Organizations in times of change
Are you ready for the liquid state? There is a crucial difference between change and transformation. While change is more linear and serves to optimize existing processes or structures, transformation is much more profound and…
Patrizia Patz4 Essential Aspects for Avoiding Stress and Burnout
With regard to a new way of working there is one topic which many employees wish to change. It is the topic of stress and burnout. It cannot be denied that stress at work is…
Nicola Neumann-MangoldtOrganizational Resilience: How Fulfilled and Inspired are Your Employees?
Today more people are working in bureaucratic organizations than ever before. Between 1983 and 2014, the number of managers, supervisors and other employees in higher positions in the U.S. workforce grew by 90%. A similar…
Nicola Neumann-MangoldtWhose Life are You Living? – About linear and nonlinear life plans
Have you ever consciously asked yourself whose life you are actually living? Many people oftentimes answer rather quickly “Mine, of course!” Yet, it is still worth questioning this answer. We often think that it is…
Nicola Neumann-MangoldtStagnancy or Change? – The Challenge of Escaping the Old.
A very well known proverb from Heraklit of Ephesus (approx. 540 – 480 B.C.) says: “Nothing is as solid as change.” Very wise words that still have validity. That we live in times of rapid…
Nicola Neumann-MangoldtThe Magical Impact of Appreciation
Outside in nature the first snowdrops slowly awake and announce the new season of the flourishing spring. How would it be for you if you could also plant fruitful seeds, which allow your relationship to…
Nicola Neumann-Mangoldt7 Steps to Get Out of Resignation
Recently I saw a short speech of Matt Damon, the famous US actor. In his speech he analogously said „The government thinks that civil disobedience is the problem. But this is not our problem. Our…
Nicola Neumann-MangoldtThe 3 Essential Components for Evolution
Recently a movement gains speed, which deals with new ways of working and new organizational structures. Around the globe there are more and more people and initiatives pursuing the vision of establishing a new and…
Nicola Neumann-MangoldtNeediness versus Necessity in Relationship
Relationships are well known for conflict potential. This is naturally based on the fact that two people with different background, education, experiences and opinions come together. It is rather unlikely that two people think the…
Nicola Neumann-MangoldtThe context determines what is possible
Why new management or leadership tools are often ineffective Many companies and organizations find themselves at a point right now, where familiar methods, which used to work well in the past, happen to not work…
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