What it is, what it isn’t, why you need a coach, tips for hiring one, and how to measure the impact of coaching This article will help you understand: What is coaching What it is and what it isn’t, the difference between coaching and mentoring, an insight into the weird and…

What is the purpose of giving feedback? The correct behaviour, to improve, to change you may answer. I would have, and my understanding of feedback has evolved over the years. An evolution of understanding feedback as a nicer word for correcting behaviour, to shifting the focus of the word towards…

I first become a manager because my Danish colleague, the most senior, most talented, and next-in-line guy, in our sales team got too impatient waiting for his promotion. …

Even if you are only remotely interested in personal development and leadership, you could not have missed the empathy train. Empathy is in every leadership conversation now and often touted as the magic key to great leadership, partially because of the rapid rise of Brenéity, the devotion to the teachings…

No, Buddhism is not a religion. Stay with me as I unpack this. Let’s start with Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh who says “Buddhism is not a religion, it’s a practice, similarly to yoga, which you can do irrespective of religious beliefs”. This statement is a controversial, both to…

You are not the title on your business card, the car you drive, the exotic vacations, nor the clothes you wear. …

Although the teachings are 2500 years old I find The Four Noble Truths relevant for contemporary life, possibly even more so now in the age of internet where we can feed every temptation and in many cases get instant gratification at a click of a few buttons. The Four Noble…

I’d lost count of how often that nagging question ambushed me. As I did every workday, I charged down the narrow road to the highway to work, my brain on fire. Not with ideas and energy, but with a morbid calculation that had become routine. …