CLAUDIA'S RADICAL (SELF) LEADERSHIP BLOG

A couple of weeks ago when I spoke to my daughter, she was pretty desperate and full of negative feelings, as she’s on the job hunt after having finished her master’s in science. She complained: “Mum, I can’t even get a job in a b***dy pet shop, they won’t take me because I am over qualified, and ...

Success (whatever your definition of success is) - amongst a list of other success factors – requires persistence and brainpower, in short: A lot of energy! So maintaining a high level of energy throughout the day  - to be able to move things forward or in the the right direction is critical.

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I am pretty sure I know what the answer to that question is.

But let me start with my last week: I definitely DID struggle last week. I had it all planned and laid out, all my tasks were nicely put into my calendar (after all I tell everybody that what’s not in your calendar, does not happen, so ...

Knowing how to create focus and stay focused will be one of the most important skills to learn for your life.

Why? Because I have seen what a lack of focus does. For myself and in teams I worked with. From my experience the situation we find ourselves in in life, more often than not, matches one ...

Every year there is something to learn. 2016, however was exceptional for me when it c...

Like me, I am sure you have had those days when you wake up feeling like your stomach is going to punish you for the seafood the night before, with a blocked nose with the realisation that the scratchy throat was actually “something” that an early night could not fix, or just feeling absolutely e...

Not too long ago I almost ruined a relationship with a business partner I had been working with for years. Why? I had made a mistake and had forgotten to pass on an invoice to be paid. Well, that can happen. But I did not act immediately. Because I had loads to do, I was just moving house, I had...

Do you have any of those people around you who always seem to be in a great mood, who seem driven and motivated at (almost) any time of the day and who seem to effortlessly achieve whatever they want to achieve?

I do – and I was wondering where they took all this motivation from. And even more...

Have you ever had the feeling of being constantly overwhelmed, having too much to do than is humanly possible to manage and did not have an idea about how to get out of the hamster wheel?

Probably a stupid question. In almost every call I have with business contacts (or even friends) I hear that th...

Have you ever wished to have this feeling of wanting to jump out of bed in the morning, super-excited to start the day – you can’t wait to throw yourself into the day’s work?

How often have you had this feeling? Well, yeah, I guess maybe on the morning of your wedding day (I hope) when you cou...

Do you know the feeling: When you come into the office in the morning - despite your to-do list - you’re getting sidetracked more or less immediately?

By this colleague coming into your office with this super urgent request to come up with the latest numbers of sales for the last couple of weeks
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When I started out in my career in IT, some 25 years ago, I had a job in a newly founded sales division, which was quite revolutionary at the time: Telesales. Yes, that was quite a new model at the time, so our small team got a list (on paper – not in Excel) with names and telephone numbers, ...