Why leaders succeed or fail?
According to several studies around 75% of the reasons why leaders succeed or fail are Emotional Intelligence related. These reasons include things like leaders (and managers too) are perceived to be self centred, they don’t relate well to others, they don’t inspire or build talent, they are defensive or…
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2014
Instead of sending Christmas cards and buying presents to our clients, Innotiimi makes annually a donation to a project which resonates with Innotiimi’s values. This year we make donation to the new children’s hospital that will be built in Helsinki. As a partner of Innotiimi I wish you all merry Christmas…
10 things to remember when creating an online presence
What is the best internet marketing advice you have heard? I recently asked this question in LinkedIn “Answers” and got plenty of great feedback (you can have a look at the answers by clicking the link in the end of this post). First of all what does the word “best…
Manage things – lead people
Today I was planning to write a blog about leadership (and management). Actually I decided to bin the text I had already written and just post this picture that I found in the internet. This cartoon summarizes so brilliantly what leadership is all about. By whatedsaid | View this Toon…
Change management: Dealing with the fears of people
Probably the most important thing, when managing the change at workplace, is to understand how your team perceives the change. What does the change really mean to the people as individuals. You should try to understand their fears, expectations and involve them to open discussion about the change you are…