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The Most Revealing Sentence a Leader Can Say
“Can recruiting send me three juniors for Project Delta?” I still remember sitting in a recruiting meeting when one partner said exactly that. Not because he needed people – but because of how he spoke about them. The sentence reminded me less of building a team than of ordering supplies. “I need three pallets of water in aisle four.” “I need three graduates for Project Delta.” Different words. The same structure. It made me wonder: When do people stop seeing individuals and start seeing headcount? The strange thing is this: I have never met a graduate who wanted to be treated as interchangeable. We all wanted someone to see us,…
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How to Kill Your Career in Five Easy Ways
Over the last almost 20 years in consulting, I have seen careers accelerate faster than anyone expected. I have also seen careers stall, drift, and quietly disappear. The interesting part is that most careers are not destroyed by one dramatic mistake. More often, they are shaped by small decisions, repeated over time. The thoughts below are based on my own observations and experiences. They are neither universal truths nor a complete guide to career success. But if your goal is to limit your opportunities, slow down your growth, and make promotion increasingly unlikely, these five approaches are a surprisingly reliable place to start. 1. Become Reliably Average If you really…
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Leading Large-Scale Transformation: What Changes When Size Changes
In a world of quick wins and small agile projects, the principles of leadership often feel familiar: clear direction, open communication, accountability, trust. They serve us well when our team is a handful of people—three, five, ten. But what happens when your scope becomes hundreds, your stage becomes an entire programme, your team becomes a network of teams? When the scale grows, you don’t abandon your leadership values — you amplify and adapt them. You still stand for: we do what we say, we say what we do, we communicate openly, we deliver on commitments. But you must recognise: a large-scale transformation isn’t a project with more people. It’s a…
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Grace Over Games: Leading the Person Who Tries to Undermine You
You’re in charge. A new team member joins. They shake your hand, smile, nod—and then proceed to ignore everything you say. At first, it’s subtle. A deadline slightly missed. A different format than the one you asked for. Small things, and maybe you think: “They’re just finding their feet.” You give it time. But soon, the pattern sharpens. In meetings, they talk over you. They change decisions behind your back. Their tone is passive-aggressive. To your face, they’re pleasant—but the results tell another story. You sense it. Others sense it too. And you ask yourself: What is going on here? And more dangerously: Did I do something wrong? Let’s pause…
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Who is your heir?
While doing a career we can be so focussed on our own success that we hardly think of the next generation. But this one-way-street thinking incorporates the risk of missing valuable support along your career journey. This support comes two-fold: first of all, you need people who fill in your position once you move on to your next step. And secondly, a hungry next generation pushes you to progress as it generates a healthy competition that ensures that you don’t become lazy (which you don’t want to become anyway). Ideally, this next generation is part of your network and wants to see you bloom as you want to see them…
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How to start a career in times of crisis
This episode is dedicated to students and young professionals who are looking to get a job in a hard job market. Whilst the jobs are limited, there are still some things, you can do to raise the relevance of your bio, esp. for consulting companies.
