If there is one thing in the world that really terrifies me, it is war. My entire generation grew up in Poland between the official communist propaganda, showing the Second World War as a combination of the country’s heroism and martyrdom, and rare personal accounts of traumatic, near-death war experiences from family members. I remember […]
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Question never asked Throughout my career, I have sat at dozens of recruitments, both as the recruiter and as a candidate. I have been introduced to my new jobs and introduced others to theirs. I have evaluated my subordinates and have been evaluated as a staff member. I have completed management and leadership courses and
What do you mean, “responsibility”? Read More »
COVID-19 and leaders’ freedom to choose Last spring, when the COVID -19 pandemic was unfolding, I was speaking to a leader in an international organization. Let us call him Richard here. He was concerned about the coronavirus spread, economic recession prospects, and the inability of leaders to act based on facts and in the spirit
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“What are you taking away as a leader from all this,” asked Susan, the coach of Valcoach.ch, as the COVID year 2020 was drawing to a close. I thought I knew. Towards the end of the year, I gathered my teams to reflect on their work during the pandemic months. I asked them what they
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Nothing will be the same in our organizations after the coronavirus pandemic. Not in the coming years, perhaps not in decades. Acknowledging this is our chance for better, more responsible leadership.
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It begins innocently. You hear about the coronavirus epidemic in Wuhan, and shortly after in the whole of China. But it’s far away, it has nothing to do with your organization. Then other countries, closer to home, begin reporting cases. Numbers grow faster and faster. Your employee comes back from winter holidays abroad and the
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A group of internationals visited medical labs in hospitals around a post-war country. It was the beginning of the 21 century, yet they only saw a couple of very old optical microscopes. They were appalled, and decided to act. With generous donor funding, they bought tens of scanning probe microscopes. They organized ceremonial public handover
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