Articles about Leadership

What Improvisational Theatre Told Me About Leadership

Jul 1, 2019 • Robert Ecker

Improvisational theatre is a special form of theatre where the actors have no storybook and therefore have no idea what will happen at the stage. The story is created spontaneously by the actors. There are no requisites. Every item that is needed for the story has to be imagined. When...

A Good Manager is Like a Gardener

Aug 10, 2017 • Robert Ecker

Since I attended a Management 3.0 workshop a couple of weeks ago there is one thing that I cannot get out of my mind. It was a simple metaphor: A good manager is like a gardener. Imagine a garden full of vegetables, fruits and other plants. The gardener’s job is...

Boosting the Quality of Team Decisions

Dec 17, 2015 • Robert Ecker

There are many ways to make decisions in a team. Most teams use always the same style to decide things. Unfortunately there is not one way which is perfect for every situation. If you choose your decision style depending on the context you will come up with much better solutions...