Happy Friday Saturday! ☀️
Hello from Vienna where I am spending the finale weeks of the year before heading to the family in Belgium for Christmas. I moderated my last leadership offsite of the year this week and have a few more individual coaching sessions ahead of me before a long break.
What I’m reading 📖
Every so often friends and clients ask me for advice on how to approach a job switch and I notice that often, people focus on the advertised job description and their outside perception of the company which is mostly positive. I always encourage people to not only ‘allow’ the company to assess them as ideal candidates but for them to also assess whether or not the company is truly a fit for them and conduct a proper due diligence by using a set of filters. I just found this blog post by Charity Majors which breaks down the filters in depth and I will share this in the future with friends and clients. Read more here.
What I’m listening to 🎧
The creators of ‘Cui Bono: WTF happened to Ken Jebsen?’ are back with a new investigative podcast ‘Cui Bono: Wer hat Angst vorm Drachenlord’ about a how popular YouTuber Rainer Winkler deals with cybermobbing and his haters, offline and online. Here’s the trailer:
What I’m watching 📺
I wasn’t aware that the creation of the British special service regiment Special Air Service traces back to a single officer (David Sterling) in a specific place and time during World War II. The BBC produced this six-epsiode historic drama and I found it entertaining and historically interesting. What caught my attention was not only the description of the plot but also that it was created by Steven Knight, the man behind Peaky Blinders. Watch the trailer here:
What I’m thinking about 🧠
Der Preis für das Patriarchat sind die Gefühle der Männer – Philip Siefer / Thomas Hübel
What else?! 💯
Small nugget here by way of Harvard Business Review with a simple way to introduce yourself, if that’s something you catch yourself struggling with: Present, Past, Future. Examples here.
Thanks for reading, have a great weekend!
David
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