A few months ago, I had two particularly tough days in a row, dealing with moderately difficult tasks and very difficult people. In one case, I was mediating the signing of a large contract. The subject
Last week, I held my first performance evaluation meeting of the year with myself, and I had a look on my annual and mid-term goals. My list includes various goals related to personal life, learning, health, and of course, work
In recent weeks I got more and more tasks, and after a relatively calm period, I found myself back in the rat race. Near the return of time constraints and the need for strict planning to be in the right place at the right time, the constant underlying tension, which I hadn't missed
I have been thinking about this topic for more than a decade now, always referred to under the working title "Three Deaths," based on Lev Tolstoy's collection of short stories, "Three Deaths"
When I took over the management of the company, the beginning was very tough, working six days a week, for many hours each day. Something had to change. The next step was to have a look on the decision-making process
When I took over the management of the company, the beginning was tough - working six days a week, long hours. I was frustrated and tired, and began to think about how much time I could gain in a week by returning certain tasks
When I took over the management of the company, the beginning was tough - working six days a week, long hours, trying to understand everything, learn, and make the right decisions. I was tense
Being a leader always reminds me of an old movie, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. The workload is enormous, the goal is far away, and even though there are supporters, family members, friends with whom you can share problems, somehow you are still alone
I remember when I was part of a large organization, at the beginning of each year, we'd gather to set our annual goals, documenting them in Workday, and we reviewed what we've achieved in June and at the year-end. The system theoretically worked quite well
I recently caught up with an old colleague and mentioned to him that I seem to be slowly overcoming my mid-life crisis, a period I found challenging. He sympathetically responded, acknowledging the difficulty of such experiences and expressing hope that I had received help
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