#favouritemodel No.12 - Considering Context
Just between us: Would you cross the street when the traffic light is red.? After an indignant "of course not!" you might say, "It depends..."
#favouritemodel No.11 - Virtual Leadership
Virtual, remote, leading at a distance - no matter what you call it, it is always about leadership, leadership as a function and a shared mental…
#favouritemodel No.10 - Facilitation - Only flying is more fun!
In German "Facilitation" means "making things easier". It also describes a particular form of facilitation of human gatherings in which we invite,…
#favouritemodel No. 9 - Focus Model
My #favouritemodel deals with the degree of conscious attention we pay to our everyday activities. This personal focus determines what we do and how…
#favouritemodel No.8 - Individual Construction of Reality
At any given moment, each of us receives a total of about 11 million bits of information through our five senses - hearing, seeing, feeling, smelling,…
#favouritemodel No. 7 - Motivation
How can I improve the motivation of my staff? I am asked this question very often in my work with leaders.
#favouritemodel No. 6 - How trust is built
My #favouritemodel is the tree metaphor by Stephen M.R. Covey. This symbolism makes the topic of "trust" tangible and thus facilitates access to this…
#favouritemodel No. 4 - Helicopter Perspective
Symbolically, it is a change of perspective in order to look at one's own behaviour from a far and with the distance gained to reflect on it.
#favouritemodel No. 5 - Design thinking uses iterative, rapid feedback to produce human centric solutions
Design Thinking is considered an agile methodology yet also a mindset which follows a human-centered school of thought.
#favouritemodel No. 3 - Don't assume
"Making assumptions" is one of the major stumbling blocks in communication and therefore also in the leader's relationship with their staff and…