Mistrust is the only tax rate that is decided and paid voluntarily by people who maintain it. The formula goes like that: Produced success minus energy spent on politics minus time spent on hidden agenda minus being scared minus being cynical minus complaining time minus dirty tactics minus producing fake news minus being sorry for ourselves minus many more value destroying things that you can think of… = much less or no success at all. Organizations based on trust are different...

We don’t do change just for fun. We do change for more success. Success over time. And when we go through different phases, we typically see two extreme reactions in out teams: one that is pushing the change because they believe the success and the other one that is defending the old by using different tricks to slow it slow it down or to even stop it. Let's look at those different phases and different reactions in detail...

There is an proverb that I have seen last year in La Spezia in Italy. It says: When you dream a dream alone, it will remain just a dream. When we dream a dream together, it will become a reality. But it is not only about a dream becoming reality, it is also about going together through the change curve. Especially when you are in the valley of disappointment, when we have doubts and nobody to talk to. When we maybe need to carry some guys to the last mile because they need our energy to finish. And finally, you want to be a team of winners. Because a winners team attracts new talents, customers or partners. And it also puts your image out there that everybody is just proud of. Everybody wants to carry it on a t-shirt to show: Hey, I belong to this team! It is not given and it is a hard work to reach the highest level of unity. I have experienced 4 maturity levels in different organizations. Let me share those with you...

If you are forced to do things differently, it is a challenge. If the old way of doing business doesn’t work well anymore, it is a challenge. If your routines of managing, communicating or interacting with your clients, within the team or with your partners or suppliers are not competitive any more, it is a challenge. Every NEW is a challenge to the OLD and to those who hang on to it. And they hang on to the old because it was successful so far. So, what is the best way to face this challenge?

When I talk about the change with executives, I hear complaints: It is too slow! All teams still work in silos! They don’t buy it! There is no Pull! I need to push all the times! Then, with a spark in their eyes, they say: I wish I had a magic change button. You know, like back then when I was a kid. We all believed we can be super heroes and we can do magic things. And we did. We had fun and we felt like we can conquer the world. Do you remember those times, too? In fact, children all over the world, across countries, cultures and religions are like that . They all believe in magic and they believe in their own magical power. Only at the age of 7, it starts to diminish . They see more risks and obstacles around, and they have a hard time to believe that they can do amazing things . This - lost - magic is what makes the magic change button work...

A storm is an opportunity when the distructive wind becomes a wind of change.

Each of us has many dimensions so each of us represents diversity in itself.

No matter what you do, the reason for your doing is in the outcome. And everybody can see it.

Freedom is granted by trust and accepted with accountybility. Control is a work around in case of mistrust.

Rationals and emotions are the two guardrails on the leadership motorway.

Growth is not a straight line. It's a labyrinth.

In every bad there is good. Turning bad into good is possible.

Champions focus on the goal not on the followers or competition.

Becoming a team: from against each other, beside each other, with eachother to for each other.

Celebrating the start populates the cemetery of good ideas. Running to the end makes the winners.

There is no profit AND loss statement. There is only the profit OR loss statement.

The core of trUSt is US. Trust is a teamwork.

Sometimes going safe is going risky.

There is a difference in talking the walk and walking the talk.

Demand is never a problem. Supply is. The good news is, it is in your hands.

You are who you are for a reason. Don't optimize it away.

Tomorrow is the same for everybody. Today you decide what it will be for you.

An OR produces losers. An AND produces winners. The NEW roots in the AND.

What would be your job, if you would't have to pay any bills?

If income makes you happy, trust is your net and mistrust are the taxes you have decided to pay.

Goals setting is 50% of winning.

A fence is an 80% ladder. Turning it up is the 20% of your effort.

The last mile of any process is always outside of your company, at the customer's side.

The longer and stronger the lever, the higher the distance needs to be.

The benefit of great leadership in technology