Our thoughts on leadership
What we are passionate about.
Mastering your Inner Story
MindsetWhen I was 15, my dad told me I should be playing for the girl’s national team. “You are definitely good enough.” I objected fiercely: “Are you kidding? Those girls are awesome. I don’t belong in that league!” Just playing my beloved football was enough...
Would I choose to follow you?
Leaders do not exist without followers.A definition often used to differentiate between managers and leaders is to say that managers rely on positional power, while leaders attract followers. I often use a simple mental exercise when listening to people: I ask...
The Heart of Prioritizing
Opening The year is off to a great start. With renewed energies from a well-deserved break and all good intentions to #prioritize, we started 2019. Soon, the volume of emails, requests, phone calls, SMS and WhatsApp messages start reaching crescendo levels and...
Are you happy at work?
What makes you happy at work? Many people answer that the work itself should be meaningful and satisfying, and the work culture should include collaborative colleagues and inspiring leaders. So, if your work creates value and your contribution is valued, then you are...
Trust and the end of command and control
I still remember quite vividly that day. Someone trying to discredit me in front of others for the way I was leading my team. “I asked to a person reporting to Stefano” — it was told to others — “<Who’s your boss?> And you know what that person...
Planting Winning Habits
As a coach and trainer, it’s great to be able to help people out. So nice, in fact, that sometimes it acts as a perfect distraction for myself not to put those same tools to use in my own life which I so frequently share with my clients. Like building new habits. One...
Why Agile Transformations often fail
(Or: the surprising things in common between coaching and Agile / Lean) If you are in the software world or if your company has even a tiny unit that develops any software (which might be the case for pretty much any company out there) you should have heard about...
Adopting a coaching-based approach in leadership
Today we hear the words “coach” and “coaching” in a multitude of settings – in sports, fitness, wellness, career development, finances, life in general and business. Sports is indeed one source from where the term coaching stems. However, assuming a coaching-approach...
What the heck is coaching
Few weeks ago I started a new coaching journey with a coachee. The first thing I had to make sure was to set the expectations right and to explain what coaching is and what coaching isn’t because setting expectations is everything. What coaching isn’t Coaching...