Have you ever asked yourself how solid are the words you say in front of your associates, do they aim the mere essence of the challenge you are addressing and will the words you said make them change their behavior? To simplify – how strong is your integrity as a leader? If you think the…
Més que un equipo
“In my search to understand life, I came across the opinion that life should be observed as some kind of large orchestra. It is not essential whether you and I play our instruments good or not, but it is important how we sound together. The only trouble with this theory is that it often happens…
All our fears
In the last few years, many corporations moved from the so called “golden age” of progress and double digit growth of their annual incomes into the “mode” of serious business transformations in order to fight the challenges of digitization and loss of incomes. In such situations, corporations often tend to choose drastic cost cuts together…
Once, they planted a linden tree
If you happen to be a leader with or without a title, or „alpha“ male or female or wish to become some of those, please halt for a while, think a little bit and ask yours when did you last inspire someone around you and in which way? And I am not talking about motivation,…
Are you ready to take over the risk for the people you lead?
Simon Sinek – one of the greatest leadership experts is engaged by worlds’ largest corporations to educate their executives. Besides, he is also one of the reasons I started this blog. The first post is named by his book „Leaders eat last“ and in almost each of my posts, you can find quotes from his…
Help people reach their full potential
It was Thursday, 31 May, the month in which we achieved very good sales results. We enjoyed the fruits of our labor, and slowly prepared for the the next month. All our predictions showed that we made enough reserve to enter the next month fully relaxed, and without any tensions. As it usually happens with…
Know your self
I dedicate this blog to my friend and brother Goran Đorđević PhD, the man who long time ago, helped me to know myself, but who unfortunately passed away after I wrote this blog. He helped both me and many generations of students he used to teach, amongst which was my son Vladimir. May he rest…
Three tickets for Holywood
Do you remember the 1993 classic named „Three tickets for Holywood“ and what is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of this movie? I imagine that for most of you, the first thing to remember is a hilarious role of Branislav Lečić as a local policeman, enthusiastically trying to organize…
Are you ready to swim upstream?
“Learning is similar as swimming upstream; Stop for just a moment, and you are already taken back“ – says the old Chninese saying, that can fully be applied on leading people. When it comes to leading people, besides you will be taken back, you can also stay without those you used to lead. This is…
Road to success is covered by thorns and it is not measured by how far climbed, but how hard you bounced when you hit the ground
„If someone offers you an amazing opportunity and you’re not sure you can do it, say yes – then learn how to do it later“ by Richard Branson. It is this quote of Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson, the founder of Virgin Group I had in mind when I temporarily, for three months, accepted the…