This inspiration by Professor Campbell has rarely been as true as in today's volatile, uncertain, ambiguous and complex world. While #VUCA has long been a reality for businesses and us humans alike, I'd like to rather focus at the skill it requires from us to navigate this type of environment: [...]
I've been asked about my top Books on Jobsearch and career - and here they are, a German and an English List: Büchertipps Deutsch English Booktips Durchstarten zum Traumjob Das ultimative Handbuch für Ein-, Um- und Aufsteiger Richard N. Bolles Workbook What color is your parachute? A Practical Manual for [...]
Skilled people on their way to their next professional challenge sometimes fall into a subtle trap. While it’s necessary to be crystal clear on past achievements, show the results you’ve achieved with as many facts as possible in your CV, it’s even more important to be clear on your mental [...]
It's hard to make predictions, especially about the future... Yogi Berra One of the hardest challenges I often observe in my coachings and also personally used to face, is sticking to self-care activities such as daily yoga and meditation routines in more stressful times. Simultaneously, I am aware that [...]
When my coaching clients start becoming clearer about their vision and goals, it sometimes includes a change in their career. It can be an internal move or lead to looking for a job outside their current company. While it’s clear that they should prepare well in order to present themselves, [...]
April 23rd is World Book day! I do love books and the potential they awaken in me, in celebration of world book day I'd like to share a couple of books with you today! I'll keep it short, although the list of books that had a remarkable impact on [...]
When coaching clients that want my support with regards to a career change, we often end up looking at their own application strategy. My coachees traditionally put a lot of energy in creating the perfect CV and meaningful cover letters to use on the overt job market and activate their [...]
Video job interviews are an increasingly common part of the hiring process. While it is nothing new for many expats and 'glocal' employees, for those who have never worked or applied for jobs in an international context, the new situation bears a couple of questions. What should you consider, when [...]
Man liebt sie, man hasst sie, vor allem man hat sie. Und sind sie in den Chefetagen erst einmal beschlossene Sache, lassen sie sich kaum mehr umgehen. Die Open-Space-Büros. Bereits 2010 ergab eine Studie der HSLU in Zusammenarbeit mit dem SECO , dass die Schweiz von Grossraumbüros nicht viel hält; [...]
We love them, we hate them, above all we have them more and more. And once decided by the management that it’s the way to work, they can hardly be avoided: The open space offices. Already in 2010, a study by HSLU in collaboration with SECO showed that Switzerland doesn't [...]
