Leadership in Balance

Frankfurt Book Fair: Meet the Author, Part 2
Frankfurt Book Fair 2026 Friday, 9 October, 12:00–13:00 Hall 3.0 / A124, Barbara Budrich Publishers When I met Barbara Budrich at her publisher’s stand during

A Culture of Welcome at Rhein-Main
A Culture of Welcome Begins with the Way We Welcome People The Frankfurt Rhine-Main region thrives on internationality. People from all over the world come

The IT Move to Get Started
Do you know this joke? – Four students sit in a car that won’t start: the chemist checks the fuel, the electrical engineer inspects the

Sigmaringen Economic Development Agency has featured my book
A special spotlight on Prepare for Landing: The Sigmaringen Economic Development Agency has featured my book in their latest newsletter. And I am truly delighted.

Frankfurt Book Fair: Meet the Author
A personal exchange on language, culture, and conscious transitions – leadership across borders. On Friday, 9 October, the Frankfurt Book Fair opens its doors to

A Marble Cake and the Thing About Rules
Eight o’clock in the morning: the marble cake is ready. Still warm, a bit too tall, but smelling wonderful. At ten o’clock it has to

Impact over Status: What 50plus can Learn from 30minus
I’m sitting in front of my screen, espresso in hand, reading a question of the #Brueckenbauer initiative by Volker Kaufmann: “Where can the younger generation

Post Event Reflection for the Café Curioso Premiere
Homecoming and landing — rarely have these two words felt so close to each other as they did on this evening at Café Curioso in

Sustainability Between Lecture Hall and Factory Gate
How sustainable can an energy‑intensive company truly be? This question shaped our visit to Holcim in Dotternhausen with a group of students. The answers emerged

When Diversity Becomes a Strength: A Day at Goethe University
“It’s about trust in our intergenerational dialogue. Do you have any ideas?” That question marked the beginning of my exchange with Anke Trischler three years

Frankfurt shows how diversity works
Sustainable behavioural change emerges when people experience that collaboration across cultures can be built on trust and that success grows from it. This is exactly

A Sunday Morning in Frankfurt
Getting up early was the plan, because I had to be at the airport by eight. Family pickup duty. A promise is a promise. But