A strong foundation makes it a little easier to face storms and blizzards. It’s the same with an organisation and its people. All I am suggesting here is build resilience – the power to fight back in times of stress and in times of crisis.

The most important thing is to know that it’s not always possible for one person to lean forward. Because, after-all, there is only so much that one can tweak in her personality to match someone else’s.

The most important question, when it comes to leading at farms, is - how do we scale the amount of work we do or we are capable of doing? There are people involved and there is work to be done, just as in any organisation. What people miss is that, farming is much more about leading well than we ever realise or pay attention to.

The city council decided that Jenn should be sent to the State Council to ask for support and share their scary numbers. She had statistics on deaths of adults and children, rising medicare costs, the rising cost of drinking water (since the natural source was polluted). Her request for financial aid for the city was denied. The council decreed that numbers were much worse in other parts of the country too. Sadly Jenn’s town would have to fend for itself. 

In a world where the wrong is disguised and hidden, the victim is made to struggle even more, we need to stand up. And by we, I mean those in power.

The dilemma between being raised and brought up in a society with a very high respect for authority paired with the sentiment of not being able to progress in career, because speaking up to power is unimaginable.

Forward thinking leaders are making it a practice to share freedom and ownership. They know that failure is unavoidable, but to be able to deal with the unpredictable challenges that are put forth every single day, they need community support.

The doubts, the resistance and the fears are understandable but there is also a need to stand up to those fears for what comes next, for a tomorrow where no other woman is told ‘Chup’. And if she is, then there are many more standing up around her to tell her otherwise.

I am not a fan of solving a problem by yelling at and embarrassing the other person. And I assume generally no-one wants that. What we do in Germany as a culture may not be the best solution or the best way to tackle such situations. But avoidance is worse. Trust me.

Executive presence is a term that we often come across when we talk about leadership and personal brand. It directs to what people say about us when we are not around.

Nature is the basis of our being, our life. Soil is our nurturer. Unfortunately, also the very things we take for granted.

There were so many pieces of the puzzle that had to be put in place. With that being said, the role of the Lexagent team was one extremely important piece of that puzzle.

In the early part of 2020, we saw massive demand and supply disruptions. Hoarding goods led to sudden empty shelves. Fear had set in. But now, with the year at its close, economies have begun to revive. The usual ask for “COVID rates” is taking a backseat. 

Organizations are, according to the great historian, philosopher and author Yuval Noah Harari, “constructs of our human mind, not a reality”. They only exist, because we have constructed them in our minds and created a whole system of supporting rules, laws, etc.

Feedback is one way to gauge how well you are doing. The primary reason that my coaching services exist is so that people can learn new ways to grow on their own.

Ownership and accountability are tough even in the best of situations. often people don’t commit to either because of the need to be safe (what if s*** hits the roof and it’s my name on the email), or the need to not jeopardize what’s already working (another peer taking the credit for it has worked before and will continue to work - even if you believe you can do a better job) or the need to not court uncertainty. 

As the COVID cases surge in the world again, the patterns we first encountered at the beginning of the pandemic are coming back. Some parts of the world are going into lockdown again, while others are enforcing them partially. There is a familiar sense of the unknown, yet again, and anxiety levels are increasing exponentially fast - much like the COVID cases in any given part of the world. 

Each of us has discovered what brings out the worst in us and in the ones closest to us. As we all navigate yet another wave, we are of necessity discovering strength through the pandemic, yet again. First, we did it through ourselves. And this time we must do it through our communities.

The first is that, having had some experience in team coaching, I can identify patterns. So when I see a certain thing happening, there's usually a chance that I have an idea of where it's headed - even if I don't know the exact destination.

A lot of people in villages have very basic education, if at all. The premise of modern systems, to a large extent, is that people are educated enough to avail them. In the lack of this education, entirely new systems will have to be created.