Sitting at the intersection

A meditation on identity

Holstee

October 2018

 

Self Reflection: Journaling as a Means to Greater Understanding and Growth

The focus is on learning, not on judging, about your inner world and the impact you have on the outer world.

Best Self Magazine

October 2018

 

Perfectionism is the mother of Procrastination.

How to loosen the paralysing grip of perfectionism

Thrive Global

September 2018

 

Best Self Magazine

August 2018

Followship: The Surprising Secret to High Impact Leadership

The surprising ingredient for successful leadership is followship — and embracing this construct can optimize both your professional and personal life

 

Thrive Global

May 2018

Mindfulness is not a stress reduction course

Mindfulness and meditation have made their way into corporate environments widely all over the planet.Their promise? Reduce stress, increase sense of calmness and help companies overcome the challenges of a volatile market.

 

Thrive Global

April 2018

Do you want to improve Collaboration? 

Having clear boundaries is a necessity to collaboration. True collaboration can only happen when we respect individual needs and boundaries, our own and others.

 

HuffPo

November 2017

I hate Mondays

Why we need to shift from sustainable to regenerative business if we want to ReNEW Business.

 

Best Self Magazine

October 2017

Business in Rhyme: Exploring Inclusion In the Workplace

To be successful in business and in life starts with accepting and integrating the multitude of talents and interests you possess.

 

GirlTalkHQ

September2017

Is The 4th Industrial Revolution The Era Where Feminine Leadership Traits Are The Norm?

Embrace both the feminine and masculine within us. It might seem stating the obvious but it must be stated again and again. We all hold in our hands this responsibility.

 
 

Best Self Magazine

May 2017

Authenticity In the Workplace: Bringing Your Whole Self to Work

Leadership in the workplace starts with personal authenticity — bringing your whole self to the game, not just the facets which the work culture rewards

 

HuffPo

May 2017

Why we all need to be willing to invest in Change in order to Thrive.

We need to move from resisting change into learning to embrace it and ultimately to lead it to position the business successfully into the so called global economy world. 

 

Best Self Magazine

August 2016

Diversity and Inclusion | The Dilemma of the Promise

Diversity and Inclusion programs have become part of many corporate HR practices in recent years — but have they worked for women?

 

Best Self Magazine

October 2016

The Hidden Bias | Challenging Cultural Biases Through Travel

Travel and other opportunities to experience diversity can help us reveal and release our hidden biases

 

HER Network

September 2016

Are Women Less Self-Confident Than Men?

There are plenty of studies that look into reasons why there are only few women leaders and even less in the C level of corporations. One of the theories around such low numbers argues that women are less self confident than men in the workplace.

 

Lean Back in the Era of Lean in

I presented my poem "Lean Back" at TEDx Basel. You can read about my experience and topic on the TEDx Blog.

TEDx Basel 

May 2016

 

HuffPo

February 2017

My recipe to ReNew business

If we want to create a true change we need to start looking at conflict as the medium where the innovative idea grows and no longer as a battle field. We need flexibility to fail and make errors. This might seem a paradox in a high demanding and competing world.

 

HuffPo

October 2016

Are women and men equally capable of serving as top corporate leaders?

If you are now telling yourself that you have no discomfort nor bias, let’s do a quick test all together. Close your eyes and picture a CEO. Is that person wearing a suit or a dress? Chances are, you’re not picturing a lady.

 

HuffPo

June 2016

Talking Business in Poetry

There was my corporate job, my academic life, the achiever, the doctor and then there was poetry. Light and shadow in it all, but never integrated.

 

Elephant Journal

June 2016

Boardroom Poetry: The Whisper

Poetry brings a desire for resolution and for closure. It is this exact desire that is the common ground with business.