Coaching
“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 […]
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 […]
