrong: whether you are employed or self-employed, it is important to negotiate optimally with customers and clients. Five tips for not getting ripped off, even in important negotiations! Negotiate - dare! A lot of people don't even think about it...
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Body language & competence: the power of effect
If you want to get further in life, you should learn to understand what gets you further in life. Competence is important. And that's often a matter of body language. Body signals as a career killer Effect brings you further. Incidentally, our great-grandparents already knew this: “Modesty is an ornament, but you can get further without it!” That the man on the…
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Small Talk & Networking: More than a mindless pastime
As the name suggests, small talk is considered a side job. It's much more about meaningless beating around the bush: it's about letting others shine. Survival Skill Ask Questions! Small talk is often dismissed as a "mindless pastime." That's true - if done wrong. If you do it right, on the other hand, you have to be really on the ball...
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Successful communication in the job: Do babblers have the better cards?
Women often believe that the job is about the thing. But good performance only contributes to a small extent to success. All too often it's about image and notoriety. That means: those who present themselves well have more success! It's not just about the issue. Again and again in coaching I meet young women leaders who…
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Motivation error volition - willpower: the crux with the implementation strength
The greatest enemy of our will is – ourselves. Because we keep tripping ourselves up. Let's stop it! Misconception Motivation There is a widespread misconception: that only the will and goals can move mountains. Do you have goals? Everyone has goals! And now? What's in it for you? Nothing if you don't also...
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Diversity: success instead of rambunctious airs & cat war
Diversity and teamwork are important: why don't the Brazilians win the world championship every time? Even though they have the best single players? Because it's not the best individual players who win, but the best team. And the best team is not a homogeneous team made up of nothing but equally good players. On the contrary! Heterogeneous teams are better! Of course, homogeneous teams are more harmonious:…
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Communicate smartly: 10 tips for quick answers
One man's meat is another man's suffering. This proverbial wisdom is particularly true of verbal disputes. If you manage to “defeat” the other verbally, you can be happy about your cleverness and superiority. The other is often only left with the bitter taste of social subjugation. Silence the other? Unfortunately, quick-wittedness is often misunderstood as the ability to...
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Ability to work in a team, communication, collaboration: 8 reasons for alterocentration
Crises are instructive. Among other things, they make it clear to us that the success of the team is more important than that of the individual. Because people are social beings. What does all this get me? Isn't it difficult enough to clarify and represent your own interests? Does it really make sense to also consider those of others? Is not it…
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Strategic communication: 5 tips for using the right words for career success!
Communication is important, but it is often misused. What helps to find the right words: The right strategy behind them! Isn't the solution obvious? Many people hear and read many seminars and books on the subject of communication and rhetoric every year. But few notice that many of these sources neglect the strategic aspects of communication.…
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Think & do: Achieve goals thanks to self-support & self-love
Help yourself to achieve goals! You are worth it! Because what do you want from life, from work, from relationships and family? What do you desire in relation to yourself, your personality, your character and authenticity? And why don't you have it yet? Because there are always some obstacles! Sleeping Beauty has to...
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18 Tips on No-Saying in the Job: The Fireman's Man Syndrome
It is clear that the self-employed have to do a lot themselves. However, as a self-employed person in particular, you often have the impression that you really have to take care of every little thing yourself. It would often be better to keep your feet still for the time being. If you think you have to do everything yourself... There are many things that self-employed people think they take care of...
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Be self-confident & calm in difficult situations: 8 tips for the right overview
Self-confidence is extremely important to be successful. If you don't have it, it's best to pretend. 8 tips on how to do it. We assume the worst. How to do it better Many people lack self-confidence. We can complain about that. However, it is better to ask yourself the question: why do we work in certain…
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3 Tips for strategic communication: How convincing you are!
Communication is important to be successful and achieve your goals. At least that's what many advisors want to explain to us. But it's not the spoken word that counts - it's the effect. Why does our communication fail in everyday life? There are countless communication guides. So we should actually know how to express ourselves properly.…
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Communicate to success in the job: 3 X 3 tips against career torpedoes
Anyone who is in professional life usually dreams of being successful. But how do you become successful? At least not by throwing in the towel after every failed attempt. But what defines success? Success factor: torpedo defense Oh dear, oh dear - you have to present! In front of all the important, critical, skeptical people! The problem: The best content-related preparation…
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Lead the boss: negotiate & present properly
Many companies have good ideas – but how do you sell them to the boss? The answer: by negotiating well and presenting skillfully. Convince the boss: Please don't get nervous! Marriage proposal, board presentation, first contact with A-customers: what happens? Right: stage fright, nervousness, panic. And rightly so: How we present ourselves, because we...
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Small talk & the power of sympathy: it's actually about love!
Anyone who says they would like to make small talk is lying. It's not about the small talk per se. It's about wanting to be liked. Because that is exactly what inspires us and lets us relax. In search of recognition When we stand in a group, each with a cocktail glass in hand, gives…
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Creative small talk in business: That's how golf course management works
There are golf courses that handle more deals than most boardrooms in neighboring cities. It's not the Gulf! It used to be tennis. It's the small talk. No envy for the gossip Despite the Internet, Blackberry and the information age, business in the economy and society is still (and will continue to be) with…
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Confident & confident in dealing with power & status: Appear powerful thanks to eye level!
To be respected, to have influence, to be respected, to “apply” – who wouldn't want that? Those who have many opportunities for action are more powerful than those who have few or none. Just how do you get there? And isn't power often a bad thing? If you want to shape, you need power Often in coaching I am confronted with reservations,…
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Personal development in balance: dealing with pressure and stress properly
Finding the right balance is like breathing: have you ever tried to breathe in without breathing out? That doesn't last long, then you feel like you're about to burst. Letting go is scary Letting go of things, just like letting go of other people's expectations, is strongly associated with fears. What happens if I meet the requirements...
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Practice quick-wittedness & rhetoric: dissolve like the pros
We all know them: people who are never at a loss for an answer, who always have a casual saying up their sleeve and emerge from even the most tricky conversational situation as the beaming winner. It's in their blood. Correct? No. Repartee can be learned and trained. You're always smarter afterwards Who doesn't wish for the…
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Reach goals: The role of emotions in negotiations
Heated, often protracted negotiations are an integral part of human coexistence. There are numerous examples of this. But what exactly is going on there? And what is the reason for that? The winner takes it all In professional life and especially in the digitized working world, we can all observe this very closely: The winner takes it all. Even if we…
