Bad communication kills good intention
A summer evening in a Paris pub I chatted with a friend over a glass of wine. We met for a few hours because we happened to be in the same city.
Interview with Thomas Bothe “A Valuable Mind”
E-Magazin of Latvia Football Federation “Latvian Football” (pages 38-47),July2017
C.E.I.L. Open Course dates in Riga for 2017
C.E.I.L. Open Course dates in Riga for 2017
Interview with Thomas from monday.lv
You can read the full interview in Latvian here!
Selling the value of values
Sometimes the “invisible” value of a product or service, created by values and culture, is not properly appreciated by the customer. This happens especially…
real teams consist of …
Real teams consist of individuals that have chosen to participate in achieving a goal.
training and choices
Our ability as leaders to make choices at crossroads is limited by our ability to execute such choices. Some of them do not even appear as choices because…
how to be a useless conversationist
If we hurry to hunt down errors before we understand the point, we are not even useful to have a conversation with.
never change your mind if …
If we don’t rejoice at changing our minds now and then we don’t really deserve to be called intelligent.
opinion versus hypothesis
It is best to not believe everything we think. Opinions tend to become dogmatic.
How smart do we fail ?
There is IQ. There is EQ. There is SQ. And now there is TryQ 😉 For now it has three plateaus: Low TryQ: Try -> fail -> blame. Medium TryQ: Try -> fail ->…
Authenticity
Even in leadership, there is a subliminal value in authenticity.
do we need to be bigger than our jobs?
… are you bigger than your job? Because if you are not bigger than your job, you get trapped by the pressures of events and by processes to go along with…
Habits
We are more likely to change (habits) when we go through a major life event – when we know new circumstances require more than habitual action.
Impression and branding for sales
Beginners are concerned with a “good” first impression – to find or create demand.
observation with resourceful attitude
Compulsively dysfunctional behaviour in a team member may be a disoriented talent.
our influence on people
Much of what we believe is “ill-intentioned” in other people is misunderstanding.
problem solving, knowledge or wisdom
Hypothesis: – if ignorance is an inability to intervene intelligently, – and knowledge is an ability to intervene intelligently, – wisdom may be an ability…
Are beliefs irrational?
Belief is confidence in the truth or existence of something without immediate proof.
Thinking outside the box
There are two ways: innovative (deBono) and bloated (bureaucratic). For some “outside the box” thinking has turned into creating irresistible collectivist…
Good versus bad training
Good training increases actionable options in critical situations.
being successful most of the time
If we focus on competing we succeed, on average, half of the time.
Is the truth somewhere in the middle?
Is the the truth “somewhere in the middle” between contending views?
Good intention vs good results
Not only do things sometimes turn out bad despite good intentions. But things often turn out the ‘bader’ the ‘gooder’ we intend. Why is that?
Faced with contradictory advice ?
Behavioural business coaching is full of contradictory advice.
Training or education
Company investment in education is sometimes disheartening. It seems to produce “talkers” not “doers”.
Teams, people we select
When we try to build teams around us we tend to look for people we like.
Bottlenecks and leadership
It is often said that bottlenecks define the total capacity of any system or project.
self-determination and change
Self-determination is key. People who own an idea muster more powerful internal resources.
effort and strategy
When born with an abundance of energy, we find it hard to recognize the value of strategy and how it economises effort.
plan or improvise
It is good to be prepared. Luck is said to be preparedness meeting opportunity. Thus, if we try to do our best we “make a plan”.
first impression in business
The first impression makes a difference in selling.
resisting change
The less centered we are, the more we resist change.
Individuals and Egoists
Is individualism equal to furthering own interests only? Are strong individuals more effective egoists?
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