I first met Tamara Dietl in 2012 when I wanted to introduce and recommend profilingvalues to a highly professional group of crisis coaches. Before that presentation, I was somewhat nervous, but I was able to convince Tamara to complete the profilingvalues certification. Since then, we have worked together very successfully and fruitfully for many years.

In this episode, we reflect on Tamara’s remarkable professional background, which began in journalism and led to well-known documentaries, including work for Spiegel TV. For many years now, she has worked as a crisis coach and consultant, consistently integrating Viktor Frankl’s approaches to meaning and values into her methodology.

Through the cancer illnesses of her husband and mother, she also had to navigate severe personal crises herself. We talk about today’s overlapping and polycrisis realities and how they affect both her clients and mine.

It was a highly engaging and insightful conversation with Tamara, who offers listeners many valuable perspectives and thought-provoking insights.

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Keywords: crisis leadership, resilience, strength, crisis coaching, polycrisis, personal development, values, Viktor Frankl, meaning, leadership psychology, transformation, emotional resilience, coaching, crisis management, profilingvalues

In this episode, I start with the simplest understanding of the term value and move toward a modern interpretation of what values mean in practice. I introduce three dimensions of values and two value spaces, always with a focus on practical application.

The episode also highlights why value-based competencies are essential for creating structure, clarity, and direction in life. I explain a simple framework — the value matrix — which has become a personal guide for continuously reflecting on, calibrating, and developing my own values.

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Keywords: values, personal development, value matrix, self-reflection, orientation, decision making, psychology, value-based leadership, self-awareness, personality development, inner clarity, life structure, mindset, competencies, modern values

In this episode, I interview business consultant, author, and honorary professor Dr. Burkhard Bensmann, with whom I have worked closely and successfully for many years.

He combines a deep background in the humanities with decades of consulting experience, creating a unique added value for his clients.

His main focus is self-leadership, which he also considers a fundamental building block for a successful life.

Based on a broad range of interviews, he has structured the topic into three essential dimensions: self-awareness, self-responsibility, and self-regulation.

From this foundation, he developed seven fields — which can be understood as “magnifying lenses” through which self-leadership can be systematically strengthened and developed.

During our conversation, he was sitting in Lanzarote while I was in Tenerife — and our shared appreciation for the Canary Islands is only one of many things that connect us.

An enlightening conversation full of depth and practical insight.

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Keywords: self-leadership, self-awareness, self-responsibility, self-regulation, personal development, leadership development

In this episode, we explore the process behind self-leadership and why it matters.

Whether for leaders or employees, an essential question is always: where do we begin when learning to lead ourselves?

Self-leadership means aligning our actions with our personal values, ways of thinking, and goals.

This may sound logical and simple, but in reality we often face the challenge of truly knowing these values and goals well enough to act with clarity.

After this episode, you may have a deeper awareness of the different paths through which self-leadership can be developed and strengthened.

Because one thing is clear: anyone who cannot lead themselves will not be able to lead others effectively.

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Keywords: self-leadership, personal leadership, self-awareness, values and self-awareness, leadership development, self-reflection

In this episode, I take a deeper look into hospital operations together with Steffen Köhler, Head of Human Resources at Kliniken Südostbayern.

We discuss the specific characteristics of hospital environments, current trends, and how organizations can respond to the enormous challenges they face today.

We also reflect on what has been learned from the pandemic and how these experiences continue to shape leadership and organizational thinking.

Steffen Köhler is a strong advocate of lean management — an approach that can work particularly well in hospitals.

Our conversation also focuses on leadership roles and the development of leaders.

As we know, leaders ultimately develop themselves, but organizations must create the best possible conditions to support that process.

Hospitals and all connected services require new ways of thinking, and Steffen Köhler represents this mindset in an impressive way.

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Keywords: healthcare leadership, hospital management, leadership in healthcare, lean management, hospital culture, healthcare transformation

In this episode, we focus on leadership.

Today, leadership is not only crucial for the relationship between employees and managers. Poor leadership affects the entire organization, especially when unhealthy leadership behavior leads to absenteeism and high costs.

At the same time, a strong leadership style can significantly improve a company’s attractiveness and positioning in the market.

And as we will discover in episode 18, leadership also plays an important role in organizations far beyond the direct dynamics of business life.

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Keywords: leadership, good leadership, leadership impact, employee well-being, leadership culture, sustainable leadership

In this episode, I speak with Swiss entrepreneur Christoph Meier, founder and leader of Outvision.

Our conversation moves on two levels: from entrepreneur to entrepreneur, and through my interest in his experience of specializing in online assessments, with which he has achieved remarkable quality, standardization, and scalability in the market.

More recently, he has also entered the field of leadership development and shares insights into the project Diagnostic Leadership.

It is fascinating to hear how the metaphor of the sea influences his thinking and how clearly he explains what truly matters for top performance — combining playfulness and precision at the same time.

An episode full of valuable insights.

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Keywords: values in leadership, entrepreneurial leadership, leadership development, diagnostic leadership, top performance, value-based leadership

In this episode, we focus on online assessments.

Whether companies want to appoint leaders or employees to new roles and responsibilities, assessment remains one of the most effective tools for selection — and for many years it has increasingly taken place in digital formats.

The range of available methods is broad, and many providers now operate in the field of psychometric testing.

In this episode, we bring more clarity to this landscape and explain the different ways online assessments can be conducted, including their main advantages and limitations.

After listening, you will have a clearer understanding of which digital assessment approaches exist and what their respective strengths and weaknesses are.

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Keywords: online assessments, digital recruitment, psychometric testing, digital hiring, talent assessment, HR technology

Gabriele Trachsel has been a business partner from the very beginning — one of the first to embrace the topic of values and to work continuously with me and profilingvalues until today.

Building a business in Switzerland as a Berliner is not only impressive, but also a fascinating story.

She brings decades of corporate experience and later took the step into self-employment.

Her story is both inspiring and typical at the same time — because it often takes time to sharpen one’s own service offering until it becomes truly successful in the market.

Being able to train top executives is something she describes as a great honor.

This episode offers valuable insights and is definitely worth listening to.

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Keywords: executive training, assessment training, top management, leadership coaching, executive development, executive assessment

In this episode, I share personal insights from 25 years of assessment experience and take listeners into the world of evaluating people for specific roles in professional life.

After more than 5,000 individual assessments, I offer practical insights into how assessments are conducted and highlight key aspects that matter in professional practice.

Using what I call the “double three-step approach,” I explain the interaction with clients from briefing to reporting and, of course, discuss the assessment interview itself, including the relevant preparation and follow-up.

Anyone interested in discovering the assessment process in an informative and accessible way will find this episode both insightful and engaging.

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Keywords: assessment center, talent assessment, leadership assessment, recruitment diagnostics, personnel evaluation, assessment methods