Medical coaching for healthy leaders Austrian-born pioneer in preventative medicine and burn-out prophylaxis specialist, Dr. Doris Eller-Berndl MD, talks to us about the importance of energy-rich mitochondria and how leaders can help themselves and their teams in times of heightened stress levels. Interview by Armin Forstner Dr. Eller-Berndl, could you talk us through the reasons…
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By Sabine Seymour Before we get to the fun bits of describing how to make money with your data, I’ll tell you about my journey that led me to create a new data economy – and to write a book about it as an economist and technologist: Notes from a Social Datavist™. For the past 25 years,…
We spoke with Sarah Shouman, head of the youth unit at UNRWA in Lebanon, who spearheaded a country-wide project, Cash for Work, supported by Germany’s KfW, to help young Palestinians gain valuable work experience with local businesses and to help them in their first career steps. Before these placements started, Sarah introduced a series of Positive…
Take positive action to move forward. By Declan Noone Avoid the New Year’s rush. In spite of what 2020 has brought us, now is not the time to run (in your mind) as fast as you can towards 2021 without preparing the ground work for the next 6 – 12 months, which will very likely bring…
By Declan Noone It’s a real sucker punch – a hit below the belt and something none of us were expecting to impact our lives to such an extent. The coronavirus has swept in and upended much if not all of our daily life. For those of us living in societies that are enforcing self-isolation…
By Fintan McGovern We live in interesting times – or so the saying goes – and today this is truer than ever before. In fact the challenge that we as leaders are facing today is that as we are faced with an existential threat to how we live and consequently how we do business due…
By Nicole Brauckmann In a time of major turbulence and uncertainty, emotional outbursts – displays of misbehaviour considered outside the norms of conventional social and professional interactions – seem to have become more frequent. How can leaders tune into what is really going on and respond in a way that is constructive and helpful? What…
UNICEF’s answer to current and future crises By Armin Forstner, Managing Partner, Serrano 99 Management Consulting Positive Leadership, a strength-based approach to leading teams and organisations, is not only an essential skill for senior executives but also helps young people cope long-term with the challenges of the modern world, according to UNICEF. “Traditional” Leadership Development…
Getting us out of this year’s negativity! By Declan Noone 2020 has been a year focused on survival, in all its varying guises. This year has consumed our emotional and intellectual energy and resources. The impact of lockdowns on our own mental health, and the question of sustainability of businesses is significant and further drains…
By Declan Noone I am exhausted. I am sure many of you are too. It has been a difficult first half to 2020 and I feel like that this is the understatement of the year! In reality, it has been a ‘sh*t’ show. Plans made, both personally and professionally, have not just been destroyed but…
