Spotlight your TRUE self

What is your biggest challenge at the moment in your job search? Are you writing hundreds of applications but never make it to a job interview? This podcast episode is the second part of the recording of the webinar ‘Recruiting Insights’ that I have given in June 2024 to share my insights as a hiring manager from a recruitment process I have done myself. There are many common mistakes that people...

What is your biggest challenge at the moment in your job search? Are you writing hundreds of applications but never make it to a job interview? This podcast episode is the recording of the webinar ‘Recruiting Insights’ that I have given in June 2024 to share my insights as a hiring manager from a recruitment process I have done myself. There are many common mistakes that people make when applying...

Have you had high expectations after a job interview – but then were not chosen? Were you sure, you will get the promotion at work – but that went to another colleague? Have you had high expectations when participating in a competition – but it didn’t go as planned? Experiencing these disappointments don’t feel great. But they are part of life and the goal is not to avoid them – but to manage them...

Are you stuck in a phase of feeling unsuccessful? Everything you are trying is not going to work? You are failing all the time? The problem is, “energy flows where attention goes” (Tony Robbins). That means: the more you are focussing on you being unsuccessful, the more unsuccessful moments it will create. To shift that: Regularly create little moments of success in your life. If this is not possi...

… the person you are approaching has never worked with you and has nothing to refer to! I have experienced myself, that people reach out on LinkedIn asking me for reference for jobs, although I have never met them before. Even if the job market is tough, it is not a good practice to search for and rely on references from other people, while neglecting putting effort on your own job applications. B...

How do you make decisions for your professional life and your next career step? Do you always feel quite insecure and rely on the opinion of others? Or do you have this strong inner guidance – because you know clearly what your personal values are that drive your decisions? Are you aware about your own values? Your personal values can be 3-6 out of the following examples: freedom, independence, re...

Yes, sometimes we are envious of someone, because he/she has something that we do not have. We have grown up hearing that it is bad to be envious and jealous. So, whenever we feel envy and jealousy, we push this feeling aside, or even judge ourselves for it. What makes you envious? Seeing other people who have A happy relationship? A family? Kids? A good job? A higher position? A higher salary? Ma...

What is a trigger? What is triggering you emotionally – something that somebody says or does that makes you angry, aggressive, sad or even panicking? At your workplace, in your family, in your network of friends or even just by walking around in the city? What can you do when you recognize that you got triggered and you are close to overreact or have done already? First: be proud of yourself that...

Are you desperately looking for a job? You write applications, you reach out to companies, you network and try to get in contact with recruiters and hiring managers – without success? I am now a hiring manager myself, and I have observed that many people make at least one out of these three mistakes: They are downgrading their own competences They are not able to keep their energy up in the right...

What if you do something stupid in front of others? What if that happens while you are on a stage – in the full spotlight? Do you have this limiting belief as well “Don’t do anything stupid – what should the others think?!” In this episode you will realize: We all have that. This episode is the second part of the interview with Lauri Lehmusvirta, my fellow member in the Toastmasters club ‘Stadi Ta...

Public speaking – does that sound scary to you or like something you always wanted to try out? Going in front of an audience and give a speech or presentation? Have you ever heard about the Toastmasters International organization? Toastmasters International is an organization for public speaking and leadership. Thousands of Toastmasters club exist world-wide where people gather together regularly...

How to prepare for presenting yourself in a job interview? In a meeting at work how to avoid ‘death by PowerPoint’? And what are common struggles of CEOs and leaders when communicating with their employees? Listen to the second part of the inspiring interview with Jacqueline Farrington! She is a TEDx Senior Speaker coach and nowadays also coach for CEOs and senior leaders for big clients such as A...

Listen to an inspiring interview with a true expert in communication and public speaking! Jacqueline Farrington is a TEDx Senior Speaker coach and nowadays also coach for CEOs and senior leaders for big clients such as Amazon and Microsoft to train them in a better authentic communication. Very recently, she has published her book “The non-obvious guide to better presentations – How to present lik...

You don’t follow your New Year’s resolutions anymore? Is it now too late for changing something in 2024? – NO!!! It is never too late to define targets for you, no matter if you define them later in February, in spring or in summer! It is the most important that you realize that you have to change something - in your behaviour or in your mindset – so that something in your life can change! Because...

What is empathy? How do you know that you are acting in an empathetic way and what can you do to become more empathetic? In the second part of the interview with Joppe Quaedvlieg, we are linking his concept of Descriptive Communication to the important topic empathy – and both agree that this is what divides bad leaders and good leaders. We are discussing concrete situations at work and what are t...

Joppe Quaedvlieg, originally from the Netherlands, has many years experience of supporting foreigners in Finland as a career coach, helping them to find a job. The success of his support is grounded on communicating with his coachees in an empathetic and conscious way – and finding a good answer to the question ‘What do you really want?’. Instead of responding in general, shallow platitudes, Joppe...

Do you every-day life conversations feel exhausting? Are you sick of the fast, shallow small-talk? However, you also struggle to create deep, honest and fulfilling discussions with your friends, colleagues – or even strangers on a networking event? Imagine, you would always know how to keep a conversation going – instead of experiencing an embarrassing pause, this moment of silence that feels like...

… that you can directly apply in your everyday life! What makes us so afraid to speak in front of others? Studies even have shown that more people are afraid of public speaking than are afraid of dying! For many years, I was very shy and always super nervous when I had to speak in front of others. Both my body and my voice were shivering, I was sweating like hell and was just worried that anyone c...

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+++ Free webinar how NLP improves your conversations on 7.12.2023 at 18.00 Helsinki time Limited spots! Reserve yours here: https://www.eventbrite.fi/e/improve-your-every-day-life-communication-with-the-help-of-nlp-tickets-762922290107?aff=oddtdtcreator +++ Do you have the feeling “I have to change my life!”? Have you ever thought about quitting your 9-to-5 job, moving to a tropical place, startin...

“I am different than the others. I don’t fit in.” – Yes, that might be true. But there is nothing wrong with you! You just have a personality type that is different from the people around you. Understanding your own personality is crucial for accepting yourself and building up a healthy self-esteem. And seeing your personality described in written words will bring you a lot of ‘Aha!’ moments and i...

NLP stands for Neuro-Linguistic Programming is used by psychologists, therapists and coaches - while also politicians are blamed to use it to manipulate their audience! Since May 2022 I am a certified NLP practitioner myself and this education has made a huge impact how I communicate with people around me. In this episode we create the fundament for a better communication: active listening. You wi...

Talking about our own emotions makes us authentic and breaks the barrier to build up connections with other people. You can understand an “emotion” as “energy in motion”. Physically, it is a neuronal reaction in our brain which then spreads over the body – and this process takes only 60-90 seconds. Why are we then stuck for hours in negative feelings like sadness, anger or frustration? In this epi...

Do you often have the feeling that your self-esteem is on a low level? Are you not confident to show yourself, to speak up and to demonstrate your skills and talents? In this episode you learn, how you can increase your self-esteem and self-confidence by a simple but powerful exercise – based on self-awareness! The podcast ‘Spotlight your TRUE self’ is based on three pillars: 1) Self-confidence an...

“If others would just see who I really am and what I am able to do, they would value me so much more!” – Do you know these thoughts? Do you have the feeling that you are too shy and you keep hiding your true self – your true characteristics, your true emotions, your strengths and weaknesses, your values and your biggest talents?! What do you need to show your authentic self with all your character...