Fear of judgementA few years ago my father turned 60 and said:· When I was 20 I was worried about what others would think of me· When I turned 40 I stopped caring about what others would think of me· Now I realize that nobody was ever thinking about me that much 😂I can’t go back in time and explain to my teenage self (left picture) that nobody cares about those pimples; but I don’t have to wait until I’m 60 to realize that people are too busy with their own lives. They don’t have time to really think about me.Some ideas to battle our fear of judgment:✔ you are your biggest critic - minimize that weight✔ it’s impossible to be liked by everyone at all times✔ we can’t control what people think✔ switch the focus of your energy: from outside to inside✔ move from vulnerability to capability✔ reduce the judgements you make or radically stop judging others (best option)✔ use LinkedIn as a fitness center to fight the insecurity about what you are going to sayAgree?My dad is a genius 😍

When leaders behave like coaches, creativity and collaboration replace fear and blame. A coaching leader reminds all team members that none of us is as smart as all of us.Old habits like commanding and controlling are archaic and inefficient. They are being replaced with trust. Coaching is emotional intelligence in practice and a mechanism of transformation.A coaching leadership style delivers the highest level of performance and self-responsibility. Instead of weakness, problems or past actions, it focuses on strengths, solutions and future success.The good news is: coaching is a skill that can be learned 👊. Anyone can learn how to be a coaching leader.Have a great day!

Transformation is hard.It is about embracing the unknown with an optimistic view of the final outcome. It’s about being ready to fail and recover as many times as necessary.But we can make it fun 🌼.Since I started my coaching and transformational journey I am enjoying the processes of:✔ Reviewing my values and purpose✔ Getting more specific about my personal goals✔ Following my intuition✔ Metamorphosis✔ Learning to reflect from past successes and failures✔ Challenging myself and leaving my comfort zone“When we give ourselves permission to fail, we, at the same time, give ourselves permission to excel.” - Eloise RistadAnd who knows? Transformation might give you the chance to do something you love 👊.

“Being a good coach” came on top of a very long list when Google launched a companywide internal review to establish what made an effective leader in 2013. The millenian generation desires coaching by their managers.The perception of being assisted by a coach has changed over the years and being a coachee is not seeing as an indication of weakness anymore. Nowadays it shows the support of the employer to the person; executive leaders are usually the ones with access to coaching. The company hires a coach to help senior corporate players navigate the complex situations of their roles.The young generation is very aware of the importance of coaching and is starting to crave for that investment at earlier stages. A coach can also help to ease the transition into a first-time leadership role and support the new manager on the “people issues” as the article says.No matter at what stage of your career you are, everyone needs a coach! It’s a matter of time that companies realize this too.

October 01st. 2020: 10 years ago, I started at EF Education First. Since then, I have been given many opportunities to learn and grow. EF has helped me to become what I am at present. Yesterday was may last day with the company! Above all, I feel privileged to have worked with such inspiring, talented and fun people. I want to express my gratitude to everyone who have helped me learn; to those who have shared their best practices and mentored me and those whom I travelled with - both to my teams in the markets and Zurich... A massive THANK YOU for making this an incredible journey. I'm looking forward to the next chapter in my career. Stay tuned, but mainly, stay in touch!

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In times of change and uncertainty, the most effective leadership model is based on coaching. Coaching includes listening as a foundation. The wise leader recognizes that none of us is smarter than all of us. Listening cultivates collaboration.“People will support what they help to create" jack Stack, the Great Game of Business.Yes, powerful coaching is about ownership. However it is easy to fall into a misconception that coaching is just questioning or deep empathy or just listening. While you can't coach effectively without those things, there's more to the story.Here are 3 key findings on how to become a better coach and help your team to find a steady business direction in the times of crisis.

• Cultivate Collaboration: Take recommendations instead of making them. Listen to customers and find out where they are, right now. Sticking to yesterday’s playbook isn’t the way to win the game. Who is it that you haven’t heard from in a while, and what might they be able to share that could help you to move forward, right now?
• Stop Giving Advice - Give This Instead: the best coaches ask the best questions. Why? Because if your team doesn’t see it for themselves, they don’t own it.
• Simplify and Solve: the philosopher William Irwin said that the secret to great leadership was learning to use 10 minutes well. Spending 10 minutes looking at desired outcomes, and why they matter, can be a very intelligent decision.

GOODBYE POST10 years ago, I started at EF Education First. Since then, I have been given many opportunities to learn and grow. EF has helped me to become what I am at present. Yesterday was may last day with the company! Above all, I feel privileged to have worked with such inspiring, talented and fun people. I want to express my gratitude to everyone who have helped me learn; to those who have shared their best practices and mentored me and those whom I travelled with - both to my teams in the markets and Zurich... A massive THANK YOU for making this an incredible journey. I'm looking forward to the next chapter in my career. Stay tuned, but mainly, stay in touch!

I wanted to better support one of my clients, so I went through my favorite coaching book , The Fertile Void. It is for coaches who are willing to apply Gestalt to the world of executive coaching but there is a universal premise for everyone:✔ Change occurs when you become who you are. Not when you try to be what you are not.In my corporate job I thought I was honest and authentic and that therefore I was true to myself. But I wasn´t. I wanted to change and improve so badly that in that effort I was blocking creativity to bring more productive change.Stop criticizing and limiting yourself. Accept who you are and be more the same. That´s the first step for transformation. 👊Accepting who you are will open all possibilities for change!

Resilience

December, 2020

With governments announcing new measures to curb the rise of new cases everywhere, it seems that we will all have significant opportunities to build resilience as we finish this crazy 2020 and start the next year.

A key element to build resilience is persistence; we need to train our “mental muscle of resilience” as we train our physical muscles. As we need hills to climb to increase our biking resistance, we need adverse circumstances to train our capacity to bounce back stronger.

We should look at our current struggles as an opportunity to become more resilient.

I tried to use this approach yesterday morning when I had to bike uphill to get home after my training. The truth is it didn't quite work as it's a very steep and unfriendly hill 😂. But has my biking resistance improved since I started road biking two years ago? BIG TIME 😊!

“Fall seven times. Stand up eight.” – (Japanese Proverb) It doesn’t matter how many times that you fall. All that matters is that you get back up again and keep moving forward.