Short and snappy?
When you need something ad hoc, when it has to be quick and you need something valuable right to the point, you’ll find the right offers here, short and snappy. The HALF-HOUR courses offer condensed knowledge, prepared in a pragmatic and vivid way, so that you can put it to use right away.
Lateral thinking: creative solutions for everyday challenges. Just as Columbus supposedly solved the famous task of standing a boiled egg on its tip by tapping it lightly on the table so that it stood up: the egg of Columbus (in German). Anyone could have thought of it, but in that situation no one but him did. Others before him surely had, only they weren’t in the room.
A HALF-HOUR course fits into any lunch break, into the start or the end of your day, giving you the chance to benefit from it right away. In pragmatic video sequences, you get the key inspiration for handling a topic differently and better, plus a snappy guide for self-reflection and putting it into concrete terms.
One of the most effective models by D. McGregor. Save yourself and others time and frustration with the “green field or keep quiet” model
It isn’t really that hard to be authentic and to come across as authentic. My model of the circles of authenticity gives you a look behind the scenes
Balancing deliberate or natural system conflicts. For people in positions of responsibility, and so for all of us, this model of leadership balance is extremely valuable.
Far more is hidden between the lines than on them. You can build up the art of hearing it, and the joy of it.
Structures can make our lives enormously easier – but they can also feel like a burden if you haven’t found a good way to deal with them. Until now.
HALF-HOUR “DELEGATION”
Wow, it can be hard to hand over tasks and activities to other people in a way that pays off. In my observation, delegation is so hard for so many mainly because it is unclear what exactly is meant by it, and the people involved have different ideas. And because the temptation is so great to do it yourself after all, or at least to keep interfering.
There are countless videos and websites about delegation on the internet, but most of them seem to me to be written only from the perspective of a manager trying to delegate, even though receiving is almost more important than handing off. It is far more important that those who receive a delegated task are practiced in accepting and handling it. A metaphor makes this clearer: a pitcher and a catcher. What good is it if only the pitcher is trained and the catcher isn’t at all? No matter how well the pitcher throws, it remains a game of chance and most balls end up on the ground. To stay with the image: it is all the more important for catchers to be well trained, also so that they can decide which balls they really want to catch and how they can still gracefully dodge other balls thrown their way.
In this HALF-HOUR course, you will learn a fantastic model and how to apply it, and you will be able to use it again and again in your daily life to great benefit. Actively, when you want to delegate something yourself, and even more re-actively, when someone wants to delegate something to you.
According to Wiktionary, the Latin origin of the word gives the important hint that delegation is about an ‘instruction’. What exactly this instruction is, and how you can communicate it clearly and unambiguously for the good of everyone involved and follow up on it: you will discover all of this in this online course.
HALF-HOUR “AUTHENTICITY”
Simply always be what and who you are, and you come across as authentic? In principle yes, but…
Authenticity is a key to personal happiness, to rewarding impact, to low-stress appearances and to trusting relationships and friendships. Not having to pretend can make your life much easier. If you manage to bring your attitude, your behavior and your language into as much overlap as possible, you will experience moments of authenticity most often.
In this HALF-HOUR course, I introduce you to the pragmatic model of the circles of authenticity, which helps you decode your own impact and, above all, your encounters with other people more easily, and thus change them.
But authenticity is not just about being the way you are. It also means questioning yourself in the places where your authenticity is mostly met with rejection by the people around you. With a that’s-just-how-I-am attitude, you can stay-the-way-you-think-you-are, but you also block many chances for growth and happiness. And you don’t want that, I’m sure.
HALF-HOUR “BALANCING ACTS”
Whatever role you are in, you always want to reconcile many interests, and it feels like you have to.
Some of these are deliberate conflicts built into the system, which managers, for example, are supposed to balance in their role. Above all, three perspectives compete: the interests of the company, the interests of the employees and your own interests. On top of that, and not only since WikiLeaks, there are the ethical interests of the state, the interests of the rule of law and so on. That is very challenging, and can easily become overwhelming.
In this HALF-HOUR course, I introduce you to the balance model, which may be very important for your personal happiness, using the example of leadership balance.
Conflicting interests are the norm, and dealing with them is a challenge for all of us. It is hard enough to balance the interests of many other parties; your own interests are easily left by the wayside. The first important step to coping better is this model, because it shows you which forces are at work, and what options you have to still find a good balance.