What if you have a difficult boss?

 -  Duurzaamheid / Leiderschap
It’s not always easy to manage up. Some bosses seem unrealistic in their expectations. Others never show satisfaction with the work done. Still others seem to think you would never do the right things without their guidance or control. And then there’s the ones who don’t realize you are already putting an overload of pressure on yourself and your teams.

5 tips for when you are ruminating

 -  Duurzaamheid / Leiderschap
Once people start to ruminate, they often find it quite difficult to ‘stop it’. We tend to tell ourselves ‘stop ruminating’ – only to notice that it’s hard to control these unwelcome thoughts. Here’s 5 tips you might find useful.

How shared is your team vision (according to your team)?

 -  Duurzaamheid / Leiderschap / Teamwerk
Ever spent a lot of time defining a compelling vision for your company or team, polishing it until it was a true ‘pearl’, sharing it at key meetings – yet still hearing comments in the corridors (or in surveys) that the vision is not clear? Or facing a blank when one team member cannot express it? A frustrating experience… shared by so many leaders…

Define your personal operating principles

 -  Duurzaamheid / Leiderschap
Do you get really nervous when the internet is slow? Frenetically push the ‘close door’ button when you are in an elevator? Always in a hurry? Quickly losing your temper? Less decisive than before? Chances are you are putting more demands on yourself than is ideal, pushing yourself so hard that you arrived in the unsustainable zone of ‘diminishing returns’. It’s time to take action and get your life in balance again. Defining your list of ‘personal operating principles’ will prove very effective.