Author: Suzana Grieme

Diana Vreeland, an eccentric fashion editor coined the term “the eye has to travel”, posing that humans need to dream, need to imagine. In a similar sense, sciences poses that “the mind needs to rest as much as it needs to perform”. Here are five, well, six tips for balancing hard work with recovery time.

What is your relationship with power in the professional context? For any CEO or a senior leader, power is the key to getting things done not only when building cars, but in any business and organisation. Most of projects and processes are highly interdependent, and you need to work through others to succeed.

Motivating people for high performance is a key leadership skills for any leader. If you haven’t been able to break the code of motivation yet, here is a simple and effective way to look at motivation with practical strategies for getting the best out of your people, and driving the results.

How do you tend to deal with a crisis? What happens to your emotional, mental and physical state in difficult times? Most CEOs and senior leaders will face a challenge in the course of the careers, or even a single year. Here are the 4 focus points to getting over the hill.

Have you ever fallen victim to fear, doubt and worry despite having all the right skills and know-how to do the job? No matter how skilled you are trying to reach a new level of success requires building mental strength. The case of Andreescu versus Williams.

How do you respond when you lose? Does a failure have to erode your confidence? Real confidence has relatively little to do with what happens to you, and pretty much everything to do with how you think about what happens to you.

If you feel like you’re not exactly where you want to be in your career, evaluate your strengths and choose one where you can stand out; build behaviours to support that strength and three more focus points to consider.

How do you usually respond when faced with a sensitive question? Numerous interviews with highly successful people (3 in the Article) show that most professional approach is to pause and answer within the context.

AI and the complexities of the environment require a new approach to leadership. More than ever leaders need employees who can think for themselves and employees need leaders who inspire them and give them the freedom to be individuals.

What gives you confidence and how do you build it? Building confidence is an on-going process that includes a clear direction, the right skills, ambitious goals and taking the promotion you feel you’re not ready for.