The Leadership Shift: From Overwhelmed to Empowered.

Leadership can feel like a lonely and exhausting journey.

You might be:
• Putting out fires instead of focusing on strategic impact.
• Navigating cultural dynamics in a team that doesn’t quite gel.
• Feeling like you have to "perform" rather than lead authentically.

I coach executives and teams to turn these challenges into leadership strengths by focusing on emotional intelligence, psychological safety, and effective leadership habits.

With over 25 years of experience across 30+ countries, I’ve supported leaders at Cisco, Oracle, Salesforce, BNP Paribas, and ambitious startups navigating hypergrowth. 

Whether you’re scaling fast or feeling stuck, I help you:
• Lead with clarity and confidence, even in uncertain times.
• Build cohesive, high-performing teams across cultures and continents.
• Reconnect with your authentic leadership style and your purpose - so it feels good and performs even better.

The result? Less stress, more impact.
Stronger teams, stronger leaders.

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A 20-minute walk can fix what 2 hours of scrolling never will.

We treat walking as “just transport” or “lite exercise.”
But walking might be the single most underrated act of self-care.

➤ For your health:
Walking lowers blood pressure, slashes heart disease risk by up to 30%, and boosts your immune system.
That’s like erasing a decade of bad habits with your shoes.

➤ For your brain:
Harvard measured it: walking sparks creativity by 60%.
Einstein did it. Jobs built Apple on it.
Coincidence? No. Movement fuels ideas.

If you enjoy evidence-based insights like this, follow me here on LinkedIn. 
I share simple ways to protect your health, mind, and leadership energy each week.

➤ For yourself:
Walking is meditation in motion. Problems shrink. Priorities rearrange. That email fight suddenly looks… less important.
Last week I solved a client brief halfway through a walk to the bakery. No laptop required.

➤ For your sanity:
Step out angry, come back lighter. Shoulders drop. Breathing deepens. The noise inside finally quiets.

So lace up. Today, go outside.

Don’t just walk for health.
Walk with someone you love.
Walk when the news is too much.
Walk when the house feels too quiet.
Walk for heartbreak, for hope, for grieving, for gratitude.
Walk with your worries until they get bored and leave you behind.

This isn’t just movement.
It’s medicine. Clarity. Self-compassion.

And remember:
A walk is not “time wasted.” → It’s time invested.
A walk is not “taking a break.” → It’s taking control.
A walk is not “doing nothing.” → It’s doing everything your body and brain are begging you to do.

Next time you’re stuck, spiralling, or snapping at people you love…
Don’t open another app.
Open the door.

Because sometimes the best gym, therapy, and strategy session… is the same walk.

Go walk it out. Your future self will thank you.

When was the last time a walk gave you clarity you didn’t expect? 👇
Not sure?
Prove it: take a 20-minute walk today, then tell me what shifted. 👇

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Motivation is a scam.
Here’s what actually builds a breakthrough career...

When things get hard,
it’s not motivation that pulls you through.
It’s mindset.

These 12 shifts are the difference between staying stuck and breaking through.
They’ve helped my clients push past burnout, doubt, and fear,
and keep showing up anyway.

Inspired by @visualhustles and adapted from what I’ve seen work in real coaching sessions.

Save this.
You’ll need it when things get tough.

The 12 proven mindset shifts that changed everything for my clients:

1. Discipline Trumps Motivation
↳ Motivation fades. Systems don't.
↳ Champions show up regardless of feelings
→ Build routines that work even on your worst days

2. Compete With Yesterday's You
↳ Stop comparing sideways
↳ Focus on being 1% better than before
→ That's where sustainable growth happens

3. Hard Choices = Easy Life
↳ Comfort today = struggle tomorrow
↳ Each "easy" skip compounds into future pain
→ Choose temporary discomfort for long-term ease

4. Dream Big, Start Tiny
↳ Break massive goals into micro-actions
↳ One paragraph > one book
→ Small, consistent steps create extraordinary results

5. Choose Your Thoughts
↳ You're not your thoughts
↳ But you choose which ones to entertain
→ Ask: "Is this thought serving my growth?"

6. Failure = Tuition
↳ Every "overnight" success has years of unseen failures
↳ Each setback teaches something valuable
→ You're not failing; you're collecting data

7. Consistency Beats Intensity
↳ Marathons > Sprints
↳ Sustainable effort compounds
→ Focus on systems you can maintain for years

8. Zoom Out When Stuck
↳ Today's crisis is tomorrow's footnote
↳ Will this matter in 5 years?
→ Perspective shifts reveal new solutions

9. Inaction Is the Only Failure
↳ Missing the shot isn't failure
↳ Not taking it is
→ Action creates opportunities

10. Done > Perfect
↳ Perfectionism is procrastination in disguise
↳ You can't edit a blank page
→ Start before you're "ready"

11. Ideas Are Common
↳ Execution is rare
↳ Bridge the knowing-doing gap
→ One imperfect action beats 100 perfect plans

12. Setbacks Are Setups
↳ Obstacles reveal hidden opportunities
↳ Challenges force innovation
→ Your biggest setback often precedes your breakthrough

Your mindset isn't just how you think.
It's how you interpret challenges, approach growth, and define what's possible.

#3 and #7 are my favourite ones.

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12 mindset shifts that transform your career

Your brain isn’t broken.
It’s just over-rewarded.

We live in a world where pleasure is always on tap:
📱 Scroll
🍫 Snack
🛒 Buy
🎥 Watch
💬 Check messages
🔁 Repeat

Dr Anna Lembke (Author of Dopamine Nation) explains it well:
pleasure and pain share the same system.
It works like a seesaw.

Every time you slam it with a big dopamine hit
Your brain compensates by pushing you back with the opposite:

➡️ Irritability
➡️ Anxiety
➡️ Restlessness
➡️ “Nothing feels fun anymore”

Not weakness.
Just biology.

Here’s the protocol I’d actually use (simple, not easy):

1) Pick ONE dopamine bully

Not everything. Not your whole life.

Just one thing that has you in a chokehold:
scrolling, sugar, porn, shopping, booze, gaming, constant work, email refreshing  (yes, that’s a thing)

If you’re thinking “it’s fine, I can stop anytime”…
Perfect. Prove it.

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2) Do a reset window (start with 7 days)

Dr Anna Lembke often speaks about a longer break (even 30 days) helping reset reward pathways but start realistic. 
7 days of clean distance from the one behaviour.

No “just a little”.
That’s not a reset. That’s bargaining.

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3) Add friction (self-binding)

Make the bad habit annoying:
✅ Delete the app
✅ Block websites
✅ Log out every time
✅ Put your phone in another room
✅ Don’t keep trigger-food at home

Willpower is unreliable.
Friction is undefeated.

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4) When cravings hit, add “healthy pain”

This is the counterintuitive part:
If pleasure tipped the seesaw too far,
You rebalance by doing something mildly uncomfortable on purpose:

20 squats.
Cold shower.
Brisk walk.
Tidy for 5 minutes.
Write the hard email.
2 minutes slow breathing.

Not punishment.
Restoration.

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5) Practise “urges are waves”
Most urges peak and pass.
They feel endless, but they’re not.

Try this:
“I don’t have to obey this feeling. I just have to watch it.”
Give it 10 minutes.

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6) Re-learn boring pleasure

Your dopamine system heals when you return to simple rewards:
☀️ sunlight, 😴 sleep, 🥘 real food, 🚶‍♀️movement, 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 connection, 📚 deep focus, 
🎶 music without multitasking

At first it feels underwhelming.
That’s withdrawal from easy highs.
Then it starts feeling good again.
That’s the point!

Litmus test:
If you can’t imagine a week without it, it’s not a habit. It’s dependency with better branding.

Start today.
Pick your dopamine bully.
Create friction.
Hold the line for 7 days.

Feel the difference.
Then repeat 4 times (to reach the 30 days recommended by Dr Lembke)

Your future focus will thank you.
And your nervous system will stop acting like a meerkat on espresso.

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Talent opens doors. 
Habits keep them open.

I’ve coached hundreds of leaders, founders, and top executives across 30+ countries.
You know what separates the ones who rise from the ones who stall?

It’s not IQ.
It’s not fancy titles.
It’s not having a secret network or a golden degree.

It’s the choices you make when no one’s watching.
The little, unsexy, invisible things you do.
Consistently.

Because here’s the truth:
Success isn’t about talent.
It’s about behaviours anyone can choose.

Here are 12 things that take ZERO talent and yet change everything:

1️⃣ Getting sh*t done → Ideas don’t move the world. Actions do.
2️⃣ Having integrity → If people can’t trust you, nothing else matters.
3️⃣ Keeping your word → Broken promises cost more than broken strategies.
4️⃣ Showing up on time → Being late silently screams, “My time matters more than yours.”
5️⃣ Bringing solutions, not problems → Complaining is free. Creating value isn’t.
6️⃣ Bringing good energy → Energy is contagious. Make yours worth catching.
7️⃣ Being coachable → You can’t grow if you already know everything.
8️⃣ Cheering for others’ wins → Your light doesn’t dim when someone else shines.
9️⃣ Making others feel heard → People don’t remember your words; they remember how you made them feel.
🔟 Asking how you can help → Leadership starts when service does.
1️⃣1️⃣ Finishing what you start → Half-built bridges lead nowhere.
1️⃣2️⃣ Staying humble → Arrogance blinds. Curiosity scales.

Here’s the kicker:
Every single one of these costs nothing.
No degree required.
No title needed.
Just choices. 
Every. 
Single. 
Day.

And yet, they’re rare.
Because they require something talent can’t buy: intention.

Remember:
Talent may open the first door.
Habits keep doors opening.

Which one from the list are you missing out? 👇

Try this:
Pick that one today. 
Practice it like a habit.
Watch how your impact compounds in ways talent never could.

Your next big leap isn’t in your CV.
It’s in the choices you make when no one’s looking.

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Most companies hire for skill.
The smart ones hire for character.
Because only character makes skills count.

After working with hundreds of leaders and teams across 30 countries, one thing became clear:
It’s never the most technically gifted person who transforms a culture.
It’s the one with heart, humility, and hunger.

I’ve seen it too many times to count.
The brilliant expert who drains the team.
The quieter one who pulls everyone forward.
Same competence, different chemistry.

Richard Branson put it perfectly:
“The first thing to look for when searching for a great employee is somebody with a personality that fits with your company culture. 
Most skills can be learned, but it is difficult to train people on their personality.”

And he’s right.
Culture isn’t built by résumés. It’s built by relationships.

That’s why Virgin built its teams around seven qualities no degree can teach:

1️⃣ Personality
You can train for skill. You can’t train for sparkle.
People who lift others often lift results too.

2️⃣ Passion
They care deeply.
You feel it in how they talk about work, people, and purpose.

3️⃣ Purpose
They know why they do what they do and it shows.
That sense of direction is contagious.

4️⃣ Empathy
They don’t just listen. They feel.
That’s how trust and belonging are built.

5️⃣ Resilience
They bounce forward, not just back.
Challenges don’t shrink them. They sharpen them.

6️⃣ Curiosity
They never stop learning or asking why.
Every question becomes a doorway to innovation.

7️⃣ Integrity
When no one’s watching, they still do the right thing.
Because consistency is character.

Skills can be learned.
Experience can be gained.
But attitude, empathy, and integrity ? They’re either there or they’re not.

If you want a team that thrives in 2026, not just survives,
Hire for who they are, not just what they know.

Hire for character. Train for skill. Lead with both.

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Most CEOs are busy doing.
The best ones are also upgrading their operating system.

They learn faster than the situation changes.

Not just from their own wins (too expensive).
But from other people’s mistakes (cheaper, faster, less painful… love that for them).
And from repeatable tools, approaches and best practices that work across industries.

The role of a CEO isn't just one job. 
It’s seven. 

If you treat it like a single checklist, you’ll burn out. 
If you treat it like a system, you’ll scale.

From years of coaching CEOs through scale-ups, complexity, and high-stakes decisions, I’ve distilled the “CEO Operating System” into seven core pillars and selected ten books that best support each one.

1. Strategy (choose… and disappoint people)

📘 Good Strategy, Bad Strategy by Richard Rumelt
📘 7 Powers by Hamilton Helmer

➤ Strategy isn’t a vision statement. It’s a set of hard choices that create a competitive advantage.

—
2. Capital Allocation (Your most critical and ignored job).

📘 The Outsiders by William Thorndike

➤ A CEO can’t just “make growth happen". Their job is to choose where to spend the company’s money and people so the business grows.

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3. Execution (Scaling through leverage, not effort).

📘 High Output Management by Andrew Grove
📘 Measure What Matters by John Doerr

➤ Your output is the output of the teams under your supervision. Use OKRs to keep the ship straight.

—
4. Team Building  (Stop hiring mini-yous)

📘 The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni

➤ If your exec team can’t have "healthy conflict," you don't have a team. You have a group of people who report to you.

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5. Culture (What happens when you leave the room)

📘 Multipliers by Liz Wiseman

➤ Culture isn’t what you say. It’s what you reward, what you tolerate and how you help others to develop.

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6. Decision Making (the fog is normal)

📘 Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke
📘 Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

➤ A bad outcome doesn't always mean a bad decision. Learn to separate the two.

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7. Reality check (hard is the job)

📘 The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz

➤ There’s no cheat code for lonely decisions. Only better thinking, better people, better recovery. 

You own vision, people, capital, and risk.
Everything else is delegation or distraction.

So you’re not reading for inspiration but for precision.
You’re reading for updates that makes a difference.

 Pick the book that resonated the most with you and apply by Monday.

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I used to think successful people had more willpower than me.

Turns out, they just stopped depending on it.

After coaching hundreds of leaders, I've noticed something.

The ones who consistently hit their goals don't wake up more motivated.
They wake up to systems that make the work inevitable.

What I see all the time:
Leaders who set ambitious goals.
Then spend weeks wondering why they can't stay consistent.

But motivation is like inspiration.
It visits when it wants to, leaves when it's ready.

You can't run a leadership practice on that schedule.

The leaders who finish what they start have figured out something different:

How to make the right choice the path of least resistance.

That's what it looks like practically:

1️⃣ Only three priorities per day
Everything else goes on tomorrow's list.

2️⃣ Time blocks with real protection
Two hours minimum. Calendar blocked. Team knows not to interrupt.

3️⃣ End-of-day check-ins
Five minutes asking: What moved forward? What got stuck?

4️⃣ Friction removal
Put the phone in another room. Prep tomorrow tonight. Remove the barriers to starting.

5️⃣ Weekly reviews that actually happen
Celebrate what worked. Adjust what didn't.

The difference isn't discipline.
It's designing your environment so the work gets done whether you feel like it or not.

Most people don't abandon their goals because they lack drive.
They abandon them because they're running on the wrong fuel.

Systems > motivation.
Every time.

This Friday at 13:30 CET, I'm hosting a 60-minute webinar on exactly this.

How to set goals and design systems that make follow-through inevitable
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6 months. 1 roadmap.
Are you ready to lead at the next level?

Most leaders have 47 books on their shelf.
But still struggle with giving feedback, building trust, or making high-stakes calls.

Why?
Because leadership isn’t built on consumption.
It’s built through reflection, discomfort, and action.

I curated 24 TED Talks for leaders who want to grow in 2026.

But if your plan is to binge-watch them all, you’ve already missed the point.

Here’s what transformational leaders do differently:

Pick ONE talk
Sit with ONE uncomfortable question
Take ONE action that scares them

💡 Take Amy Edmondson’s TED Talk on psychological safety.
Instead of thinking “great insights,” ask:

➔ “When did I last shut someone down because I disagreed? What did my team stop telling me?”

Then act:
Schedule a blame-free post-mortem. When someone points fingers, redirect to process improvement.

This isn’t a content buffet.
It’s a 6-month leadership transformation roadmap:

🗓️ Month 1: Master Your Inner Leader
↳ Vulnerability, purpose, personal impact

🗓️ Month 2: Build the Architecture of Trust
↳ Create the foundation for honest feedback

🗓️ Month 3: Navigate High-Stakes Decisions
↳ Strategy, motivation, logic under fire

🗓️ Month 4: Design Culture, Not Just Structure
↳ Shift from hierarchies to connected networks

🗓️ Month 5: Master Human Connection
↳ Influence through understanding and productive friction

🗓️ Month 6: Lead in the 2026 Tech Frontier
↳ Navigate ethics and utility as AI reshapes your role

This is how you become the leader your team needs next year.

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Stop asking which is best: IQ, EQ, or SQ.

The real question is: What’s limiting your impact?

People compare IQ, EQ, and SQ like they compare height or weight
Not to find a winner, but to predict success quickly.

Here’s why leaders focus on these three:

➤ Can she deliver results? (IQ)  
➤ Can she handle people without breaking them? (EQ)  
➤ Can she build alliances and momentum? (SQ)

Leadership mixes thinking, emotional control, and social skills.

Ever wonder how some brilliant people fail? Often low EQ or SQ holds them back.  
And why do average resumes sometimes rise fast? High EQ or SQ.

🧠 IQ measures cognitive power:reasoning, learning speed, problem-solving
❤️ EQ  measures emotional skills: self-awareness, regulation, empathy, emotional influence
🤝 SQ measures social skills:group dynamics, trust, influence, collaboration

Asking which is best is like asking: What’s more important, brain, heart, or nervous system?

If I had to pick one for leadership, I’d pick EQ. 
It shapes how you handle stress, conflict, feedback, and trust.

But the real answer depends on the job:

- Deep technical work? IQ leads. EQ keeps you from being unbearable.  
- Leading people through uncertainty? EQ multiplies your impact.  
- Navigating politics and alliances? SQ is your secret weapon.

Bottom line:  
IQ gets you in the room.  
EQ keeps you there.  
SQ moves the room.

If one is weak, the others can’t fully compensate.

- High IQ + low EQ = reactive, arrogant, risky.  
- High EQ + low SQ = kind but politically naive.  
- High SQ + low EQ = charming but toxic.

There’s no single winner. The real question is: Which one limits you right now?

Your bottleneck defines your real score.

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10 lessons I’ve learned coaching 500+ leaders, 
And experienced the hard way myself.
#5 saved my career.

73% of leaders experience burnout. 
62% of their teams are already halfway there. 
Let’s fix that. 

The 10 mindset shifts every burned-out leader needs are:

1. Thoughts Without Paper = Chaos
↳ Your brilliant ideas evaporate without documentation
↳ Clarity emerges through writing
→ Start your day with a brain dump

2. Leadership Is a Service Role
↳ Teams don't need another boss
↳ They need someone who amplifies their potential
→ Ask: "How can I remove obstacles for you?"

3. Listening Is About Impact, Not Input
↳ People share more with those who make them feel valued
↳ True listening builds psychological safety
→ Practice: "Tell me more about that"

4. Failures Are Just Expensive Teachers
↳ Every setback holds a lesson
↳ But only if you pause to extract it
→ Schedule weekly reflection time

5. Time Is Your Most Precious Currency
↳ It's the only resource you can't multiply
↳ Yet we waste it in low-impact activities
→ Audit your calendar against your priorities
➠ It saved my career

6. The Only Race Is With Yesterday's You
↳ Industry benchmarks are mirages
↳ Focus on your team's growth trajectory
→ Celebrate progress, not just outcomes

7. Redefine Wealth Beyond Revenue
↳ Team energy is your real bottom line
↳ Without it, no strategy succeeds
→ Invest in collective wellbeing

8. Clear Priorities = Clear Progress
↳ Trying to do it all = doing nothing well
↳ Excellence requires focused attention
→ Pick your vital few

9. Comfort Zones Are Career Coffins
↳ Growth lives on the other side of "scary"
↳ But so does every breakthrough
→ Make "slightly uncomfortable" your new normal

10. Management ≠ Leadership
↳ Managers direct. Leaders inspire
↳ One creates followers, the other creates leaders
→ Which one are you cultivating?

Every high-performing leader I know masters at least three of these.
I learned most of them the hard way, usually right after burning out.

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The shift that saved me? #5 
Realising time isn’t a calendar problem, it’s a values problem.

Which one hits home for you right now? 👇 

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January fails because leaders over-plan and under-protect.

Not because they lack ambition.
Not because they’re lazy.
But because they mistake planning for progress.

So January starts like this:

- Big goals.
- Full notebooks.
- Everything urgent.
- Nothing truly protected.
- A calendar already suffocating by week two.

And then the familiar slide begins.

→ Focus fractures.
→ Energy leaks everywhere.
→ The “this year will be different” promise quietly disappears under meetings,  emails, and other people’s priorities.

And the uncomfortable truth most leaders avoid:
You don’t lose the year in December.
You lose it by mid-January when everything matters equally.

The leaders who actually win the year do something far less sexy:
They protect one clear win early.
And they design everything else around it.

Not ten goals.
Not a colour-coded fantasy plan.
One non-negotiable outcome, protected like it matters. Because it does.

That’s how momentum is built.
That’s how confidence compounds.
That’s how intensity stays meaningful instead of draining.

Tomorrow at 13.30 CET, I’m walking leaders through the exact 5-step approach I use with CEOs and founders to do this properly:

– Why planning more often slows you down
– How strong leaders protect focus when everything feels urgent
– Why one clear January win sets the tone for the whole year
– The simple 28-day system that helps you finish what you start
– How to work with intensity without losing yourself along the way

No goal-setting theatre.
No productivity gymnastics.
Just a calm, repeatable structure that actually holds under pressure.

You can hope January behaves differently this year.

Or you can design it.

Reserve your seat: https://lnkd.in/exxyWXmA. (Limited number of attendees)

Most people only realise they joined the wrong company once it's too late.
These 15 questions could save you years of career regret.

Most candidates focus on getting hired.
Smart candidates focus on finding the right fit.

I learned this the hard way and only realised once I had started that I joined the wrong department if not the wrong company and it changed how I interview forever.

Here are 15 questions that reveal what really matters in your next role:

1. "What does success look like in the first 90 days?"
↳ Shows you're focused on impact, not just tasks
↳ Tests if they have a real onboarding strategy

2. "What's the biggest challenge the team hasn't solved yet?"
↳ Uncovers real problems behind the polish
↳ Shows where you can create immediate value

3. "How does the team handle disagreements?"
↳ Tests psychological safety in action
↳ Reveals if leadership walks their talk

4. "What made the last person in this role successful or unsuccessful?"
↳ Exposes hidden expectations
↳ Highlights the real success factors

5. "How does the company approach professional development?"
↳ Shows if growth is a priority or just PR
↳ Reveals true investment in people

6. "What surprised you most when you joined?"
↳ Gets past the recruitment pitch
↳ Reveals culture reality vs. promises

7. "How are decisions made when there's disagreement?"
↳ Tests real autonomy levels
↳ Shows if politics kill progress

8. "What's a recent win the team celebrated?"
↳ Reveals what actually gets recognized
↳ Shows if success is shared or stolen

9. "How has the company changed in the last year?"
↳ Tests transparency levels
↳ Shows adaptability in action

10. "What keeps you here?"
↳ Gets personal truth
↳ Reveals retention reality

11. "How does feedback flow in the team?"
↳ Tests psychological safety
↳ Shows if growth is blocked

12. "What's the most challenging part of working here?"
↳ Tests candor levels
↳ Reveals real pressure points

13. "How does the team handle missed targets?"
↳ Shows true accountability
↳ Reveals blame culture

14. "What differentiates top performers here?"
↳ Uncovers real success drivers
↳ Shows promotion patterns

15. "What haven't I asked that I should know?"
↳ Opens hidden doors
↳ Shows what they avoid

Remember:
Getting the job is only half the battle.
Getting the right job changes everything.

You're interviewing them as much as they're interviewing you.

Which question helped you dodge a bullet or find your ideal role? 
Share below 👇 to help others make smarter career choices.

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"You do not rise to the level of your goals. 

You fall to the level of your systems." 
- James Clear, Atomic Habits

This post is written by my friend and great personal brand expert, Chris Donnelly, give him a follow!

Atomic Habits is a classic and one of my all-time favourite books.

It's probably a bit overdone on this platform by now, 
But that doesn't make it any less useful for founders. 

It was foundational in helping me build and scale multiple 8-figure companies. 

Clear's message is simple (but genuinely effective): 

Success isn't about big leaps or moments of "inspiration." 
It's about small, consistent actions that compound over time.

In other words: 

Success = Systems × Consistency × Time

First, start with The Habit Loop (The 4 Laws Of Behaviour Change)

This will help you build and break habits. 

Cue: Make it obvious
Craving: Make it attractive 
Response: Make it easy 
Reward: Make it satisfying 

(For the full breakdown, see the sheet 👇) 

Here are other key takeaways from the book: 

1. Tiny changes, big impact
Small 1% improvements compound faster than you think.

2. Identity-based habits win
Focus on who you want to become, not just what you want to achieve.

3. Systems beat motivation
Success is a result of structure as opposed to willpower.

4. Environment is stronger than intention
Shape your surroundings to make good habits the default.

5. Never miss twice
One mistake is a blip. Two is a new pattern. Acknowledge both.

But be warned...

Building habits isn't always smooth sailing. 

Here are 5 common traps that can occur while habit building: 
(And how to avoid them) 

❌ Chasing goals, not systems. 
✅ Focus on daily process, not the outcome.

❌ Expecting perfection. 
✅ Aim for consistency over intensity.

❌ Relying on motivation. 
✅ Build habits that don’t need it.

❌ Starting too big. 
✅ Start small enough that you can’t fail.

❌ Forgetting identity.
✅ Become the type of person who does the habit naturally.

Ultimately, it's your habits, not your "drive," that determine your trajectory. 

The more consistent you are, the bigger the compound effect over time. 

What's one habit you're building right now?
Drop a comment down below. 

I lead later today at 13.30 CET a webinar on how to build systems/habits to make your goals for 2026 fully achievable. Same approach I use with CEOs I coach.

Reserve your seat on:  https://lnkd.in/eXyKHQXb (Limited Spots)

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5 steps to create long lasting habits

Most AI = distractions in disguise.
Here’s what real assistance feels like.

In 2025, I finally experienced what most people actually want from AI 
(and what Pew Data points to).

Not more notifications.
Not another “game-changing” thing to learn.

Just this:
speed, better quality, and staying in control.

Because honestly?
I was tired of wasting time managing and responding to my emails, typing slower than I think, and lacking creativity for my visuals 
Not to say wasting time to tools that promised leverage… and delivered friction.

The three tools I started using daily in 2025 and can't live without in 2026:

➤ Save me time,
➤ Improve the quality of my work,
➤ And keep me in control.

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1) Wispr Flow - “My voice, but in clean sentences” 
https://lnkd.in/eFb_hTXe

A voice-powered AI keyboard that turns speech into clear, well-punctuated text in any app.

I use it to:  
- Reply to LinkedIn comments quickly  
- Draft Word documents, LinkedIn posts, WhatsApps, SMS  
- Capture ideas before I forget them 

Why I love it:
→ No awkward transcription or filler words  
→ Corrects my English when needed  
→ Learns my phrases, names, acronyms  
→ And I still edit and approve every word  

Improvement: It’s not (yet) as accurate in French or Spanish as in English

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2) SuperInbox - “Email, without the mental fatigue” 
https://lnkd.in/eqwNXBsz

An AI email co-pilot that automatically drafts replies (only when required) and sorts my inbox by intent. It links to my calendar and suggests meeting times that fit my schedule.

I use it to:  
- Review and send suggested replies in seconds  
- Organize emails into clear categories  
- Answer “When can you talk?” emails without checking my calendar  

Why  I love it:
→ Saves a ridiculous amount of time (proportional to your emails volume)
→ Drafts match my style, learned from my emails  
→ Replies in the same language as the original email 
→ Helped me realised I needed to clean up my inbox and unsubscribe to some emails, I now keep my inbox lean
→ And I approve every email before sending 

Improvement: None as of December when 2 past issues were fixed.

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3) Saywhat - “Visuals without the blank-page panic” 
https://lnkd.in/e9yiW4sp

An AI creative sidekick that turns rough ideas or linkedin posts into usable visual concepts in minutes.

I use it to:
- Generate ideas for LinkedIn infographics
- Create quick, clean visual drafts
- Iterate fast without getting stuck in Canva

Why I love it:
→ Saves huge amounts of time on visuals
→ Customisable to my brand colours and infographics style
→ You can highlight parts to change, with instructions like editing on paper 
→ and I make the final call (in Canva if I have to)

Improvement: It doesn’t always follow all instructions perfectly.

If an AI tool doesn’t save time, raise quality, and keep you in charge… it’s not an assistant. 
It’s AI distraction with good marketing.

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