Are you looking for a way to find meaning in life? Not the meaning of life, but making some sense out of what you do? I am going to try to share my life philosophy with you. If you have read my blog for a while you might be familiar with the illustration I am using today. I made it first for another blog post a while back which you can read here – Since then I have had this graphic as my desktop background, learning to appreciate it every single day as a reminder and map of my life and it makes sense. Read more… »

Today I am going to reflect about my leadership path, as I managed to sidetrack for a while until I got a mental wakeup call (Thank you). I wonder what happened, and I am realizing that I drifted away from my own values as a leader. Or maybe I just haven’t realized how important it is to stay true to myself and really fasten the anchor?
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I have spent the last few days reading a lot of blogs, and I want to share some of my recently discovered gems. There are an unknown numbers of blogs out there, and I discover new great blogs all the time. I have selected five blog posts that I really enjoyed reading this week; they are all “fresh” and recently posted by their authors. Today I want to share what I have found with you.
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I have been married for six years today, and since my wife is in Copenhagen at the moment, I am enjoying a glass of red wine, sending my thoughts her way and updating my blog. Today I have been thinking of mistakes managers do, and have come up with 10 ways to fail as a leader. If you are a leader, good luck the pitfalls are numerous. And to my wife, that have managed to stay married to me for six years. I love you; you are strong, smart and amazing. I am still looking forward to our return to Prague on our 10.th anniversary.

So I spent this evening celebrating and reading blogs, and found “My Job Is…” at Alexander Kjerulf’s blog, resulting in me trying his Google search phrase for fun. And of course I had to try some other, like “My boss is…” resulting in the blog post you are currently reading, hoping one day not to end up in that particular search phrase. Enjoy 10 ways to fail as a leader. (The search result is revealed at the end of this post)

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What makes a great leader? There are a lot of different ingredients to recipes that makes a great leader. As with making food, there is thousands of ways to cook the same dish. Today I want to focus on one single skill, the ability to inspire others. Read more… »

I have been reading about Employee Engagement lately, like this post; What, Really, Is Employee Engagement? From Steve Roesler at Allthingsworkplace.com. This post is great because it includes 8 key drivers of engagement, and other recourses on the topic.

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