According to the World Economic Forum, one of the most demanded skills for leaders is critical thinking. I’ve already written about the VUCA world we’re living in is; and how important it is for a leader to be flexible and able to understand the context and make decisions. Critical thinking is about being able to …
When I started forming as a coach, one of the things that caught me the most was the question ‘what is the 2% of truth?’. That question always makes me stop and think: what is true about what you were saying? What if you were slightly right? What could be that? The effects of this …
Last week I attended a great on-line event hosted by Mark Bowden; he is an expert in body language and communication techniques. For an hour, he explained how you can building presence when participating in an on-line event. It was truly insightful and amusing in equal measure. These tips to go on-line are great whether …
Tony Nadal, coach of Rafa Nadal for many years, said in multiple times: an excuse has never won a match. Keeping in mind that no matter how hard you worked in developing a capacity, a situation could be hard enough for you to not deliver at your highest point of contribution. And then, what happens? …
Saying ‘no’ is an art. At least is what I’ve been told many times. Well, I’d say that saying ‘no’ is more a matter of courage. How many times you finally say yes when you really want to say no? Even under pressure we should say no more often.
In the late 90s I got my first job and it was in an amazing place. Incredible for what I learned, for how much fun I had and also for such hard experience it was. I joined the Information Systems unit at Telefónica’s Research and Development company. Insiders and many outsiders called it the Computer …
Some time ago, in one of the trainings I attended, they told me a story. One of the teachers had spent a long time living on a boat. The expedition was for scientific purposes, and although they docked from time to time, they spent most of their time sailing. Life on a ship when you …
