https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXu8MkEzWX8 „The successful leader must be willing to assume responsibility for the mistakes and the shortcomings of his followers. If he tries to shift this responsibility, he will not remain the leader. If one of his followers makes a mistake, and shows himself incompetent, the leader must consider that it is he who failed.“ – […]
“Be persistent no matter how slowly you may, at first, have to move. With persistence will come success. (…) There is no substitute for persistence! Remember this, and it will hearten you, in the beginning, when the going may seem difficult and slow. Those who have cultivated the habit of persistence seem to enjoy insurance […]
“Effectiveness, in other words, is a habit; that is, a complex of practices. And practices can always be learned. Practices are simple, deceptively so. But practices are always exceedingly hard to do well. They have to be acquired, as we all learn the multiplication table; that is, repeated ad nauseam until “6×6=36” has become unthinking, […]
“The aim of education is to enable individuals to continue their education” – John Dewey, Democracy and Education During a summer lunch, a good friend of mine shared with me all his frustration. Despite years of experience in his job, he never got the opportunity to participate at management meetings or present in front of […]
“Just as nature takes every obstacle, every impediment, and works around it—turns it to its purposes, incorporates it into itself—so, too, a rational being can turn each setback into raw material and use it to achieve its goal.” — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Resilience is a well-known concept among expats. During the lunches with my Indian […]
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe once said: “There are two things parents should give their children: roots and wings.” …and what about leaders? Lunch breaks have always been a good moment of my day. In my corporate years, I sometimes had lunch on my own, reflecting about life or reading in a cosy cafe. When I […]
So many times I hear the question.. “Giulia..coach..of what?” 🙂 Coaching is different than mentoring, counseling ..and it’s not therapy. So…what is coaching? 🙂
Un mio amico qualche anno fa a Natale mi dice: “ormai non sei né carne né pesce”. Uhm. E allora chi sono? In Italia mi chiamano “la tedesca”, in Germania sono l’italiana, in altri continenti sono semplicemente europea. L’identitá nazionale, strano concetto. Ci ho riflettuto molto in questi anni all’estero. Ho scoperto ad esempio che […]
Every time I took a courageous step in my life, at the beginning I felt lost and I had so many questions and doubts. However, each time, from a certain point of the new journey on, I felt the power of choosing with my heart and following my intuition. I noticed that the more I […]
Se domani lasciassi la Germania dopo 8 anni, questa sarebbe la mia lettera di addio 🙂 Molto spesso solo nel momento in cui davvero si parte, ci si ferma a guardare indietro e si riconoscono tutte le cose che ci hanno segnato di un periodo all’estero, e che per sempre saranno parte di noi. Un […]
