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Summary My mother sent me off with the following advise as I left Finland at the end of our amazing Holiday to my hometown, and the five-days spent in the polar night in the Finnish arctic – know what flames to keep burning in your life, and which ones to let die, or to putContinue reading “It is a New Year 2023 – On flames to nurture and knowing when to quit”

Summary TRIGGER warning for the Holidays! Do we need a trigger warning for the holidays? Today there are trigger warnings at the start of a movie, a book, a workshop, a class in school or college, just to mention a few situations. We have become very tuned in to triggers. What is a trigger? ItContinue reading “December Coaching Calendar – Gift#16: Trigger Warning for the Holidays ( and difficult conversations at work)?”

Summary THANK YOU! Thank you for the more than 1500 downloads / listens to my podcast. The podcast was dormant for eight months, and still you listened to me.   The December Coaching Calendar podcast-series is still going on. Todays’ episode is about success – and jealousy. Why do we feel jealous of others, sometimes evenContinue reading “December Coaching Calendar – Gift #14: Success and Jealousy – why we feel jealous and how we can use it as a powerful motivation to live our best life”

Summary What we can learn from Swedish Fika and the Nordic Lucia tradition on how to create a happier, more engaged, and healthier workplace. Lucia brings light, love and hope in the darkest time of the year in the high north.  She is highly anticipated and Lucia-Day on 12/13 is a joyful celebration.  That bringsContinue reading “December Coaching Calendar – Gift#13: FIKA at work to create a happier, healthier, and more engaged workplace – spread light in darkness like Lucia”

Summary Boss Burnout There is a lot of talk and writing about burnout at work and how we can prevent it from happening on an individual level, and how important the role of leadership and middle management is to create a healthy work culture, and to support their staff so they do not burnout. Often theContinue reading “December Coaching Calendar – Gift #9: On Boss Burnout – How burnout prevention and health and well-being became the buzz words in leadership development”

Summary How to build and keep boundaries is a common coaching topic. Often we explore how we can draw boundaries between work and home -how to set time boundaries. Or, we need relationship boundaries, between you and your leader, or between you, the middle manager, and your team.  Or between friends and family members.  BoundariesContinue reading “December Coaching Calendar – Gift #8: Building beautiful boundaries – to protect me from you, or you from me?”

Summary What are the ingredients in your team soup? Leading a team is like cooking a soup. You need a base, or a broth, and different ingredients and flavors.  How do you want your team soup to taste?  What’s the dominant flavor and the context? Cook your soup from a base of psychological safety andContinue reading “December Coaching Calendar – Gift#5: How to cook a team culture of care – the base and the ingredients matter.”

Summary Like so many others I am following the Football / Soccer World Championship.  I have always enjoyed watching sports, event if I am not a competitive athlete myself.  As a leadership coach I draw inspiration and learning from sports coaching and the athletes themselves. Their life stories, what motivates them to work so hard,Continue reading “December Coaching Calendar – Gift #3: Inspired by a soccer captain who started a book club – on living authentically, lifelong learning and leadership”

Summary This is episode two in my December Coaching Calendar.  This time I share what I’ve learned from my fearless son as he prepared to audition for a talent show,  about taking risks, and not allowing one’s own fears to hold others back.  They are also common topics in my coaching practice.  As leaders weContinue reading “December Coaching Calendar – Gift #2: On auditioning for a talent show, taking risks and letting go in life and leadership”

Summary This is the first of thirty-one December coaching gifts from me to you as we count down to the Holidays and the New Year.  Each day I will give you a brief reflection on a topic that has touched me during the past year.  The purpose is to inspire you to reflect upon yourContinue reading “December Coaching Calendar – Gift #1: Creating space for creativity and change in your busy everyday life”