A customer’s voice about the Executive Coaching experience
Listen to the interview with Karl Knipfelberg, VP at Kion, talking about his experience working with Bernhard as his coach
Customer voices on our Online Coaching
People, understandably, can be sceptical about being coached online and not face-to-face, as it is a very personal, often intimate experience. Hear Alan Graff, one of our customers, how his perception changed when working through virtual connection with Bernhard.
The BOX – make digital conversations feel more natural
With the massive increase in online meetings and virtual coaching, the need to have something that allows real eye contact is even more relevant than ever.
My monthly tip for virtual leaders: advanced facilitation of online meetings
In controversial discussion keeping an eye on everyone was and is crucial to the success. How does this work online when you screen-share and lose sight/ videos of the others ?
The holographic meeting is nigh, or isn’t it?
News about holograpghic techonolgy for person to person virtual interaction. Closing the gap? Not yet, but intersting steps forward
My monthly tip for virtual leaders: sketching during online meetings
Sketching in online meetings like on a flipchart in a room. Whiteboards are good but sketching with the mouse feels awkward. Using a additional tablet does the trick.
Can annual appraisals be enjoyable even? Part IV
Make appraisals mot effective by converting them into a continuous developmental experience for your direct report
Can annual appraisals be enjoyable even? Part III
Appraisals done well intrinsic motivation will increase. To make a feedback conversation most effective 9 aspects should be considered
Can annual appraisals be enjoyable even? Part II
appraisal conversations done well require preparartion! A lot of managers don’t pay enough attention to that
Can annual appraisals be enjoyable even? Part I
Research into intrinsic motivation shows very clearly the value of appraisal conversations when done well. I will share how this can work best
Have your fingers in the P.I.E. – Part 1
Three dimensions to manage your career in an organisation Recently the question how to best manage one's career has surfaced several times in my coaching engagements. These clients held firm beliefs that their performance would speak for themselves and foster their career. In addition, they…
The Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice
Works on the subject of leadership weigh down bookstore shelves the world over. Tomes tell you how to be a 30-second manager, how to inspire your employees like Churchill, and the three keys to "strength-based leadership." Everyone has been writing about leadership, in fact, except…
Book review: Difficult conversations
Difficult conversations are those that make your pulse jump, the ones you aren't sure whether or not to attempt. The authors of Difficult Conversations present tools and a clear roadmap for helping to navigate the bumpy roads associated with these challenging conversations. The book is…
Book review: Closing the innovation gap
“Fundamental or scientific innovations are not only important to companies and the economy. They affect everyone’s life” , writes innovation thinker and entrepreneur Judy Estrin in her book. She creates a strong case for innovation building a strong economic future for everyone. Judy Estrin looks…
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Book Review: Managing Complexity in Global Organisations
This book delivers new IMD insights on an emerging challenge - how to deal with overwhelming complexity. Global organizations face a complex decision-making environment. On one hand, diversity of cultures, customers, competitors and regulations create complexity. On the other, competitive pressures cause in growing countries…
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Book recommendation: Managing Yourself
Honestly, how often did you come back from a training course and thought “I have heard that before”? It is human nature that we have accumulated a wealth of knowledge and experience which is stored somewhere in our brain and we know what should be…
Book excerpt: A Sense of Urgency
Urgency can be a positive force in companies, says leadership expert and HBS professor emeritus John P. Kotter. His new book, A Sense of Urgency (Harvard Business Press), makes that conviction clear. Our excerpt describes how leaders might skillfully transform a crisis into an organizational…
Book review: Find Your Power
Subject matter: self management Author: Dr. Chris Johnstone Publisher: Permanent Publications, May 2010 Find Your Power describes how to strengthen your ability to bring about positive change, both in your life and our world. Drawing on insights from addictions recovery, positive psychology, storytelling and holistic…
Book recommendation: Here comes everybody
review by Jeff Beckham (2008) Humans are social animals. And in "Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations", Clay Shirky shows how the widespread adoption of the internet has allowed us to become more social than ever. And though the focus is on…