Around the end of the year we typically adjust our products to our transforming customer needs. We restructure and refocus. This has an impact on the words I am writing here since this will be our last newsletter article for some time.

In 2020-2022 Covid and its consequences for remote leadership were one of the biggest challenges for teams out there. Since 2023 the teams gradually changed to hybrid setups (what can mean many things…) These new challenges demand new solutions.

We are going to refocus our resources - away from online marketing and blogging more towards speaker activities at exhibitions (check out L&D pro online conference on March 19th). In 2025 we will head out from our beloved home market Europe and especially Germany and direct our attention a bit more towards the US.

We will combine our AI Chatbot, Knowledgebase, Leadership Framework, Workshop Series online Whiteboards and Membership into one concept that companies can buy all at once.
Supporting internal and ext...

The 2024 LinkedIn Workplace Learning Report highlights the crucial need for agility and resilience in today's rapidly changing work environment. It emphasizes the importance of empowering employees through continuous skill-building to drive innovation and adaptability.

By doing this, organizations foster a flexible and adaptive workforce, which in turn drives innovation and growth. This proactive approach helps companies remain competitive and thrive even in the face of uncertainty.

The report draws insights from a global study involving over 1,500 L&D professionals and 700 learners, alongside data from LinkedIn’s platform.

Here are 3 steps:

💡 Review the LinkedIn Workplace Learning Report:You want to dig deeper into the LinkedIn report? Here you go: https://learning.linkedin.com/resources/workplace-learning-report

💡 Assess and Strengthen Team Resilience: Evaluate how actively your team is building resilience. Identify opportunities for skill-building and create initiatives that e...

The topic came up again recently in one of our workshops: We need to think entrepreneurially! Colleagues should be more entrepreneurial. And then everyone nodded their heads and said: “Yes, that makes sense”. But what does that actually mean in everyday life? And how do I become an “entrepreneur”? After all, this is where three very highly chunked, undefined nouns come together: Skills, Mindset, Entrepreneur. In our organizations we first should clarify what we actually expect from each other...

Let's ask our own Digital Leader Program MyGPT version: An entrepreneurial mindset describes the ability to think and act entrepreneurially. Individuals with this mindset tend to be proactive, creative and risk-taking. They see opportunities in challenges and strive for continuous improvement and innovation. Core elements of the entrepreneurial mindset:

•  Proactivity: Employees are encouraged to take initiative and work independently. This means that they do not wait for tasks to be assigned...

There is a lot going on in this world right now and sometimes I ask myself where should we begin to change? The answer might lie in the way we lead – with purpose, empathy, and flexibility.

Are you ready to challenge your leadership skills in today’s dynamic work environment?

The upcoming live session covers everything from fostering innovation to creating resilient, engaged teams in hybrid setups. Gain actionable insights and connect with like-minded leaders. Whether you're new to digital leadership or looking to refine your approach, this is for you!

📅 When: Check out the event details and register here: Digital Leader Program Webinar

Challenge your teams and organizations hybrid readiness with us (in English and German)!

We share our insights and experiences of the last 20 years of hybrid work in 60-minute webinars - for all HR enthusiasts and leads.

For anyone who wants to cut unnecessary costs, improve hiring and feedback, and boost team energy and productivity.

Find ways to prevent health problems, avoid ineffective meetings and achieve fewer changing priorities and more focus among employees.

Join us on Wednesday 13th and 27th of November at 13:00 CET and register here: https://www.digital-leader-program.de/register-4-live-session

Feel free to contact us if you have any questions!

The New Narrative has put it in a nutshell: written communication is an important part of our modern hybrid working world. We from Digital Leader Program are convinced that non-verbal communication plays an at least as important role in a remote context.

Did you know that:

•  55% of communication is based on body language?
•  38 % is based on tone of voice?
•  Only 7% is conveyed through the spoken word?

We can also harness the power of non-verbal communication in a remote context:

➡️ Do you leave on the video in video calls? Is your remote setup consciously set up in terms of lighting, alignment and background?

➡️Do you listen attentively to your counterpart in meetings? Or do you complete tasks in the meantime?

➡️In which way do you experience interruptions from letter carriers and co?

All these examples have an impact on our non-verbal communication.

What do you think? In which way do you take non-verbal aspects into account in your daily (remote) communication?

Share yo...

Hi everyone!

I am looking for your help. I am preparing a presentation about the evolution, challenges and benefits of hybrid work and solutions to reduce costs and get to more productivity in hybrid working environments and I need your feedback please.

You’ll benefit from my insights of 20 years experience in hybrid work environments and hundreds of workshops with hybrid working teams from different industries reflecting on questions like:

•  How can I reduce costs by lowering employee turnover?
•  Why are self-management, communication and entrepreneurial skills so important for employee happiness and productivity?
•  What should I have in mind setting up a sustainable hybrid team culture?
•  Why is it elementary to choose the right people and train them properly?
•  What are concrete next steps to bring your team / organization to the next level?

I am looking forward to hearing from you - please DM me via LinkedIn and we set up a call.

Have a great start into the week.

Andre

Are you familiar with the book “Big Five for Life” by John Strelecky?

It's about how everyone should define their “Big Five” - the five most important things you want to achieve in life. These can be major life goals or values that motivate you and give you direction.

For example, you can ask yourself the following:

• What gives you fulfillment?
• What do you want to achieve in life?
• Which values are particularly important to you?
• What footprints do you want to leave behind?

Here is a video of Andre speaking about values and a framework you can use to find them out.

You can imagine these Big Five as a compass for your life. Once you have found these values for yourself, it will be much easier for you to interpret your actions and make decisions accordingly.

In the next step, you can compare your “big five” with the values and goals of the company. Strelecky emphasizes that the fulfillment of the “Big Five” should be in harmony with the work environment in order to find satisfa...

 In German there is a saying “den Ast absägen auf dem man sitzt” - if you translate it directly it’s like: Sawing of the branch you are sitting on. Right now I have the feeling that I am doing so and that’s a bit of a dilemma.

I decided to contribute to LinkedIns knowledge community. It’s definitely worth checking out: (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/topics/home/). It’s basically a business knowledge “best of” that is written by AI and optimized by comments from LinkedIn human experts like me.
Hereby I can show my know-how, publish easily without the need to write complete articles and I can become a top voice in my field of expertise. Besides being positively labeled, the comments I am writing are helping me to develop and think about angles to tackle a problem that no one came up with so far - which is great. I also think that other experts are writing really good and read-worthy stuff.

BUT somehow I have the feeling that the community's knowledge is used to feed the big AI machine...

Manchester United soccer fans came across an “injured” runner. The critical factor for the fans' willingness to help was whether the runner wore a Manchester United T-shirt or a plain, neutral T-shirt. The study's results clearly show that:

•  92% of fans helped when the runner wore a Manchester United T-shirt.
•  33% of fans helped when the runner wore a plain T-shirt.

The observation comes from Adam Grant's book "Give and Take" and highlights how our willingness to help others is influenced by perceived group membership.

This concept resonates with my own experience from last weekend, where I supported friends at a rural project - where we built outdoor areas like a pavillon or a small lodge. I noticed differences in how engaged other helpers were, which from my perspective was due to a similar sense of group identity—or lack thereof. Just as fans were more willing to help someone they saw as part of their in-group, helpers feel more motivated when they identify with the people o...