Was zum Teufel ist systemisch? Teil 2

Monday, October 05, 2009 posted by Amel Karboul

Große Probleme brauchen nicht immer große Lösungen

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Was zum Teufel ist systemisch? Teil 1

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 posted by Amel Karboul

Was definieren wir als Problem? oder schauen wir doch auf unsere Ressourcen!

Ein MANAGER fragt: ich höre überall SYSTEMISCH; Denkt systemisch! Systemisches Handeln für Führungskräfte! Wir sind systemische Berater! – Was zum Teufel ist systemisch?

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Wie schaffe ich hervorragende Leistungen mit „normalen“ Menschen?

Friday, August 28, 2009 posted by Amel Karboul

Stefan A. ist gerade Abteilungsleiter des Controlling Bereiches eines Konsumgüterunternehmens geworden. Er kam aus dem Corporate Development Bereich und hatte bisher fast nur mit „Hochleistern“ zu tun. Mitarbeiter, die selbstständig, proaktiv, kreativ und mit hoher Qualität ihre Aufgaben erledigt haben.

Diese neue Funktion ist eine echte Herausforderung für ihn, denn: Read the rest of this entry »

Coaching im internationalen Kontext – Erfahrungen und Einblicke

Wednesday, August 05, 2009 posted by Amel Karboul

Ich arbeite immer mehr als Coach mit international tätigen Führungskräften. Mich hat bisher frustriert, dass die Welt des Coaching und die Welt international tätiger Führungskräfte kein relevantes Modell oder Konzept verbindet. Die zahlreichen Angebote kulturspezifischer oder interkultureller Coachings greifen in der Regel zu kurz, wenn es etwa um die Betrachtung unterschiedlicher Führungsverständnisse im internationalen Kontext geht. Auch die Forschungswelt bietet nur wenig Hilfestellung, um das Thema umfassend zu durchdringen.

Deshalb habe ich meine Praxiserfahrung und meine Lessons Learned in einem Artikel. Erschienen in Ausgabe 2/2009 des Coaching-Magazins. hier pdf download


Hier eine Lesermeinung:
„Glückwunsch, Ihr Beitrag „Coaching im internationalen Kontext“ war für mich einer der interessantesten seit langem – sehr ansprechend, konkret und theoretisch relevant aufbereitet, selten in der Qualität vorzufinden. Macht deutlich worum es gehen kann, sehr differenziert und zustimmungsfähig, auch die ausdrückliche Relativierung der Bennennungen von Coaching mit Betonung, richtig sei, was hilft – was ja nicht Beliebigkeit meint.“

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After the opening of the ESMT Annual Forum by Michael Diekmann, leading CEOs such as Dr. Josef Ackermann, Håkan Samuelsson, James S. Turley, Narayana Murthy and Dr. Dieter Zetsche discussed the effects of the financial crisis on the real economy. The strongest mindset change I could sense was that “I do not know and it is helpful to ask others for support – I am not a genius” became OK for a CEO to say. Personally I do think the discussion could have been more interactive (German way of dealing with authorities may have played a role) and the questions more challenging.

The video shown by the artist Marina Landia was great, she managed to develop a sequence where you could see and feel global leaders behind their faccade – a virtual discussion as a patchwork of interview pieces. This video could have been showed before the panel discussion, it would have surely changed the tone and brought a more reflective and holistic view! Read the rest of this entry »

TRICKY COACHING: DEALING WITH DIFFICULT CASES IN LEADERSHIP COACHING

Tuesday, July 07, 2009 posted by Amel Karboul

Here you can find a case study of a difficult coaching situation and I how I dealt with it. Read the rest of this entry »

Death is the change agent of life!

Monday, May 25, 2009 posted by Amel Karboul

Sitting now in a house – that was build by my grand-grand father – on an African island. Having lunch with my ex nanny Zohra (the flower).
I ask her: how old are you?
She answers: I don’t know.
Amel: Why not? How can you not know how old you are?
Zohra: Why should it matter? I am living my life and one day I will die, why should knowing my age matters anyway? Others will come after me and live their life, it’s a circle.
This conversation made me contemplative for some moments …

In western countries people tend to “hide” their age because being young is the desired state. You should never ask – especially women – about their age!  In the Arab world it is even desired for a woman to become old. You get more respect the older you are!  Personally I enjoy that. Everything is getting better so far. I am more experienced, more mature, have fewer complexes, better s… and so one. I definitely do not want to be 18 again.
We can also ask this question for companies. The common understanding is that the older a company gets the better. Why actually? Steve Jobs said in a speech in Stanford: Death is the change agent of life.  Perhaps it is time nowadays for some companies to die and leave space for new ones to emerge.
Perhaps it is nicer for people to be old and for companies to be young! Or even to forget about age, it does not matter after all ☺

Common sense but not common practice!

Leadership lesson from President Obama!

Thursday, May 21, 2009 posted by Amel Karboul

Obama’s example in this video is definitely a role model for me. Many people are moaning he is not doing enough, but which “werstern” president have quoted different religions and a Hadith from Islam in such an important speech. It is an important lesson for people working in a diverse environment, you can reach people hurts by connecting to their culture, it needs little effort and has a huge impact.

Video: President Obama quotes Hadith in Speech

common sense but not common practice!

Today’s crisis has a major characteristic: no body knows what is going to happen in the future. From a philosophical view – we never knew what is going to happen, but we could at least pretend to know in the past.

7 years ago I did write an article on communities of practice as a powerful organizational form and intervention – after many frustrating experiences with an IT approach to knowledge management. In today’s environment they may become very useful. It is vital for every organization, in complex or even chaotic situations with many unknowns, to develop a leadership community that exchanges information, knowhow, views, and scenarios and stays alert to what is happening. Read the rest of this entry »

Deanne und die Mandeln … Lösung der Wirtschaftskrise?!

Saturday, May 02, 2009 posted by Amel Karboul

Wir bereiteten eine kleine Feier, ich wollte einen traditionellen tunesischen Kuchen mit Mandeln backen. Deanne*, unser wunderbares und lustiges amerikanisches Aupair, half mir Mandeln zu schälen, manchmal fiel eine Mandel auf dem Boden, die dann auf einem extra Stapel landete. Am Ende stand Deanne auf und wollte diesen Stapel in den Mülleimer werfen. Meine Mutter, zu Besuch aus Tunesien, hat fast eine Herzattacke gehabt, sprang auf, nahm die Mandeln, wusch sie und tat sie zu den anderen. Es war ein andauender „Kultur-Kampf“ um das Nicht-Wegwerfen von Lebensmitteln – in Tunesien nimmt man das Brot was auf dem Boden fällt auf und küsst es, als Entschuldigung. Read the rest of this entry »