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26 Jun

Transactional Analysis for Leaders: The Foundations, and How to Use Them

Infographic showing three TA ego states—Parent, Adult, Child—on the left and three leadership actions—Develop, Manage, Stay strategic—on the right, with a central 'A' node labeled Lead from Adult.

A clear, deeper introduction to transactional analysis: where Eric Berne's Parent, Adult, Child model comes from, the psychology of why we shift between stances, how it connects to Kahneman, Rogers, and psychological safety, and how to apply it in everyday leadership.

07 Jun

Your Stress Profile: A Mirror to Start Mastering Stress

By salomons.coach
In Blog, Change & Transformation, Download, Organizations & Culture, Self & Personal Growth, Tools & Methods, Web Courses & Programs, Workshops & Events

"I'm stressed" is true, useless, and where most people stop. This is how I turn that vague sense of pressure into a map you can actually act on, the nine dimensions behind my stress profile, the research they rest on, and how the picture becomes a coping strategy rather than a label.

15 May

The full logic (and context) of yes and no

Hero banner: dark blue gradient with concentric rings and a gold 'yes' at center, title 'The full logic of yes and no' on the right.

A yes from Beijing and a yes from Amsterdam can come out of the same mouth in the same meeting and mean radically different things. A reference-grade walk through the four cross-cultural frameworks — Hofstede, GLOBE, WVS, Schwartz — and the two psychological theories underneath that explain why.

08 May

How to read and apply the Cross-Cultural Leadership Compass Report

By salomons.coach
In Blog, Organizations & Culture, Tools & Methods, VUCA & Leadership

Man in a white shirt sits at a wooden desk, reading a report titled 'Cross-Cultural Leadership Intelligence' with a laptop and a dark mug nearby in a professional office.

If you have downloaded the Cross-Cultural Leadership Compass, this article provides the knowledge how to use the report as your compass to navigate the cross-cultural map. I you want to download an example report, click here. Cross-cultural leadership reports are

29 Apr

4R Model – Step 1 – Reflect

Two side-by-side circular infographics showing the four-stage journey (Reflect, Reset, Re-Align, Rise) for Individual and Team paths.

Setbacks demand action. Reflection demands stillness. The first stage of the 4R™ Model asks you to do the harder thing — stay with what happened long enough to make sense of it. Why Reflect is the foundation every transformation is built on.

29 Apr

The Five-Minute Reset: What One Stanford Study Changed About How I Coach

By salomons.coach
In Blog, Self & Personal Growth, Tools & Methods, Workshops & Events

Infographic-style hero showing a breathing cycle graph with two curved lines and markers, labeled ‘INHALE’ and ‘EXHALE,’ on a pale background; includes the page title nearby: ‘The 5-Minute Reset’ with a subtitle about cyclic sighing and breath patterns.

A 2023 randomized trial pitted four breathing techniques against each other. The winner takes five minutes a day. Here's what it taught me and how I built it into my coaching practice.

27 Mar

Managing Across Cultures: The Hofstede Playbook for Executives

By salomons.coach
In Blog, Organizations & Culture, Tools & Methods, VUCA & Leadership

Managing across cultures is not about awareness, it is about precision. This executive playbook translates Hofstede’s six cultural dimensions into concrete leadership actions, helping you anticipate friction, adapt your approach, and lead effectively across borders.

27 Feb

The Executive Presenting Framework

By salomons.coach
In Blog, Self & Personal Growth, Tools & Methods, VUCA & Leadership

Presenting at executive level is not a communication skill, it is leadership in public. The Executive Presenting Framework reframes presentations as leadership moments where judgment, clarity, and ownership are established under pressure. Built for VUCA environments, the framework helps senior leaders reduce cognitive overload, lead thinking in the room, and ensure that presentations result in decisions and execution.

07 Feb

Hold the Line: The Hardest Stress Coping Skill and How To Practise it

Hero infographic titled 'Hold the Line' about stress management, showing a gold boundary line with anchors and routes on a dark blue background.

Most of the people I work with are good at handling things. That's exactly why their stress doesn't show up until it's expensive. Here's how I run a workshop that makes the hardest skill, saying no, something a team can actually get better at.

07 Nov

Client coaching tools

By salomons.coach
In Blog, Tools & Methods

The Salomons.Coach Toolbox™ gives every client a structured, evidence-based set of tools to reflect deeply, act intentionally, and build lasting leadership behavior that strengthens business results.