Anchoring – Do you know the meaning and do you use anchors consciously?
What can be an anchor? An anchor can be a place, a song, a word, a person, a piece of clothing, a car, etc. The anchor is related to triggering memories and emotional states in you. In short, a particular place is a trigger for you that leads to an anchor for that particular place. […]
Are you reflecting?
Are you reflecting? I mean if you consciously spend time reflecting on the things you do and think. Self-reflection is for me somewhere the beginning of everything if you want to change something in your life, company or more generally be in a more prosperous and good state. We can be stuck in patterns and […]
Do you have passion? – In your leadership
Passion in leadership This post was supposed to be about something else today. A weekend course I run for about 30 strong women made me want to write this instead. Do you lead other people with a genuine passion to want to make them grow, or do you lead them more into thinking like you? […]
Move your brain! – Movement and decision-making
Move your brain! “Movement makes us smarter” I wish more companies would dare to go outside the box when it comes to movement, meetings and decision-making. It can be as little as throwing in a few minutes of movement into a very long and sedentary meeting, to exercising together during working hours. It has been […]
Influencing change and development by breaking patterns
Why do we often do what we have always done – even if we want to change? I don’t know about you. But I know from my own life experience that I have sometimes wanted to make changes in my life, but it has not always happened. Similarly, I have sat in companies where there […]
The power of metaphor
What is a metaphor? “A metaphor is a figurative expression in which a concept is temporarily replaced by a concept that is similar to the original concept. Similarity depends on context and metaphors therefore only work when the listener has access to the context. One of the most important functions of metaphor is that it […]
Who thinks, feels and does? Me, you or someone?
Who thinks, feels and does? Me, you or someone? In Communicology*, we see I/Thou as an important basic communication key to look at in the context of change management. So what does an I/Thou (We/Ne) ‘sorting’ mean? Understanding me and you is to realize that what I think, feel and think is for me. What […]
