The Practice of Silence and Self-reflection as a Leadership Trait

In our busy world where results and profits are most of the time the only bottom-line for success, silence and self-reflection can be intimidating for any leader. Many (or is it most?) leaders have this mindset that they have to be busy , they have to know everything, and have to be everywhere. For them, […]

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Leadership Conversations: In conversation with myself

I’ve waited long to write this blog. I asked myself two questions: “Why another article or blog about leadership?” Is there something to add to what have been already researched, said and written? There are so many good articles, blogs, research, books etc on the many aspects of leadership. A lot has been written about

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Is it possible to live a balanced life?

Most of us struggle to keep things together in a volatile and uncertain world. We struggle to juggle the balls that life throws at us and still keeping balance. We struggle to keep the different areas of our life together.  We experience life more as a continuous tipping of the scale between opposites – when we focus more on one side, the other side needs attention. When we give attention to one side, then the scale tips again. We struggle with coping skills to keep things “balanced”. We have become “unhealthy” people.

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