Using strategic human resource planning as a leadership tool – Chances and possibilities for leaders and organisations

Using strategic human resource planning as a leadership tool – Chances and possibilities for leaders and organisations

Starting from June 2016, Mag. Anita Berger – HR expert with long-time experience both within organisations and as a trainer and coach – offers the new workshop “The leader as a former”. To summarize, the workshop is about using strategic human resource planning as a leadership tool for long-term success as a team. In a short interview she reveals which topics she’ll treat in detail and how leaders and organisations can benefit from this approach. (more…)

#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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#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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#MondayLead: Manager or Leader? – Check yourself

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Who calls the shots in a company? Manager or Leader? Who is responsible for an organisation’s success and who has the power to do so at all? And what’s the difference between manager and leader? Ancient questions in terms of leadership development and the answers in the past have been very different. Today the general opinion is that manager and leader are no longer descriptions of positions inside a company but rather different approaches when it comes to leadership tasks. Do you know to which one you tend to? Watch yourself in the upcoming week and do the self-check.

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#MondayLead: Use the power of Kung Fu

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Motion – countermotion. Offense – defense. This kind of thinking and behaviour seems to be deep-seated in european brains, whether it’s in daily live or in job communication. But countermotion and a blind rage of defense unnecessarily cost a lot of energy – in live and in communication. Therefore, in the upcoming week use the power of Kung Fu for effective communication.

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#MondayLead: Get rid of your to-do-zombies

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Successful people don’t postpone, you often read. As easy this ambitious resolution is made as hard it is to follow it. And that’s the reason why we often write down something on our to-do list, leaving it there for days and weeks without doing anything. We say: Get rid of these to-do-zombies. In the following week, accomplish something that you deferred for a long time.

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