The top-management illusion arises when leadership relies too heavily on metrics and loses touch with reality. Numbers reveal only part of the truth—real leadership emerges when you reconnect with the everyday experiences of employees and customers. Understand rather than just measure.
A new study with over 31,000 leaders across 31 countries reveals an alarming result: two-thirds say they are not getting to the truly important topics in their organizations.
No wonder!
For over 20 years, I’ve had the privilege of meeting countless managers and companies. When I ask them which virtues truly matter to them, the most common answers are: trust, responsibility, respect. All important values—and yet, I’ve noticed for years: hardly anyone talks about humility in management.
One of the biggest misconceptions in management is the belief that teams are high-performing from the start. You just need to select the right people and put them in the right roles—and the rest will take care of itself!
Dennis Schröder shows what leadership is really about: not constantly being in the spotlight, but being present in the decisive moment. Clutch performance means maintaining clarity under pressure and taking responsibility. That’s exactly what makes the difference—in sports as well as in business.
It’s a small but powerful tip for becoming a better leader: don’t just do more of the same—faster and better. Instead, seek out the stimulus of the new.
Recently, within the span of a single week, I met two managers from different companies who—independently of each other—bring a measuring tape to work to count down the remaining days until retirement. How sad, I thought!
The use of AI leads to what is known as cognitive offloading—where people outsource memory and problem-solving tasks to technology. While this frees up mental resources for other tasks, excessive dependence can impair our ability to think critically.
We all know these moments—those magical instances when everything suddenly clicks, when one action effortlessly triggers the next, when everyone and everything seems connected in a kind of energetic way. The question is: how do we enter this conscious state of flow?
To be honest, I think I may have overdone it with longevity. Recently, I’ve at least received feedback from friends that it used to be easier to go out for dinner or celebrate with me.
That made me reflect, and I can feel myself that with all these health routines, I’ve lost a bit of my lightness.
Moving Mindsets
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