As a coach and mentor, you have likely encountered the exact same scenario countless times in your daily routine over recent years. You are sitting in the meeting room, with a one-hour mentoring session rigidly carved into the calendar. The mentees are restless, you both keep checking the clock, and you can just feel it: in today's fast-paced...
In recent months, I've been hearing the same sentence more and more often. Different words, different situations – but the same underlying message: "I'm learning so much… and yet I'm not really moving forward." At first, this might seem strange. After all, it has never been this easy to grow. You ask a question, and AI answers. You...
If we had to sum up what it has meant to be a leader recently in one single sentence, it might be this:
"So… what's the plan now — and how long will it last?"
As we step into a new year, it feels almost instinctive to want to become "better," to grow, to change. This sense of renewal is nothing new. In ancient Rome, the New Year was associated with Janus, the god of doors, beginnings, and transitions — a symbol of looking both backward and forward at the same time. Modern psychology supports...
There are years that simply happen to us. And then there are years that require conscious presence, attention, and continuous reflection. For me, 2025 clearly belonged to the latter. It was not loud, nor spectacular in every moment – yet it consistently shaped me, both as a professional and as a human being. As the year draws to...
For me, reading is not merely a hobby – it is an inner journey, a dialogue with myself and with the world. In 2025, several books found their way into my hands that did more than spark new thoughts; they reinforced how it is worth living, working, growing – and how it is worth being human.
Are you also wondering how to effectively engage, motivate, and retain young talents who are just starting their careers? Let's talk about why coaching and mentoring Gen Z — those born roughly after 1997 — is different from what we've been used to so far! Come with me and I'll share three-four practical tricks you can start using as soon...
Many of us believe that only big decisions, huge commitments, or dramatic lifestyle changes can bring lasting transformation. Yet James Clear's book Atomic Habits has proven that the key lies in the small. Micro-habits – those tiny, 1–2 minute actions – are like pebbles that eventually redirect the course of a river. In the reality: it's not the...
More and more people are beginning to realize that burnout doesn't happen overnight. It creeps into our lives like an invisible shadow: first, we just feel a little more tired, then less motivated, and eventually, we notice that even joyful moments seem to fade.
Life is often unpredictable. Sometimes we fall into deep valleys where we can no longer see a way out. Dan Reynolds, the lead singer of Imagine Dragons, experienced exactly such depths — but more importantly, he was able to rise again. And in this journey, one special person played a significant role: Minka Kelly.