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Whether you lead a department or a whole organization, sometimes it just feels lonely at the top. Here are some tips how to survive and thrive as leader-manager.

Whether you lead a department or a whole organization, sometimes it just feels lonely at the top. Here are some tips how to survive and thrive as leader-manager. Photo credit: Pablo by Buffer When you do a great job at work there is a good chance that you will progress up the career ladder. Before you know it, you manage people, a department, and perhaps the whole company. All of a sudden it is…

So you advanced your career because you did your job well. Avoid getting promoted into oblivion using these tips

Ralf Weiser So you advanced your career because you did your job well. Avoid getting promoted into oblivion using these tips So you worked your bum off and now you got promoted to leader-manager. It is really not all that difficult for you to get put into this position. Now comes the tough part: You are expected to “manage” people and how they spend their productive time. What changes is that…

Getting stuff done feels great, until you wake up one day and you wonder how you got where you are.

Getting stuff done feels great, until you wake up one day and you wonder how you got where you are Photo credit: Pablo by Buffer Being productive and doing as much stuff as possible is important in our work life. This race for more, faster, better, etc starts as early in school. We are groomed to get stuff done. Doing is more important than being. Or is it? Problem is that working your bum off…

Feel like you have to do everything yourself so it will be done right? Well, you shouldn't.  8 delegation tactics for leader-managers

Feel like you have to do everything yourself so it will be done right? Well, you shouldn’t.   Entrepreneurship and leadership are fun, but they also can be a huge challenge. How do you grow your business in a way that is long term sustainable whilst also rendering enough profits such that you can invest in your people and infrastructure? How do you do this without totally giving your own life up…

Election day - please go vote today. A few thoughts from from an immigrant

A few thoughts from from an immigrant  Just because we have local, state and federal representatives does not mean that you should sit back and just watch what your delegates are doing. What we have here in the United States of America is something worth protecting, extending and emulating. I am an immigrant from Europe, Germany to be exact, and have traveled and lived in a few different…

10 way how to improve how you and others feel about yourself - Be a fountain and not a drain 

Be a fountain and not a drain  Photo credit: Wikipedia link El Alamein Memorial Fountain in Sydney, New South Wales It is so much easier to be a drain than to be a fountain. A fountain takes a lot of energy to push out water and distribute it such that it works effectively. Fountains symbolize refreshment, nourishment, and providing water as a life spending human resource. Fountains therefore…

Embrace the challenges life throws at you and be grateful for what you have every day.

Ralf Weiser Why you should embrace a good struggle  Watching TV commercials is fascinating these days. Cars have become laptops with wheels taking over more and more stuff drivers had to think about about and do. Other commercials try selling gizmos designed to make life easier and cheaper. Really? Is easier always better? I recently got stuck behind a car at a car wash for a while as none of…

Key to becoming a great leader-manager is a greater self-awareness. We owe this to the people whom we serve.

Ralf Weiser 12 questions fostering servant leadership in business leaders  I am sure you know a lot of leader-managers who wish they knew how to get their team members to engage more at work. Well, leadership is self-leadership. Rather than expecting for your team members to “just” get better, why don’t you start pondering the questions below to start the process? What is a servant leader?…

Learn from a few hard lessons earned from fellow entrepreneurs. 12 ways to boost your company's success #success #leadership #entrepreneurship

Ralf Weiser Learn from a few hard lessons earned from fellow entrepreneurs If you are business leader or entrepreneur, or aspire becoming one, you are most likely busy putting together business plans, trying to figure out how to make your balance sheet work out, making sure you can make payroll even though cash flow is an issue, and so many more daily challenges that can put a major kink into…

10 Questions for the progressive business leaders - your answers will help attract and retain #GenZ and #Millennial talent

Ralf Weiser Attaining Genz and Millenial talent is tough. Retaining them is even tougher. It does not need to be that way though. Below please find 10 servant leadership question sets designed to help business leaders change their strategic approach to lead their organizations. What is a servant leader? This is a leader-manager who understands that he is the one who serves his team and not the…

How to boost employee performance and engagement – TRUST

Everything at work revolves around trust. It is difficult growing your organization without mutual trust. Photo credit: Pablo by Buffer Customers trusts you not only for you honoring your deliverables, but most of all so that they will not jeopardize their own jobs by having chosen you to be their vendor. In turn your team must have enough trust in your internal teams and team members. With a…

Boosting engagement at works starts with the management team

Don’t start with your employees – start with yourself first. One morale boosting video course I am glad I never deployed at work Picture credit: Ralf Weiser To this day Fish! is one of my favorite courses I am glad I never shared – with employees. Quite a few years ago there was a management video course making its rounds promising to energize your workforce. It was called Fish! Philosophy. My…

21 years ago and 9/11 memories are still so vivid

9/11 memorial Down but never out Photo credit: Ralf Weiser If you have the opportunity to travel the Big Apple anytime soon, please make a point of stopping by the 9/11 memorial park and while you are at it take time to visit the new Freedom Tower – the new World Trade Center 1. Also, check out the museum connected to the park. Our family took the first trip back to the area where the two…

10 Questions for the progressive business leader – create a work place that will be attractive to GenZ and Millennials 

Ralf Weiser What is a servant leader? This is a leader-manager who understands that he is the one who serves his team and not the other way around. It is great to see and hear that more and more old-fashioned toxic working environments with their command-and-control antics are being thrown to the curb. Our newest part of the workforce is drawn to an employee centric company culture. Attaining…

Only dead fish swim downstream – 7 often overlooked benefits of taking a stand

Ralf Weiser Do you catch yourself just swimming with the stream most of the time, or do you swim against the stream when need be? This is my invitation for you to ponder how you can be yourself and stand up for something. What is your personal brand? What will your legacy be? What are the things that only you should do? What are the things in life that you must take a stand for? Work is more…

One method to make sure your audience will get the point you are trying to make

Ralf Weiser The secret of making your point in presentations  Have you ever struggled explaining something you are passionate about to other people and even after you enthusiastically explain it you get nothing but a glazed eye stare back? Frustrating, isn’t it? The problem of people not understanding you is pervasive – especially in business. A big issue exists because we listen to respond and…

Find out about how to be an authentic leader – and it is really simple 

Ralf Weiser Find out about how to be an authentic leader – and it is really simple  Along with the buzzword term authentic leader come a few more buzz words that are also non-descriptive. The leader ought to be authentic, she should provide contagious energy, she should be engaging the audience’s senses, she should be demonstrating vulnerability and perseverance, she should be exuding…