The Polarities Between Business and People Needs in 2023 

And how to manage it to a peaceful resolution. Within the last years, we had the opportunity to encounter two phenomena: the “great resignation” and the “layoffs.” I would only dare to provide my thoughts and analysis of the situation based on my observations as a People & Culture professional: we are experiencing an existential …

Quietly Powerful Leadership by Megumi Miki

Today I attended an insightful webinar session with Megumi Miki on Quietly Powerful Leadership, organized by Facet5 Ltd. Here are a few insights that have resonated with me so strongly 🌿 Historically we are biased towards assertive, aggressive, and loud leadership. It comes from the earlier ages when military leadership was there to protect us and …

A memo to newly hired leaders

Throughout my practice in managing people in fast-growing organizations, I have seen how teams are built, company cultures shaped and transformed.  One of the most common hires that are made on the scale-up stage is a VP, C-level hire, someone who had already successfully built something that we are about to build with our young …

Establishing Creative Teams

I think most of you will agree that creativity is essential in every business. Sometimes when we think of it briefly, we associate creativity with marketing, design, architecture, and art. But further thinking about creativity leads us to conclusions that even in more administrative functions like accounting there is also room for a creative mind. …

Happiness in the Workplace: Using PxP formula to create healthy teams

The highest priority I am usually hearing from managers in terms of developing their teams is building a high performing culture, creating teams and dynamics with a strong focus on results, and a good track record in deliveries. But could we really build long term success without creating an environment that makes people comfortable and, …