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6. June 2010
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Today I realized how essential personal targets for me and my family really are. I know that the word “targets” sounds a bit strange when it is used in combination with the word “family”.
I always thought that it would never be possible to talk about targets with my tamily. I would have expected a reaction [...]
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Checklists are simple and clearly structured lists that are used to check something systematically or to execute something in a systematic way.
The applications of checklists are very diverse.
Most checklists are created for activities that are implemented rather irregular, so the routine of such an implementation is simply missing.
A systematic check very often [...]
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4. June 2010
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This post is the beginning of a new series I call “Insights At Night”.
I want to launch this series parallel to my normal in-depth articles. Each article of this series is going to be a short summary of an insight I’ve gained during my working day.
I’ve noticed that I can’t fall asleep at night before [...]
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28. May 2010
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In this article I want to give you a brief survey of the most important management techniques.
This overview does not claim to be complete. There are probably many other management techniques.
Due to a long management experience, my selection includes the management techniques that I think are absolutely essential and indispensable.
All the other management [...]
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23. May 2010
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I think each one of us has been confronted with the term of management more or less.
Now, if I asked you what management in fact means, what would be your answer?
Most people I’ve asked that question, just answered in keywords such as “to organize”, “to direct” or “to administrate”.
Certainly, these are also important tasks [...]
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11. May 2010
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Do you know this feeling when you could almost explode like a fully inflated balloon? These moments when you struggle for breath because of your accelerated heart beat. You notice how you begin to sweat as you begin to feel agitated and generally very uncomfortable.
I think you agree that this is a very negative [...]
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29. April 2010
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Patience is a virtue. Combined with self-discipline patience can be a very powerful tool which enables you to boost your performance tremendously.
Who consistently performs on a medium level is in the long term superior to those who sporadically work at the highest level.
This identifies the so-called high-performers.
They are motivated by their own personal ideals [...]
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23. April 2010
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“Staff development is a major task of leaders.”
I guess this is one of the most popular sentences in management and leadership literature.
The advantage of this sentence is that you will receive a bright agreement when mentioning it in a round of executives.
“Yes, staff development is extremely important” or
“Staff development should take most of a [...]
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19. April 2010
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Do you write as much as I do?
I think for us mental workers writing is probably the most important form of communication and expression in general.
We write to record our thoughts, to develop them and to bring them into a certain structure, a shape.
This makes them available whenever you need them.
But most of [...]
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10. March 2010
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Big problems require great spirits.
What are the really difficult issues and challenges in your field or in your department that you are confronted with?
Probably they’re strategic issues or in other words very fundamental things.
Now, how do you deal with such issues?
Do you try to develop appropriate solutions on the q.t.?
Do you work out towards this [...]
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