Insights

Are you curious about what we do? We offer you insights into our world and that of our clients, provide practical tips and bring you news and topics relating to leadership and change.

from fractures to bridges

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Dual Leadership

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Times of change increase the demands on leadership competencies

Personal Maturity: A Key to Effective Leadership

What matters most is maturity: inner strength, responsibility, and clarity in one’s role.
It is reflected in the ability to recognize opportunities, take responsibility, and maintain the capacity to act – even in small matters.

Alignment vs. Autonomy: Who Bears Responsibility for What

Leadership does not mean providing all the answers, but rather enabling responsibility.
This is achieved through balance: shared goals (alignment) and room for independence (autonomy).

Reflection: The Foundation of Trust

Effective leadership requires reflection. Those who question their own behavior, create transparency, and remain in dialogue build trust – the most important resource in times of change.

Wilma Thomalla

“It is not external circumstances that change life, but internal changes that manifest themselves in life.”

Salzburg Business Run 2025

How can the process of change be approached?

Insight

Change begins with the awareness that something is no longer right. This insight can be unpleasant – but it is the first step towards improvement.

Acceptance

Resistance and emotions are part of the process. Acceptance means accepting reality and taking responsibility without assigning blame.

Action

Recognition and acceptance are the first steps towards implementation: changing habits, making courageous decisions, creating something new. Action is the key to lasting success.

The versatile Mood Wrap

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Neurohacks for a real vacation: because real relaxation begins in the mind and not just on the beach.

Practice micro-breaks, even in everyday life

If you never get to rest in everyday life, you will have a hard time on vacation. Take short, conscious breaks throughout the day. Breathing for 30 seconds, looking at the greenery, letting your shoulders relax – help the nervous system to switch between tension and relaxation. Regeneration doesn’t just happen after two weeks, but in small doses, every day.

Park your thoughts instead of taking them with you

To-dos, ideas, worries: the brain loves open loops. If you want to keep everything in your head, take the whole agenda with you on vacation. Better: create a “thought parking lot” to store important things. This signals to the brain: I’ll deal with it later – now you can let go.

Focus on perception instead of evaluation

Instead of mentally commenting on “What am I doing today?”, it helps to simply perceive: the light, the sound of the waves, your own breath. Perception without judgment activates other networks in the brain and interrupts the constant brooding.