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The incredible journey of Ernest Shackleton aboard the Endurance, revisited by American author Patrick Lencioni in The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, offers powerful insights for today’s business leaders.

Work performance and productivityface new challenges in the digital age. The world of work has undergone a radical change in recent years, and the summer months are no longer an exception.

The Rolling Stones just started their new world tour in St. Louis, Missouri, but they’re no longer the Stones of old. A few weeks back, the great Charlie Watts, the band’s iconic drummer for over 50 years, passed away. Since then, a lot has been written...

Organizations and their leaders must manage both their own emotions and those of others in different ways. It used to be that they could do this in successive steps, but now they have to manage everyone’s emotions at once. Managing emotions is one of the...

In the post-pandemic business world, meaningful relationships are your main competitive advantage. I think leaders have a lot to learn from rock bands. Last year, a few months after the start of the pandemic, I went to a Die Toten Hosen concert. Two...