#MondayLead: How to one-up Napoleon – 7 triumphal ways to outlive more than 100 days as a new leader

#MondayLead: How to one-up Napoleon – 7 triumphal ways to outlive more than 100 days as a new leader

It was a triumphal procession that made history. In 1815, when Napoleon returned from Elba for another 100 days of leadership he would not have thought when and how it will end. He wasn’t prepared for it.
However, it’s not necessary to pity Napoleon. And those days are long gone. But what we can do is take his story as a stimulation for our approach on new leadership tasks. We collected 7 ways for you to build a leadership that will last for many more than 100 years.
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#MondayLead: Successful negotiation with the 18th camel – A story to inspire

#MondayLead: Successful negotiation with the 18th camel – A story to inspire

Some time ago I attended a webinar about successful negotiation and heard a story which doesn’t let me go anymore. It is so simple and yet unexpected and somewhat incomprehensible. It is about a father, his three sons and 17 camels. For your inspiration, this Monday I’d like to tell you a story about unexpected possibilities and solutions.
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8 must-haves for an effective webinar – A guide to success for HR

8 must-haves for an effective webinar – A guide to success for HR

Quickly booked, quickly realized and also quickly forgotten! That is the fate of a large number of webinars which are available nowadays. Even if costs and amount of time spent on webinars are lower than on face-to-face trainings, ineffective webinars are really annoying – especially for HR.
We asked specialists in learning techniques and experienced webinar trainers about their tips and hints for effective webinars. In the following you find their answers summed up in 8 must-haves for successful webinars as part of employee training.
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#MondayLead: How to fail epically – 10 tips for being really unsuccessful as a leader

#MondayLead: How to fail epically – 10 tips for being really unsuccessful as a leader

Odious, shunned, dreaded and over-worked – in short: unsuccessful! If you are going to be a new leader you have the unique chance to give yourself a really hard time. No matter if you are a leader with hierarchical power or a lateral leader responsible for execution and success of a process or project – this article is for you. ‘Cause this Monday we don’t have one but 10 tips for you of how to be totally unsuccessful as a leader.
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7 in-house steps for successful webinars – Effective learning with webinars part 1

7 in-house steps for successful webinars – Effective learning with webinars part 1

We live in times when projects and teams reach across locations and countries, when resources are narrow, organisations and teams operate in global networks and digitalization is unstoppable. In times like these it seems that webinars are a perfect solution in terms of employee development and training. And from an HR point of view the pro-arguments seem very promising.
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