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In this article I would like to share with you my concrete experience, tips and tricks I have appreciated on my leadership journey from acquisitions, green field projects to change management of different intensity in all sorts of cultures, company environments and industries.

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Listening is important. How we listen and what we habitually listen for shapes our perception of reality, our world view, the paradigm in which we operate and are given by. In other words, our listening shapes our consciousness, happiness, and the world around us.

Leaders who… read more

One of the hot debates in management today is how difficult it is to manage the new workforce generation of Millennials or Generation Y.

As a young manager born in 1983, I am living on the verge of these clashing generations, and I have had the privilege to understand a little bit of… read more

Harvey Firestone, an American businessman and founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, once said, "Capital isn't so important in business. Experience isn't so important. You can get both these things. What is important is ideas. If you have ideas, you have the main asset you need, and… read more

In a recent conversation with a mentor, we discussed some of the key abilities that a good leader should possess. One ability that stuck in my mind—an ability I hadn't given any special attention to before—is the ability of a leader to also be a good follower.

In order to achieve this we… read more

More than 60 years ago, American businessman and philanthropist, Walter Paepcke, founded what would become one of the most respected platforms in the world for truly non-partisan dialogue addressing critical issues facing civil society. To understand the scale and scope of Aspen’s activities,… read more

What is the essence of a good leader, and what qualities are necessary to become a good leader that others will respect and want to follow?

What mistakes should a good leader be aware of and try to avoid?

As a young business leader, currently working as a finance director, I find… read more

Early in my career as a marketer I was introduced to the idea that good companies meet the needs of their markets while great companies create markets. Strategy gurus and business schools teach a similar idea, one that is rooted in economics and goes like this: all else being equal, profits tend… read more

It was only in the last decade of the 20th century when the old paradigm of "job" and "career" perception started to shift. In the bi-polar world created after World War II, both in the West and in the East, the majority of people have had careers with a single employer for their entire active… read more

Please don’t worry from the title. This column is not about science and not very technical at all. It is simply about how important it is for a business leader to be in touch with employees, clients, competitors, and friends. One of the greatest works in American literature and well known… read more