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…
New year – personal change that is sustainable
It is that time of the year again when some people want to start new life and make new year’s promises to do it. 99% of the promises are filled with good intentions but also with a expectations that new year magically will bring the change. Like Albert Einstein (or…
Giving or receiving recognition – which is more important?
“Leaders don’t look for recognition from others, leaders look other to recognise” -Simon Sinek-
How did you treat your colleagues today?
…also very relevant statement what comes to treating colleagues at work. #servantleadership #humanelement
How investing in increasing the emotional intelligence of employees converts to increased profitability?
I am very curious to know how people WHO LIVE OR DO BUSINESS IN CONTINENTAL EUROPE think about this question. This is because I live in continental Europe myself. In order to quantify it I have made a short anonymous and absolute non-commercial and no strings attached survey about this…
How to Raise Your Company Culture to the Next Tribal Leadership Stage
The Tribal Leadership tips and tricks ebook for iPad is now available at 50% discount for limited time. This offer will last until 30.9. Check it out if you are interested. https://itunes.apple.com/fi/book/how-to-raise-your-company/id627390553?mt=11
Radical innovation evening 6.6.2013
Is your business in decline? Or do you fear it might soon be so? Or perhaps you have opened your eyes already and you want to prevent it going downhill early enough? If you answered to one or the other of the questions by YES, the RadiCamp evening on the…
Are you outside of your comfort zone?
You are likely either left or right handed. Similarly you cross your arms either left or right arm on top. Also you probably cross your hands either left of right thumb on top. Most of the time, or actually nearly every time, you tend to do it the same way….
Discover your strengths!
You are unique. Find a job that is made for you. Forget the rest! Christmas is just behind the door. As a Christmas present Rework365 will draw one free of charge coaching session (about 2 hours) where we discover your strengths and your natural preferences. You can use this information…
The Squirrel Wheel
You may see when it is happening to someone else. How about yourself, can you also see and notice when it is happening to you? I think that it is important to help other people, remind them of what is important, help them to recognize where they are and what…
Have a big dream and make it reality
This video has couple of good analogies to business life and how we all are different. Understanding the differences between people and accepting them would help to solve so many workplace conflicts. On the other hand this video is completely, I mean really completely, outside of business setup. Maybe it…
Should You Reward Bad Ideas?
In order to create good products or service you have produce an large amount good ideas. In order to create remarkable or great or outstanding products or services (innovation) you have to produce a vast amount of ideas: good, neutral, bad, very bad and absolutely crappy ideas. Actually you should…
Do you want your product to be unique and cool?
There are plenty of research available which claims that about 90% of the thinking of 5-6 years old children is creative. This includes creativity itself, alternative thinking and surprising ideas. The picture changes a bit when they get older. Namely the creativity of 9 years old children has decreased to…
Innovation: thinking out of box
Many of us are used only to certain way of thinking. Businesses think they have boundaries which are set be some force called “the market”. As a matter of fact these boundaries are setup by the businesses themselves. The key is to try to forget them, to innovate outside of…
Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy
First: this video is really polarizing. If you are extremely conservative “old school leader”it is probably nothing for you. On the other hand this video does not directly have anything to do with “classical business school leadership”. However, many important ingredients of good leadership, or making a movement if you…
A mega trend in working life: well being
What words did you use last time when you said no to a meeting request? Or, how did you respond when you could not join for a beer with friends last time? I would guess it was something like: “Sorry, I have already another meeting in my calender already.” or…
How to kill any good idea?
Every human being likes to think. Each and every one of us is creative. We human beings love our own ideas. You know what? That is great! We are creative from our birth until we step into the world of money and hierarchy. In this world it is not always…
innovation: take a big pen and small paper.
Maybe the most important thing when inventing something new is to get started. Get started from the beginning, middle or the end. It does not really matter where you start, as long as you do start. Start with a big pen and small paper. You cannot draw anything small with…