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Coaching as a professional alternative: self-discovery, marketing, and customer acquisition
In America, it has been the first choice among the options for developing one's own personality for many years: Individual one-to-one counseling is experiencing a real boom. Coaching is trendy. Accordingly, training as a coach represents a real professional alternative in an increasingly insecure job market. 80% of coaches without significant fees There are…
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The principles of success of leadership: team games
We decided to play. We now want to approach the decisions and changes in a playful way. The game encourages us to be curious, to look for possibilities and to try things out. That takes the pressure off us, but not the responsibility. On the contrary. The inner game brings us to our responsibility for a good…
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Employee motivation for managers: Leadership roles
Everyone has their role and it can change. This also applies to you yourself. You too play the role of controller or organizer from time to time, in other situations you have to set processes in motion and in others you have to help stabilize the mood. Lion Tamer or Alpha Wolf? Systemic thinking gives us the opportunity to transform our personality...
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Positive Stress: 7 Tips for Concentrated Work
We dream of a life without stress and with a lot of relaxation. But is that even desirable? Because concentrating stress that makes us want to do our work is definitely positive. 7 tips how to do it. Stress vs. life without work Stress, stress, stress, many complain - and dream of a life without work. But…
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Employee motivation for managers: boss as driver
Leading is not just about motivating. Leading also means driving. Despite all understanding for the concerns of the employees, managers have to endure being unpopular at times. Acting as a part of a human being Especially in the role of the driver, it is beneficial not to feel like a whole human being, but to act out of this individual role, as a part of a human being, so to speak.…
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Manager bullying: bosses caught in the stigmatization trap
Bosses are often branded as alpha animals and narcissists, whose supposed strengths quickly turn into interpersonal weaknesses. These properties also have their constructive sides, which are far too rarely considered. Socially Incompetent Alpha Males? Again and again one reads in the media of psychopathic bosses who exploit their employees in a socially incompetent manner. This stigma persists...
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Fear of losing control: if you want to win, you have to learn to lose
How focused and how well we behave in life's situations depends on two factors: the I-2 and our current form. We are only as good as our I-2 The first factor is that we can only ever be as good as we have trained our I-2 to be. For example, if we never learned...
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Learn how to decide: problem solving in 5 steps
You will get good decisions if you proceed in a targeted and comprehensible manner. Even if it turns out later that there would have been a better decision: In this way you can understand and justify the decision-making process. 1. What should be decided? We often start without knowing exactly where we want to go. Take the time to realize that…
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Wrong decision, wrong strategy & planning errors: experience doesn't help!
A surprising number of projects are not completed on time. And this does not only apply to large-scale projects such as the construction of airports or military transporters. Strictly speaking, planning errors are to be expected, especially in highly complex projects. Expected Errors Take, for example, the development of new weapon systems, such as the construction of an aircraft carrier. The development time is more than 10 years. During this time will…
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Charisma as a craft for salespeople: This is how new customers work!
If you want to generate higher profits or expand your market share, you “only” have to win over the right customers. In practice, however, salespeople like to avoid this seemingly unpleasant job. Often because they lack the right tools. Don't accept excuses Acquiring new customers often sounds in the same breath as pandering or obtrusiveness. The unpleasant resonates for many sellers. Mostly sneaking...
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Strong communication with energy behind the words: 30 seconds elevator pitch
"I'm not responsible for this." Do you remember the last time you were terribly annoyed by this sentence? It is a typical example of debilitating communication. Communication that builds fronts and distances people from each other. "You can still do that quickly" Another classic is: "You can still do that quickly!"...
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Productive as a boss & entrepreneur: delegate employees correctly
Managers, bosses and entrepreneurs are required to lead and always be available to employees. Tips on how to work efficiently as a manager and how to get employees to actively support you. Open House? Managers also need time to complete their tasks – contrary to popular belief, they cannot do everything…
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Resilience Factor Causal Analysis: The Art of Accurate Thinking
An important fact of resilience is thinking right. Then unexpected surprises happen. If the cellar door doesn't open... Perhaps it has happened to you, symbolically or in real terms, that you've tried to open a door over and over again and it didn't work. They got angry about it and started swearing at the stupid door and…
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Eliminate digital manipulation: Put an end to the digital slave driver
What happens if you can't be reached? Probably nothing! Therefore: Leave modern slave drivers such as mobile phones or smartphones at home. Away with the slave driver! Don't carry your phone with you XNUMX/XNUMX. Take at least one day off from your digital slave drivers a week. Place…
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Achieve goals, break through obstructive blocks & negative beliefs
Self-efficacy and beliefs are inextricably linked. Because these firm beliefs, which we carry deep within us, are the reason why we react how we react and behave how we behave. Beliefs from his childhood As a child, Robert K. was a bright and curious boy who approached people without difficulty...
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Impact instead of meritocracy: sense instead of quality
The meritocracy is dead! Long live the effective society! Quality is good, but emotions are really meaningful! Because: Quality cannot speak, but feelings give meaning to our lives. Get rid of the control mania Even if it is generally assumed that quality speaks for itself: Instead of convincing through quality, we need more emotions and meaning! To in…
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Dealing with feedback & criticism: attacking the personality
The ability to take criticism is so important: “You have to accept feedback reverently, at least it has to look like it. So just shut up and look upset." Or what does the ideal, constructive way of dealing with feedback look like? Humble and Grateful? Accepting with reverence and looking moved – this is how you can summarize the common idea of dealing with feedback appropriately.…
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Communicate instantly like Mr. Spock: The main thing is nebulous!
Are you asked an unfair question? Who is actually forcing you to answer that? Who exactly is expecting you to actually fall into the trap that the other person just set for you? Answer questions appropriately? In fact, you are free to ignore a question or an expectation. Quiet people in particular fall for the 'pass over, obscure' method...
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Correctly convince with sympathy: Good friend celebrity factor
Celebrities also live from the closeness factor, without wanting to get too close or too close to their admirers. However, press reports, TV shows, the Internet and more ensure that we know all about them. With the celebrity in the living room We feel close to the celebrity. They place media in our living room almost every day. Sports and show stars let the…
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Solving conflicts, addressing emotions directly: understanding other people
In conversations and conflicts, how do you manage to give the sender of the emotion the full—and sincere—impression that you actually understand them completely? Emotions point to values If you experience, for example, that your eldest son is at loggerheads with his younger sister because she is constantly…
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Project management - basics, methods, tasks: Analyzing risks
In preparation for risk management, you determine which risk strategies are defined for the risks in the project. The risk strategy can also be defined differently for selected/certain risks or risk groups. Identifying risks Various approaches are possible to identify risks: You can ask the stakeholders about possible risks. Or you can organize a meeting or workshop...
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The success factors of good bosses: 7 tips for good leadership of employees
If managers communicate clearly and understandably, this relieves the employees. It is just as important for the team to be able to assess how the manager will behave under certain circumstances. What employees expect from managers Whether people are motivated to work or would prefer to resign is primarily determined by the behavior of their direct superiors. This confirms a...
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Sell better through networking: others inspire with clear goals
Not only executives need assertiveness. Those who succeed in inspiring others for their goals can achieve them faster and more easily. Important success factors for this are trust and clear rules of the game. Recognizing needs Everyone has their own needs, desires and goals. Some of them enforce theirs better than others. It is normal everyday life for managers not to...
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The 4 Archetypes Platons: Human, Horse, Pig, Pancake?
Plato once devised the system of archetypes. These are the ideal ideas of what we perceive in the real world. Human, horse, pig, pancake? The four archetypal roles are leader, doer, collaborator, and opponent. What does that mean exactly? According to Plato, these archetypes exist primarily, and everything in the world is just a specific...
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The Leadership Principles: Why Conflicting Values Are Important
Corporate values are a hot topic of discussion. It's often about the fact that they contradict each other. How do you deal with these sometimes very different poles? Do values have to contradict each other? Last we wrote: If consistency (in the sense of effect) is made an important value in the company, then the positive counter-value becomes flexibility on...
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React correctly to criticism: Allow feedback
But how do you deal with feedback after the first slight? A very simple tool often helps – more than giving in to the impulse to object: the question. Questions and raising awareness As an instrument for self- and impulse control, you can use questions even if you don't want to know anything! When Odysseus tied himself to the mast...
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Making decisions: methods & processes in the brain
Every Jeck is different - this also applies to decision-making processes: A major reason for different behavior and attitudes towards change is anchored in our personality. It started five million years ago If you look closely at the evolution of our brain, you can see that the development of the human brain over thousands of years...
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Make quick personnel decisions for executives: Finding the right employee by intuition?
Personnel decisions sometimes have to be made more quickly than many employers would like. Instead of lengthy deliberation, the power of intuition helps. HR managers often have to make decisions quickly and under time pressure. Recruiters or managers, especially those who are looking for sought-after specialists who receive numerous offers from employers, cannot take weeks to carefully weigh up all the information.…
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Attract & retain resilient employees: Tips for HR professionals & recruiters
Resilience is undeniably an important success factor for the future. Why are resilient employees so important for companies? And how can they attract and retain their employees? Resilience as a success factor of the 21st century Changes require companies and, since companies are made up of employees and managers, they require unprecedented agility, resilience and…
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5 Tips for a more equitable leadership style: Envy among colleagues
The atmosphere in the office is tense: one employee is completely overwhelmed and frustrated because she has to do her colleague's work in addition to her own. What can you do as a boss? When one employee works for the other, she regularly exceeds her own targets with a lot of diligence, effort and commitment. Of this is at her…
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Good decisions vs. Pessimism: You can not think of depression!
"I want, therefore I can" - This is roughly how the common motivation theory, which focuses on our will, works. But it's not just about our alleged iron will – many other factors are also important for a good decision. Our mood as a decision-making factor Of course, our character and our individual personalities play an important role in decisions…
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Boss bashing & managerial malice & psychological terror: envy or rivets?
Managers are only too happy to be insulted in Germany - because of excessive salaries, layoffs and wrong decisions. The most recent example is the sacking of VW boss Matthias Müller. But are they really that bad or are they just being badmouthed? This is how boss bashing works The media response to Matthias Müller's expulsion from VW was great. You have to give him...
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Working efficiently with eMails; Time-saving shipping
Not just editing eMails can be done efficiently, but you can also save a lot of time when shipping if you follow a few important rules and tips. Follow-up Not every email can be answered immediately, other messages, on the other hand, do not require an immediate response. So that the processes triggered by an email are not forgotten, or...
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The 4 Archetypes Platons: The Opponent
Group behavior and group decisions is a very exciting and important topic. In addition to leaders, doers and contributors, there is another role: that of the opponent. How do opponents behave? This becomes clear when you take a closer look at the team building - then you can make another interesting observation: Some participants try...
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A comparison of emotional and conservative decisions
Without a doubt, there are very future-oriented decision types. In complete contrast to him, the emotional and the conservative decision-maker are compared. Positive attitude to life is in the foreground The emotional ego describes a personality trait that prefers the finer things in life. People who are characterized by this dominance are very much fixated on social contacts.…
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eMail Inbox 0: Steps to empty your inbox
It is important to tame the mail flood. Productivity in our digital world is dependent on reducing stress eMailIf you succeed in this, you will be rewarded with a significant gain in concentration. It starts in your own head How to deal with it properly eMails starts in your own head: It is definitely not necessary to keep track of every incoming mail...
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Decide really well & motivated: Logical vs. conservative
Logical thinking can mean a lot. However, the IQ tests are not a benchmark for the expression. The expression lies more in the way in which questions and tasks are solved. Because these skills determine the ability to make decisions. Facts, facts, facts When fact-checking, logical dominance reveals some significant peculiarities. Because numbers, data...
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Conducting meetings & team meetings: 2 X 7 tips for preparation & follow-up
An efficient meeting also includes optimal preparation and follow-up - only then can a meeting be really efficient. Part of this should also be the question of whether a meeting is necessary at all. Alternatives to the classic meeting Set up a system for individual conversations with individual employees in addition to the large meetings with several discussion partners...
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Achieving goals with stress & pressure: Mistakes in thinking over-motivated
It's hard to believe that you can block yourself not only with negative thoughts, but also with exaggeratedly positive thoughts. Over-motivation and pressure can be a problem. Pressure to achieve goals This mind killer is one of my favorite thinking mistakes because it fits the norms of today's meritocracy and is therefore very common. Executives in particular are...
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Employee motivation for managers: decision-making in the network
There needs to be a clear debate about the sense and nonsense of hierarchies in each individual company. The goal should be a good balance between hierarchies and networks. Networks in knowledge management The term network is used particularly in knowledge management when it comes to the fast and smooth exchange of information. Networks are pragmatic and ask...
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Mental blocks & brain waves in childhood: Open to any influence
Blockages often arise in childhood - because children's brains are still developing and are therefore open to all kinds of beliefs. What helps: Logical thinking! When adults become children The emergence of inner blockages, also known as Wusel, is a complex process that arises in childhood and extends to adult life.…
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Resilience: Consistently pursuing and achieving goals
It is extremely difficult to translate into German the term "reaching out" mentioned by Reivich and Shatté in their book "The resilience factor". In any case, the word goal orientation that we use does not fully do it justice. And what is that anyway? Goals lead to success Highly resilient people are characterized in particular by…
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Creative management: Form teams with real leadership skills
What actually is a creative team? What is meant here is a team that does not have to laboriously discover creativity for itself, but instead integrates creativity and creative techniques into teamwork. A team that consciously uses its creativity regardless of its tasks. Creative leadership - how does it work? However, it comes with creative leadership of teams...
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Let go of goals, dealing with fear: get out of the tunnel view
Letting go of goals sounds easy, but in reality the implementation is often difficult. The solution is: Get out of tunnel vision. let go of goals? It could be that you have an inner contradiction when you look at the heading “let go of goals”. After all, we're supposed to keep an eye on goals - aren't we? Seminars and literature on…
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Lead Communicate Self-Love: Learning from Google
Companies like Google have been doing it for a long time: healthy communication and leadership also means finding the way to “power together”. The key to better leadership The lifestyle of healthy communication and leadership, based on the ideas of Nonviolent Communication according to Marshall B. Rosenberg and its four steps, are the key: The key to…
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Dealing with Negative Emotions in Communication: Boss Killers & Other Movies
Let's mentally go to the cinema, to a film in which your boss is murdered: that generates emotions. To choke them off with “It's just a movie” would be fundamentally wrong. The same applies to emotions in communication. Dealing with the communications of others Throughout our lives we have identified the most important to-dos for dealing with…
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The principles of success in leadership: polarity & resonance
The principle of polarity demands honest respect from managers. The principle of resonance brings us into contact with the vibrations of the world. What does that mean exactly for the effect? The principle of polarity for management work The recognized opposite pole is often perceived as an "opponent" and then naturally fought. But nobody can win this fight, because the…
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5 tips for job interviews & job interviews: With optimal preparation against against questions
Many applicants work hard with “highly polished” application documents. But that alone does not bring you to your goal: it is much more important in the second round, the job interview or job interview, to convince and deal with sometimes nasty questions. 5 tips. Questions in the job interview – often neglected by applicants Actually, one would think that there…
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Resilience as a success factor of the 21. Century: Why companies need resilient employees
The increasing complexity and dynamics of our world presents many employees and managers with completely new challenges. On this basis, psychological resilience is developing into a core competence of working people in the new millennium that has just begun. Mental illnesses on the rise The figures from all major German health insurance companies are alarming. While people have created all the framework conditions for themselves,…
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Quick-wittedness as a mental protective screen: switch off the response reflex
There are various techniques for dealing with attacks. If ignoring no longer helps, you should become aware of what exactly bothers you about the situation - and do something about it. From positive thinking to affirmation Talk to yourself. If no one is listening, also loudly: "I'm quiet. One after the other. How…
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Resilience factor Realistic optimism
If, like us, you enter into a business relationship with an American company in whose concepts the term optimism plays a really important role, then people from the European culture like me should be careful. Why? Because there is probably no country in the world where optimism is given such high priority as a personality trait...
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Inner critics releasing blockages & fears: what is your label?
Each of us knows the “inner critic”. He interferes in our thoughts and actions without being asked. He gives us supposedly benevolent advice and admonishes us about what we must, shouldn't or can't do. What actually is a wusel? I call this inner critic “Wusel”. There's the Dwarf Maker, the Dark Seer, the Howling Buoy, or...
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Healthy leadership & communication: Basics of employee motivation
So what does healthy leadership look like? "Power together" does not mean that you, as a manager, generously delegate responsibility to your employees and thus overwhelm them. Threat instead of motivation Or put it so unhappily as follows: “I give you the responsibility for this entire project. It's challenging - dig in and don't let me down!" It sounds…
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The 4 Archetypes of Plato: The Maker
The maker develops strategies and plans, motivates people to actively engage, supports them in their work, in learning and promotes their further development. But is a doer automatically a leader? Doer vs. leader The doer controls, implements goals and asserts himself. He is the problem solver, the driver and the one who…
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Understanding emotions & addressing them directly: approach communication as a metaphor
It is not a matter of course that you have really perceived the emotions of your fellow human beings. A lot of people don't seem to get that. Here the image of the landing approach communication will help. The landing approach communication - a perfect metaphor Since many people don't seem to understand that others don't understand their "taken for granted" emotions, I always like to tell the following story: Make…
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Methods for more repartee: Rhetoric is like learning to swim
Repartee is not a question of intelligence or talent, but the ability to quickly recall certain action and reaction patterns. Find out how here. Quick-wittedness is like learning to swim While many guides have offered you first-aid measures for emergencies, here you will learn real quick-wittedness. This is like learning to swim: your reliable punching ability “happens”…
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The perfect speech: Action Baby!
When giving a speech, how do you grab and hold the attention of your audience? There are also a number of stylistic devices that ensure action. we introduce them to you. The old antithesis of good and evil! You already know that too, because every action film masters this stylistic device perfectly: the contrast, in technical jargon also antithesis...
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Organize & lead meetings: 4 tips for perfect team meetings
When it comes to planning and organizing a meeting, various success factors play a role. Here are 4 tips that can help you achieve near-perfect meetings. 1. Who is coming anyway? A success factor that should not be underestimated is the decision as to who to invite to the meeting and who not. At routine meetings or at a jour fixe, the group of participants is…
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Interviews that surprise and provoke applicants
HR professionals want enlightening answers in job interviews. An often used means are therefore strong provocations and controversial opinions. How far can provoking the applicant go? Applicants provoke HR managers should and are allowed to surprise the applicant with provocative questions. Imagine that you are in the role of someone who holds a very important post...
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Introvert vs. Vs. Extroverted? Proper handling of introversion
What tips should introverts heed? A tip first: It is important that you only try what suits you, what feels natural and real. Do introverts need to change? The ambiverts demonstrate to us how valuable it is when you can understand both sides. The question of your own introversion or extraversion helps you…
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Strategically good decisions for executives: outliers or doers?
Regardless of whether it is a professional or private matter: life constantly demands decisions from us. This is often difficult because every decision involves risks and the exact consequences are not foreseeable. The decision-maker's dilemma Decision-making is the most important task for managers. That is why they are also often called decision-makers. But often deciding also means taking risks...
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Emotional killer phrases in communication: the top 10 conflict drivers
At seminars, in direct contact with our customers, we regularly collect emotion-killing phrases - here is an overview of the top 10. That's how important emotional intelligence is Emotional killer phrases are usually meaningless communication - usually aimed at finding out emotions in other people. In reality, they only show our own inability to…
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Resilience through fun: How carnival makes you successful
Why are the Rhinelanders probably the most resilient people in Germany? They celebrate carnival. A fun topic. What is resilience? Resilience is synonymous with psychological resilience and the ability to deal with life's challenges. The term is currently gaining enormous popularity. Of course, the ability itself is not new and, just like…
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Control emotions for more happiness: forgive trust let go
Emotions help us be happy, but they can also make life miserable. How can we control them and thus experience more happiness and joy. The motives behind the action Dealing with emotions correctly is essential for dialogue with other people – at work and in private life. The first…
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Concepts for failure risk & wrong decisions: the illusion of control
Experience means experiencing successes and failures. Some fail, others succeed. But what is the cause of success or failure? Many cooks spoil the broth Some projects fail or are completed more badly than right. Others develop excellently and become the basis for further, profitable business. But what is the…
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The principles of success of leadership: It depends on the right values
For the management system, 6 principles guide us on the way to a new set of values that should characterize leadership. What exactly do they look like? Why values are important Values are very important for managers in this country. In surveys, over 90 percent of managers attribute very high or rather high importance to the values and a good 40 percent...
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Methods for more quick-wittedness: setting clear limits
When it comes to rudeness or insults, there is only one option: Set boundaries, and do it now! An insult is a violation of personal honor. But who decides where impudence ends and insult begins? From Shakespeare and Co “Beware of quarrels, but if you have to, conduct them in such a way that your opponent…
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Emotions & feelings in the job interview: offended applicants?
In job interviews, some candidates react insulted or snotty to questions for which they cannot prepare. You show one thing above all: your excessive demands. The Thing About Implicit Rules of the Game Often this is because they feel it is unfair that they are being asked such questions or they feel that they are intentionally…
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Project Management - Basics Methods Tasks: 4 steps for project control
In order to control the expenses and costs of your project, you need an estimate of the remaining expenses for the completion of the work packages in addition to the expenses already incurred. The same applies to costs and deadlines. Project management – from planning to implementation Once the planning of your project has been completed, the focus of your tasks changes. Until now…
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Sympathy as a means of manipulation: how others exploit the longing for closeness
People want to be close to others, they want to be part of a working relationship. This social desire also makes us susceptible to manipulation of any kind. Part of a functioning relationship Even in infants, innate reflexes lead to them preferring to align themselves with other people. The babies turn their heads when they hear a human voice,…
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Concept, strategy & goals for success - 7 tips: What do high rollers do better?
Quite a few companies invest a lot of time and money in their concepts and their strategic orientation. But good ideas often fizzle out faster than they are created. Is it just a coincidence or is there another reason? What are the factors for real market success? Why do so many companies fail? Why is it that so many companies...
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Employee motivation for executives: the last option
As unsatisfactory as it may sound, sometimes the last option simply consists of the triad of damage limitation, self-protection and consequences. The frustrating triad of damage limitation: What can you do to minimize impending damage to the company, for example no longer giving certain employees top customers? Self-protection: Ask yourself: What is my role in…
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Healthy management hierarchies in companies: 5 tips for employee communication
How does healthy leadership work and what "care instructions" are there for healthy leadership hierarchies? Empowering employees down to the grassroots requires several steps. Everyone involved must be heard Healthy leadership aims to keep an eye on the needs of the individual, the team, the entire company and the environment. That doesn't mean that...
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Change management & criticism: What bosses can change
Changes that are questionable are all too often demanded or desired in the work context. Because you can't change a personality. The core of the personality It is generally assumed that the human being has a largely unchangeable core, which is called the personality and which makes up the individual. To do this, humans have a set of…
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Quick-wittedness First aid instead of a red button: anger is like swallowing poison
We always want to be quick-witted when we suddenly feel out of breath from indignation or shock and feel helpless. What to do? Please do not press the red button! Our visual orientation Most people are very visually oriented. The feedback from the participants in our seminars and coaching confirms that the pictorial…
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Feedback in everyday leadership: 12 practical tips for constructive criticism
In the case of feedback with positive and negative content, you have a great responsibility here, which you have to face up to as a professional. Do you really have to say everything? Feedback and Leadership “It is best to ask how people are doing frequently and accept the answer graciously and inconclusively. And when you…
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Mindset Shift: Break the power of self-fulfilling prophecy
Do you know the principle of self-fulfilling prophecy? According to this, a thing happens because you are convinced that it will happen. Because our perception determines the result. The self-fulfilling prophecy Perhaps you know this from yourself or from other people, that they/we often attract exactly what they/we are convinced of: Because...
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Actively change inner blockages, thinking traps & obstacles
Each of us has certain blocks, thought traps and obstacles that prevent us from achieving our goals. We call you Wusel. And imagine: You can actively change your Wusel! Adapt your Wusel to your mood Do you already know your Wusel? Congratulations! Now you can take the first steps to make some changes...
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4 rhetoric tips for a good speech: self-introduction & self-presentation - more than a résumé
Self-introduction is an important point in any form of speech and presentation. With it you can draw attention to yourself and put yourself in the right light. It is a pity that so few speakers present themselves skillfully. Self-introduction and self-presentation: A definition of the concept of self-introduction and self-presentation is extremely important in today's world.…
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Employee motivation for managers: sense & nonsense of hierarchies
Just as in the animal kingdom, hierarchies also have some advantages in business, despite all the disadvantages, such as the consequences of the Peter principle (employees are promoted until they get to a position that overwhelms them). offer: How hierarchies help Responsibility and decision-making ability: Hierarchies help to define clear responsibilities. Decisions will be...
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Fashion Disease Burn-Out: A diagnosis that does not exist
Stress, problems - burned out. More and more people are feeling this way. Diagnosis: burnout. But what is burnout? And what can you do about it? Burnout is a fashionable disease The media regularly puts this topic in the front row. Unionists see a work-related pandemic. Doctors warn of a conflagration of mental illness. Politicians want the law to bail them out. Everyone…
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Project Management - Basics Methods Tasks: Avoiding conflicts creatively & solving problems
There is no project without conflict. Because every project brings together different people with different interests and very different personalities. How do conflicts arise? Many conflicts in projects result from different objectives, unrealistic estimates and plans or from the fact that you don't work well together as a team on the project. But conflicts are brewing. If you have signs...
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The onion principle of psychology as a mental training method: 12 steps to self-efficacy success
Emotional blockages can really get in the way of us achieving our goals. Using the onion principle of psychology, they can be solved in 12 steps. The Onion Principle of Psychology: Solving Problems Step by Step The Onion Principle in Psychology is a metaphor used to illustrate the multi-layered nature of human behavior and personality.…
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Perfect communication strategy: save time with structured talking!
Most people are usually short on time. Even if you gather to listen to your talk or presentation. Therefore: Save your listeners time and mental work with a well-structured speech. Why lectures should be well structured You know this yourself: You are sitting in a lecture, but the thoughts…
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Fashion Disease Burn Out: 7 tips against overconfidence
Especially in positive phases, in the intoxication of success, the feeling of one's own unlimited possibilities arises. But it is precisely then that one should be aware of one's own physical, psychological and intellectual limits. Self-overestimators often hit reality suddenly and hard. Be realistic with yourself The most important thing is to know yourself and…
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Important rules for executives: learn to be boss - 10 bids
Can you boss? The most sensible answer is: "Depends on it." Of expectations, especially on the part of the employees. Of readiness, especially of the leaders. Of role definitions that list entitlements, expectations, rights and obligations. Changing executive roles Role definitions are subject to historical changes. Provided with a traditional core (conventions), zeitgeist phenomena flow into them. That keeps them agile. she spiegeln values...
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Resilience & Emotion Control: Generating Positive Feelings
Controlling our emotions is probably the most important part of the concept of resilience. Everyone knows situations in which they, usually unconsciously, control their emotions and the associated impulses. Empathy instead of anger Parents haven't slept all night because their child has been screaming, and it continues uninterruptedly throughout the morning. She…
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Emotional Leading: The 5 basic psychological needs
There are 5 basic psychological needs that apply to all people worldwide and the non-satisfaction of which leads to negative emotional states. What do you really need to be happy? Emotional Leadership - A Definition In any leadership position, it is crucial to understand the psychological needs of those you lead. Emotional leadership is the ability to control your own emotions...
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Interview with High Potentials: Job interview with Generation Y
Generation Y is on everyone's lips. If a HR manager then sits across from the applicant, it often turns out that they have already prepared the answers to “conventional” questions. Real information? none. We show you how to lure the candidates out of the reserve. The classics in job interviews First of all: The “classics” among the questions in…
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Authentic makes you likable? At home with the Karstadt boss
Perceived closeness can be increased through – of course carefully controlled – insights into private life. Because we love the real, authentic types. Managers have recognized this too. The person behind the mask Not only show stars, but also managers reveal a lot about their private lives to the public. Private stories let people peek out from behind the mask, make…
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Project Management - Basics Methods Tasks: Risk management in 5 steps
There are no projects without risks. It is therefore important to carry out a risk analysis for each project as early as possible, ideally during the planning phase of the project, and to establish risk management for the project. What does risk management do? Risk management is a very powerful project control tool that is really easy to use. I'm always over...
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Solving problems quickly: the power of concentration
Many people associate concentration with a state that they have to wrest from. Memories of our school days, when we tried very hard to concentrate on boring things, quickly come to mind. But there is an easier way. How Concentration Adjusts Automatically Of course, having to concentrate with all your might is not what the inventor intended.…
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Better sell through networking: conclusion without penetrance
Have you ever been “talked into” something? No wonder you can only think of negative things when it comes to sales. Sellers are well advised to think carefully about what the customer really needs, to take objections seriously and to keep promises beyond the sale. The negative image When people are asked what spontaneously comes to mind when it comes to salespeople,…
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Organize & hold meetings strategically: Solve problems efficiently
"Too many meetings is a clear sign of poor organization," said the British historian, sociologist and publicist Cyril Northcote Parkinson (1909-1993), who became world famous as the discoverer of Parkinson's Laws. What is he trying to tell us? Problem Solving or Waste of Time? The saying ›Without a plan you automatically plan for failure‹ is often encountered in meetings…
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Talk to success with the power of your voice: you know what you are saying!
That too! You should talk about the topic XYZ of all things, which is not really your thing. And where everything in you resists it. It is clear that if you come before your audience in this state, your presentation is doomed to fail, even with the best preparation. What can you do? You do that…
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Decision Making & Neurobiology: What Happens in the Brain?
Relax, be calm, don't stress - that's so easy to say. But what are the neurobiological bases of calm, good decisions? What's going on in your head? What exactly happens in our head and body when we are actually supposed to relax and cannot. It is estimated that the human brain consists of 100 billion to...
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Asking the right questions, quick-witted answers: rhetoric & communication in the space zoo
A good question is always more elegant than a bad answer, even when it comes to being quick-witted. Questions appear confident and constructive. And they are a very elegant stylistic device. Questions as an elegant form of rhetoric The question as a rhetorical form has been called the 'queen of rhetoric' since the philosophers of classical antiquity. True masters were not those who...
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The archetypes of Plato: the participant
In contrast to the doer, the participator simply does what he is told. As a result, he lives more calmly. He has no ambitions to get to the top, to rule, to impose his will. Nevertheless, its importance for the functioning of social systems is in no way inferior to the other roles. It doesn't work without participants. Without participants…
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Avoid standard applicant answers & socially desirable behavior in the job interview
Undisputed: The dilemma that candidates deliberately present themselves in a good light in job interviews and that you therefore only get to know them to a limited extent exists. So what are the possibilities of getting a real, honest picture of candidates despite the phenomenon of social desirability? Avoiding socially desirable behavior Socially desirable behavior can only be exhibited if the…
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Recognize & overcome blockages: actively perceive obstacles
Everyone has blockages, so-called Wusel. If you want to find out what kind of Wusel it is that keeps interrupting you, then you should learn to actively perceive your Wusel. What is preventing you from achieving your goals? If you have the impression that there are certain situations in your life in which you always...
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Marketing Customer Orientation Communication: Always keep an eye on the target group
Creativity and innovation are on everyone's lips when it comes to marketing. It is often forgotten what marketing is all about: reaching the target group and being understood by them. How misunderstandings arise Difficulties in communication can create a lot of problems - and also have serious economic consequences. Because quality and success...
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Negative thinking influences success: I am stupid & the world is going to end?
Dealing with our own mindset should not be missing if you are seriously concerned with improving your self-efficacy. Because all too often, it's the one that stands in the way of our own success the most. The fear of the future Excessive pessimism along the lines of “help, the world is ending” or simply seeing things as black or catastrophizing is a…
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eMailAutomate & organize: time management using technology
eMails are inevitable nowadays. But automation can save a lot of time here. An overview. eMails that are not even written “I don't even have one eMail-Address. I've reached an age where my main concern is not getting news." said the Italian writer and philosopher Umberto Eco (born 1932). Now Eco was…
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Addressing future-oriented decision-making processes with motivation
There are different decision-making types – for example the future-oriented type, who decides quickly and holistically. Anyone who is familiar with these types is usually better at dealing with colleagues and employees. The 4 me's So it happens that some people really enjoy coming up with new ideas and being creative and others prefer to deal with beautiful…
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Meaning & happiness in working life: time for the essentials
A look at our everyday life is enough: we have become faster. Always available. More productive at work. Perfect in private. Well timed so that everything always works. Time for reflection is not planned. But our lives need meaning. The compulsion to be happy Ecstatic faces, bright eyes, joy wherever you look. Happy people everywhere. Really? In the…
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The 4 Archetypes Platons: The Leader
Many want to lead, but the manager does not always have the right qualities. And the real leader is not always the boss of a company. What actually makes a good manager? When the boss isn't the leader I remember the example of a company in the automotive supply industry. I had a whole series...
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Resilience makes you successful: It's all about empathy
Empathy is our ability to empathize with someone's thoughts and feelings. How can empathy help us to become more resilient and therefore more successful and happier? Empathy Helps Us Change Perspective The importance of this skill, both in professional and personal settings, is explained in the remarkable book Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman...
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Decide rationally & make good resolutions: Diet guides are pointless!
Good intentions are nothing more than a drug for our conscience. They calm us down and enable conflict-free action in other fields. Everyone knows the many declarations of intent at the end of the year or at New Year's. Unfortunately, all too often it remains a pious wish. Why? Why we need clear goals In order to derive an action from the intention,…
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Focus Concentration Clarity: Always keep an eye on your own goals
Successful people often consciously decide against a whole range of things. They analyze where their strengths lie and what they should rather leave behind. Keeping an eye on goals This is only possible, however, because they have a precise idea of the goals they want to achieve. And anything that might prevent them from achieving those goals...
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Employee motivation for leaders: like the little prince
If you want to motivate a team, you don't just have to drive them to work, you have to give them a goal. Just do it like the little prince. But is it really the manager's job to motivate their employees? As the little prince is often quoted, the saying of de Saint-Exupéry, father of the little…
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Resilience & Failure in Politics: The Power of Causal Analysis
Real failure - what managers can learn from politicians was called Best of HR – Berufebilder.de® in the contribution by Claudia Hupprich. Well, after every election it has to be shown how resilient and capable of failing politicians really are. How resilient are German politicians really? In addition to the ability to deal with pressure and uncertainty, resilience describes above all the human…
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Bussiness hacks for everyday life: Leaving them out leads to success
"The successful do what the less successful don't do," wrote Georges Simenon. well A derivation, on the other hand, could be: “Successful people refrain from doing things that less successful people do.” Omission as a model for success? Omission leads to success Productive entrepreneurs consciously decide against a large number of tasks that do not bring them closer to their main goals! Our life kills us...
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Feedback & Leadership: Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Critics should be careful with feedback, because self-fulfilling prophecies quickly emerge. The ancient Greeks already knew that. What actually is leadership? “As a manager, I naturally also have to give feedback.” “Of course!”, one would like to assure. But especially in the management context, where power, pressure, intentions to influence, the will to control and the image of humanity play an enormous role, there is a need...
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Escalation paths Decisions Methods in project management: 7 basic steps for conflict resolution
Decisions and often escalation paths are unavoidable in projects. We'll show you how to tackle this with courage. 3 main causes of conflicts and escalation paths in project management During the course of a project, numerous decisions usually have to be made, many small and a few significant ones. Sometimes it even requires escalation and the appropriate escalation path. Conflicts in…
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The art of rhetoric with concise metaphors: communication with style
How do you make a speech really good? Which stylistic devices help to attract the listener's attention? This is about the perfect stylistic device par excellence: Concise metaphors. The perfect stylistic device: concise metaphors Many of us learned this at school: brevity is the spice. But also: Metaphors make speeches clearer. How…
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Avoid conflicts through clear communication: emotions give space without buts
The first challenge in dealing with the emotions of others is to give the emotion space and make it clear to the sender that his signal is being heard - without poisonous "buts". The broadcaster needs security! Just the news that something has arrived is not enough. Because as strange as it sounds...
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Success through rhetoric: Bad speeches do not have to be
Whoever is silent is lonely, whoever talks, sometimes too - at least in retrospect. Nevertheless, communication with others, the presentation, the speech and the lecture with meaning and effect are the career factor par excellence today. Poor performance exposes a lack of knowledge And yet one sees a comprehensive dilettantism in speeches and lectures as if this admonition from…
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Resilience in politics: Thinking right helps!
After elections there is always a lot of discussion about guilt, failure and various problems in forming a government. Accurate thinking and resilience are required from our politicians. Optimism is not the solution to all problems “Causal analysis” is unlikely to be of much help to those who fail in an election and that is obvious to the outside observer.…
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Self-love & search for meaning in everyday business: 2 questions & 6 tips
Many people ask themselves what the meaning of life is - especially in the stressful everyday business life. It helps to look at things from a certain distance. What if an alien were watching us? 2 questions and 6 tips. Observations of an extraterrestrial Sinny comes from the vastness of space and observes the earth,…
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The fairy tale of the work-life balance: harmony in all areas of life?
It's a curse: We constantly strive to create the much-cited "work-life balance", the harmony between all areas of life. But that often doesn't work out that well. Balancing the scales Because instead of achieving harmony, we are becoming more and more imbalanced. The scales always seem to weigh more heavily in one area or another. And suggest us...
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Resilience Factors: Resilience - The 7 Pillars to Success
Resilience is now considered an important success factor for work, career and life in general. But what exactly is resilience? In the following we give you an overview of the most important information on the topic and show you how you can improve your own resilience. What are the 7 pillars of resilience? The seven resilience factors…
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The power of sympathy & empathy: Similarity creates closeness
We like people who are similar to us more. And likeable people can convince us better. A simple truth – what does brain research say about this? The perfect match? The web is full of amazing people looking for other similarly attractive, successful, like-minded people who want to find their perfect life partner.Maybe it's a…
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Corporate culture & innovation: Why we don't need creativity courses
Creativity is vehemently demanded in everyday working life and at every opportunity, but - as is usual with believers of all persuasions - rather reluctantly actually practiced. Shamans of creativity In order to be able to participate in creativity and the expected blessing of economic success through innovative superiority, the believer strives for professional support in order to overcome the supposed personal "uncreativity"...
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The success principles of leadership: Prinzpien at a glance
Values are often discussed in great detail in companies. But what do the 6 success principles of leadership in companies look like? It all depends on the basic attitude The six principles of success for the inner game also lead us in the direction of value attitudes. Accepting and living a principle of success leads us to a compatible attitude. We can…
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Turning resolutions into goals: pause, seek meaning to success
The good resolutions for the new year are usually already a thing of the past in February. They are repressed, postponed and forgotten too quickly. But good intentions are only good if they are implemented. Therefore: Pause and concentrate on the essentials. Why Resolutions Fail Resolutions must have a chance to succeed. But two reasons...
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Agree as a means of quick wit: fun with language games
An inspiration for the elegant repartee is the ambiguity in our language. Anyone who can visualize a statement clearly has an advantage. Mobile construction sites and similar ambiguities The term ›mobile construction site‹ in the traffic news leads to pictures with hiking boots and rucksacks. From there further associations are possible. The term ›flying pineapple‹ also triggers…
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Improve team skills through creativity: use group dynamics
If you ask yourself why teamwork often fails, it is usually due to group dynamics. Right from the start, right when the team meets for the first time. Group dynamics begin with the first meeting Group dynamics – some also call them “group hydraulic” – processes begin as soon as the team meets for the first time.…
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Self-denial in psychology: Lack of self-love instead of job success
Knowing your own needs is important. Unfortunately, many people do not even know their needs or subordinate them to social trends and their careers. Self-denial until you drop Using the example of a fifty-year-old lady who built up three different companies with a lot of pressure and yet was not happy, we could see that it is important to...
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Job interview in the globalized world of work: applicant matching & foreign language skills
Due to increasing globalization and networking, the world has felt smaller. Many companies work with international customers from different cultures. Of course, the same is expected of employees. What do you expect from your employees? Being able to communicate in at least one foreign language with customers or colleagues from foreign branches is often a requirement for a…
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The eMailWithdrawal Program: Stop Cyberstress
Nothing has changed office work as much as eMails. They were originally intended to simplify and speed up communication processes. But what happened to it? Procrastinating agents with addictive potential eMails cause the most common interruptions in modern life. Where is the time to work? And the potential for addiction is obviously high: it can regularly be observed at airports that travelers…
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Conflicts, arguments and stress in a team: Avoid extreme killer phrases
Nobody likes quarrels and conflicts in the team and at work, but emotional killer phrases poison the office atmosphere in particular. And one is particularly bad. Conflicts and quarrels in the office: Whether productive or not decides how In the office we are supposed to work together as a team to achieve a common goal. But simmering conflicts are often enough...
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Afraid of selling? 7 science tips
Many salespeople prefer to think of themselves as sales experts or technicians rather than blatant salespeople. And yet they are expected to actively sell. 7 tips from behavioral scientists. Is selling just naughty? From an emotional point of view, selling is like jumping in at the deep end, which is anything but pleasant: because most people feel…
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Serenity as a life motto: Relax every day
We can only be as relaxed as the learning history of the nerve cells in the brain allows. Because the complex world always has new surprises in store for us, we will only be able to practice composure throughout our lives. From holiday paradise to horror scenario How serenity arises is a complex psychological process. However, all efforts can quickly…
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Convincing communication: Understanding as a competitive advantage
Far too often we talk past each other in everyday life, especially at work. Understanding can be a real competitive advantage. Tips on how to communicate more clearly. Mainly foreign words? Diuretics' or 'deferoxamine', 'process water extraction well' or 'Isokorb' with height offset without beam', 'reactance' or 'significance' – do you know and understand these words? If not, don't worry. Our world is...
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Success through sympathy & closeness: The magic of emotions
Emotions and our subconscious have a crucial impact on how we perceive and behave towards other people. If you are resourceful, you use it cleverly for yourself. How do successful salespeople go about it? People who touch us emotionally can reinforce existing positive or negative feelings in us through their behavior or even cause them in the first place. If…