Annette

About Annette B. Czernik

Annette B. Czernik. PCC, has 25+ years experience as a manager and mentor in multinational financial services companies, and 20+ years experience coaching leaders at all levels - front-line to C-Suite and in life - around the globe. Her coaching practice offers all services in English and German, in-person, via phone or videoconference.

A culture of trust needs transparency

Leaders, Everyone wants to be part of a workplace culture that puts a premium on delivering the real truth. Lies and secrets break trust, while honesty and transparency build trust. If trust somehow exists without transparency, this so-called trust is nothing more than an illusion because it is based on what is not real. Transparency is an essential ingredient [...]

By |2025-02-21T02:18:41+02:00July 11th, 2018|Change Management, Cross-Cultural Communication, Leadership Excellence|Comments Off on A culture of trust needs transparency

Caution: Ego Traps

Leaders, Complacent superiority is your biggest clue that you are in an ego trap. The ego loves to feel superior. It loves judging, and looking down on others. It loves being right, and knowing more about everything and everyone. Leaders who operate with their ego on the front burner can rub people the wrong way. [...]

By |2024-12-28T08:22:31+02:00May 23rd, 2018|Cross-Cultural Communication, Leadership Excellence|Comments Off on Caution: Ego Traps

Executives derail

Leaders, Derailment happens. It is normal. It is human. And it comes with consequences for the organization as well as yourself. Research suggests that more than 60% of senior leaders and executives derail at some point of time in their career. Also, the greatest majority of these leaders, belong to the group of 20% [...]

By |2018-05-25T00:16:29+02:00April 23rd, 2018|Cross-Cultural Communication, Leadership Excellence|Comments Off on Executives derail

Download: The Dark Triad or the fifty shades of gray in leadership

How dark is your personality? Are you a manipulative person?  Can you switch off your empathy? Are you completely obsessed with yourself? If your answer is yes, you might want to pay attention to your dark side. “Dark” leaders may be toxic but still be as effective as pro-social, self-controlled, and “good” leaders. Let’s explore. [...]

By |2025-01-02T18:49:48+02:00April 4th, 2018|Download|Comments Off on Download: The Dark Triad or the fifty shades of gray in leadership

New work needs empowerment

Leaders, Do you need to control everything in your business? Are your people excessively reliant on you asking your permission for every tiny detail? How do you empower your people? Do you give them credit consistently? Leadership of today is quite different from that of Caesar, Plato, the Wilhelminian time, or the post-war period. Today's [...]

By |2018-02-18T19:13:57+02:00February 18th, 2018|Leadership Excellence|Comments Off on New work needs empowerment

The Dark Triad or the fifty shades of gray in leadership

Leaders, How dark is your personality? Are you a manipulative person?  Can you switch off your empathy? Are you completely obsessed with yourself? If your answer is yes, you might want to pay attention to your dark side. “Dark” leaders may be toxic but still be as effective as pro-social, self-controlled, and “good” leaders. Let’s [...]

By |2024-02-28T11:41:53+02:00January 7th, 2018|Leadership Excellence, Resilience|Comments Off on The Dark Triad or the fifty shades of gray in leadership

Time to forgive

Leaders*, What are your strategies for releasing pent-up anger? How do you ensure you communicate from a place of empathy? On a scale of 1 – 10 (10 = all-time hero), how good are you at accepting people for who they are (including yourself) with all their peculiarities, imperfections, and flaws? The biggest barrier to [...]

By |2025-02-21T02:20:46+02:00December 22nd, 2017|Leadership Excellence, Resilience|Comments Off on Time to forgive

The power of gratitude

Leaders*, Well, it’s the time of the year again to reflect on what we have and appreciate. What have you been particularly grateful for? Who deserves a heartfelt gesture of gratitude? Have you seen everyone and all contributions on your team? When it comes to business, it is easy to fall into the trap of [...]

By |2025-01-02T18:50:38+02:00November 22nd, 2017|Cross-Cultural Communication|Comments Off on The power of gratitude

Aha, Woohoo and Wow: Design Thinking

Leaders, How do you promote innovation and creativity? Do you know what your customers or users really want? Are you allowed to experiment and possibly fail? Which product designs do you love? As a non-technical person, I am wowed by the aesthetics and functionality of Apple products. I also love the experience of getting a [...]

By |2025-01-02T18:50:39+02:00November 8th, 2017|Innovation|Comments Off on Aha, Woohoo and Wow: Design Thinking

Winning social connections

Leaders*, Did you know that human beings are wired to connect? Simply put, it’s the way our brains work. Our need to connect is as fundamental as our need for food and water. In fact, our well-being depends on our connection with others. Sometimes, we don’t realize we are craving a deeper connection until we [...]

By |2024-12-28T08:24:28+02:00October 29th, 2017|Cross-Cultural Communication|Comments Off on Winning social connections
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