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What "No" Reveals About Executive Leadership

A growing part of my executive interviews these days goes in exactly that direction. Because if executives get their confidence wrong just once, it can cost them the deal, the promotion, or the team.Somewhere along the way, "handling rejection" got filed under sales skills. It isn't. "No" is everywhere right now. Most of it has nothing to do with a pitch.The board pushes back on your strategy. Budget doesn't get approved. The promotion goes to someone else. A peer contradicts y

Updated 5 days ago

Toxic Isn't One Level. It's a Chain — and FOMO Holds It Together.

FOMO, fear of missing out, usually gets filed under social media and dating apps. Right now, we have an unusually high number of active job seekers at C-level, VP, Director, and Management level. I'd been sharing interview details with our Life Sciences & Healthcare team — case after case, pattern after pattern — when our team supervisor said one word: FOMO. That's where it clicked. I made the connection to something else these

Updated 1 month ago

The Real Problem With Slowing Down Is Not the Vacation

Slowing down isn't a vacation phenomenon. It fails on the first day back. After a few days into a vacation, the mind goes quiet. The phone stays untouched, the meetings disappear, at some point you lose track of what day of the week it is. Works remarkably reliably. Almost everyone manages it. The real task would be transferring that state into everyday work — and that's where the problem actually starts.<p style="margin-left:

Updated 2 months ago

Pool or Open Water? What Leadership Really Needs Today

After a swim in the sea, I found myself thinking about the core question of changed conditions for leaders today, and landed on a metaphor that, to me, fits remarkably well: the question is no longer "How do I swim my lane faster?" but "How do I stay capable of acting in open water, when current, visibility, and conditions keep changing?" Rhythm, breath, and the long breath that holds even without an audience get you into the water and keep you there. Adaptability is what gets you to the goal — whe

Updated 3 months ago

The Retirement Myth: Why Your Mind Needs to Retire Too

A perspective from someone who has studied the subject in depth -😉You’ve done the math. You've met with the financial advisor. Maybe you've even picked a date. The money side of retirement? Handled.But here's the question nobody asks you at those planning seminars:Who are you when you stop working?Not what you'll do. Not where you'll travel. Who you'll be.<

Updated 4 months ago

Lead Yourself First

The leadership skill most frameworks skip — and why it determines everything else. Most leadership advice starts in the wrong place It assumes you're ready to lead others — and moves straight to communication, strategy, and delegation. But there's a step that comes before all of that. <p style="margin-left

Updated 5 months ago

What AI cannot translate

Why language skills and cultural fluency still matter in executive search for Pharma, MedTech, and Life Sciences DeepL. ChatGPT. Google Translate. Words can be translated instantly, emails polished in seconds, meetings subtitled in real time. What these tools do not automatically create is understanding. In international business – and beyond – communication is never just about vocabulary. It is about tone, hierar

Updated 6 months ago

Visibility in the age of AI

“I spy with my little eye...” Remember? Many of us played this game as children. The trick was simple: try, narrow it down, ask questions. If necessary, there was a hint. And eventually: hit. Today, we play a similar game – no longer in a room, but in an endless feed. The selection is not limited, but practically infinite. And instead of little hints, there is more content. More formats. More “insights.” And now millions of texts that have not been experienced but generated.<p style="margin-lef

Updated 8 months ago

Why client acquisition is more difficult today – even though we have more tools than ever before

In the early 1990s, client acquisition wasn't easy, but it was straightforward. You went out, met people, got rejections. But you also enjoyed real conversations. People invested more time and listened to each other. Good ideas had a real chance, and quality was recognized. Multichannel – or much ado about nothing? Today, acquisition is a technical construct. LinkedIn, emails, social media, calls – all at the same

Updated 8 months ago

Good times. Bad times.

Both can be equally dangerous. Boards and investors often ask: “Are we doing well—or are we falling behind?”The uncomfortable truth: companies rarely fail because they misread the answer.They fail because they cling to a narrative that feels good—or one that justifies fear. 

Updated 9 months ago

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