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  • Job profile! Mobility advisor: help in the jungle of transport

    Personal services are in vogue in an increasingly complicated world - also in tourism. The Süddeutsche published this article last year about the still new job description of the mobility consultant. I publish a somewhat more detailed version of the article here with links. Trending: Innovative travel and mobility services Not everyone wants their…

  • Self-analysis for success: recognizing strengths and weaknesses with mindfulness

    A professional or personal crisis requires one thing above all: honesty with yourself. Think carefully about what part you played in it, because this is the only way you can do something better the next time. Thinking about the crisis Because if you just take it easy, don't think about the crisis any further and don't change anything, the...

  • Potential for success for generalists and lateral entrants: Just no child prodigy syndrome

    Our society feeds the myth of the one-sided talented child prodigy who follows his specialization at an early age. But generalism ends the tunnel vision and leads to more success. Even top athletes often don't start specializing until late. When I started my research, I encountered both differentiated criticism and general rejection. "Maybe that applies to others...

  • Success in the job: is a career planable?

    If you want to make a career, you often look to the CVs of already successful entrepreneurs. This often gives the impression that everything was precisely timed, perfectly planned and every step had to be a calculation towards the career goal. In reality it looks different. Career planning: Better individual and flexible But this impression is deceptive in the…

  • Women's quota for role models: why women have worse opportunities

    Women are underrepresented - in the Swedish Guard as well as in German management. What can science do about it? Women underrepresented in leadership positions Women still face many obstacles when it comes to climbing the career ladder. Implicit leadership theories offer an explanation. For many people, “woman” and “leadership” seem to be less cognitively associated than…

  • Convince customers with communication: quote prices professionally

    Again and again in negotiation situations this "fatal" question about the price comes up within a few seconds before the seller even has a chance to present his offer. It's the whole package that counts Now a salesperson who is "run over" like this has to get the curve to professional pricing. It's not that difficult if you follow a few rules. Because here…

  • Making Careers Effective - 4 X 3 Tips: Achieving Success

    Today's working world is undergoing a fundamental change. New job models, reduced weekly working hours, flexible locations - many of the innovations offer us new opportunities for self-realization. How to actively advance your career But one thing has remained the same: If you want to achieve something, you have to know what you want. Setting goals today is...

  • Role pattern for executives & bosses: Assertive or capable of working in a team?

    For many managers, it is always necessary to readjust their role and behavioral patterns. To put it bluntly, it's about the contradiction between darling and dork. What to do about it? Everybody's darling or dork on duty? In practice, this dilemma presents itself like this: If you are too nice, you will be liked, but maybe not respected. Is one...

  • Employee motivation through empathy in leadership: Listening is not a feeling of shyness

    You can only motivate people who you understand empathetically and towards whom you develop an attitude. This doesn't mean sentimentality. Empathy in its four forms is an anchor that prevents employee fluctuation and creates added value. Employee Retention: A Secure Attitude A leader today must adopt and maintain a firm, secure attitude in order to…

  • 5 Acquisition Strategies for Sales Success: Mainly Happy Customers

    Be happy in sales life and successful in customer acquisition! As simple as that sounds, it is difficult to do both. It doesn't have to be, because there are many acquisition paths that lead to the goal. How to find the right one. It sells easier when you laugh! Even in times of internet and eCommerce, it is still mostly...

  • Employee referral programs: 3 X 3 success factors

    More and more companies are using referral programs in order to be able to fill vacancies optimally without low costs. Employee referral programs have numerous benefits, but also some key success factors to consider. Basics of employee referrals The basics of employee referral programs are: 1. Benefits and strengths Employees won through referrals are onboarded more quickly, they fit in better with the company, they integrate...

  • Future viability despite the crisis: change management - evolution instead of revolution

    Companies that don't constantly reinvent themselves go under - this is the general opinion in management circles. However, organizations do not have to constantly reinvent themselves, but constantly adapt to become future-proof. Through evolution to success "It is not the strongest of species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but rather those that are most...

  • Is the future of education digital? 5 things you didn't know about distance learning

    Distance learning offers many advantages, but it is not always the first choice for training or further education. 5 things you didn't know. Distance learning is becoming increasingly popular After school, many high school graduates opt for regular studies at a face-to-face university. You study there with other students, attend lectures and can…

  • Change Management & Mindset Shift: Reduction to the essentials

    How do you become successful? Crises in particular show us again and again where we have to change something fundamentally in order to do something differently. And every change has a domino effect. The biggest domino effect in the world On November 13, 2009, Domino Day, Weijers Domino Productions in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, organized the biggest domino effect in the world by producing more…

  • Career entry for humanities scholars: more opportunities through digitization & doctoral degrees

    Starting a career for humanities scholars has traditionally been difficult. However, digitization also offers new opportunities. And can a doctorate make it easier to look for a job or does it even make it more difficult? It's all a matter of perspective Children answer the question often asked by those around them, "What do you want to be when you grow up?", mostly with...

  • Career planning for career entry & transfer: Find competent advisors & quality criteria

    Unfortunately, one cannot always tell in advance whether a consultant is really competent or not, because there is no uniform training. Defined quality standards in the field of further education can help here. How do these look? Special and additional training In Germany, unlike in other countries, vocational and educational advisors do not go through any uniform training. Therefore, practically everyone can as…

  • Self-determination instead of external control: 3 X 3 tips for more happiness and serenity

    All too often we take our eyes off our lives because of the expectations of others. Stuck in the treadmill of everyday life and have the feeling that you can no longer determine anything yourself. Change it and give yourself permission to do what really matters to you! Discover possibilities Let's face it, do it all yourself...

  • Working at the performance limit or more visibility in the company?

    Simply shifting down a gear, stepping on the gas half as much at work and arriving at your destination so relaxed is unfortunately something that very few of us are able to do. We have it in our own hands how much we work. Do not you believe? Then you should read on here. Downshifting - only good, not perfect! "Everything that...

  • Health at work: 15 tips for more ergonomics in the office

    An ergonomic workplace supports professional activity and reduces work-related stress and any health consequences that may result. At an ergonomic workplace, employees can work in such a way that they do not tire and their health is not damaged. But what does ergonomics actually mean and how should the study be set up? 15 tips at a glance. Why…

  • OPINION! Sylvia Paul, Chairman of the KinderHerz Foundation on Fundraising 2.0: “Online donations work better in the event of a disaster”

    Sylvia Paul has been a member of the board and managing director of the KinderHerz Foundation for children with congenital heart diseases for over ten years. In an interview, she explains how funds are collected and what they are used for - and what role the internet, crowdfunding and open science play in this. Sylvia Paul is a business economist and initially worked in the tourism industry,…