Thoughts from practice: what really occupies leaders today — and what works. The posts originate on LinkedIn; here they stay.
A note in English. Some pieces are available in English; the rest are currently published in German. Below you'll find short English summaries of all twenty-one — enough to give you a flavor of how I think. If a particular piece resonates and you'd like to read the full text, send me a short email and I'll happily share an English version with you.
You can also follow the series on LinkedIn — most posts go up there first.
A topic leaves the table — not with a counter-argument, but with a tone of voice. On taboos in leadership teams, and the one AI question that is not being asked.
Read the full piece →The IT manager has eighteen slides. Everyone nods. And in the coffee break a team lead quietly asks what had no place in the meeting.
Read the full piece →A leader recently asked me: “Will you be replaced by AI in five years?” On what changes — and what stays.
Read the full piece →Seven people, a first AI workshop, ten minutes of silence. Why the first question shouldn't be “which use cases?”.
Read the full piece →Hong Kong, 1994. A restaurant in Wan Chai. A “yes” that wasn't a yes. How a Dim Sum lunch taught me the most important thing about leading across cultures.
Read the full piece →Singapore, 1997. 38°C, 90 percent humidity. 120 people from six nations, 45 roofs in two years — and three lessons that still guide me today.
Read the full piece →Monday, 7 a.m., large construction site. Three days of rain. The schedule slips. What the best site foremen know about leadership.
Read in German →A Tuesday. A phone call between two appointments. She was offered a division head role — and something in her said no.
Read in German →6:45 a.m., ICU, shift change. Twenty minutes for twelve lives. What leadership in a clinic teaches about leadership in a company.
Read in German →A leadership team has just integrated ChatGPT. Half is enthusiastic, the other half unsettled. On what AI changes — and what it doesn't.
Read the full piece →Wednesday of the second week, seven days after kickoff — the moment change projects die. Not with a bang, but with silence.
Read in German →After the town hall, Martin is alone in his office. On the quiet aloneness of decisions you can never fully tell anyone.
Read in German →Excellent specialists turn into frustrated managers — because leadership is the only career path. That has to change.
Read in German →The best people leave quietly. No drama, no ultimatum. The question isn't why they leave — it's why we don't listen.
Read in German →Two weeks of holiday, everything runs. Relief — and then the quiet unease. Why being dispensable isn't a problem, it's your greatest success.
Read in German →Half of all leaders feel unsure about AI. The dangerous thing isn't the uncertainty — it's the silence.
Read the full piece →Six out of twelve leaders had errors their boss didn't know about. How error culture is created in a single moment.
Read in German →Lisa is done at half past three and leaves. Markus stays until 5:45. Who gets the better reputation? And what that says about our systems.
Read in German →A shift leader leads excellently for two hours. And doesn't know it. A story about leadership we overlook.
Read in German →Ten minutes of conversation accomplished more than nine months of conflict management. Because one single question opened the room.
Read in German →In the time-out, what counts isn't the analysis of the last 28 minutes. It's the one question that brings the team itself to the solution.
Read in German →Seven words that prevent more change than any crisis. How standstill disguises itself as experience.
Read in German →What a handball coach knows about leadership, and why the difference between the stands and the field changes everything.
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