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Achim Nowak
Achim Nowak is an Executive Coach, Business Thinker, TEDx Speaker and Mastermind Convener. The author of 3 books on Personal Presence, Achim has helped hundreds of CEOs and C-Suite executives in global enterprises around the world to amplify their personal impact. He has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fast Company, USA Today and on NPR.

2020 Is Almost Done. Take The Helicopter View.

I used to teach a leadership program with a strategy guy. Marc Rubin. Take the helicopter view. One of Marc’s favorite phrases. I have used…

Two Leadership Qualities You Can’t Fake. So DON’T.

I have always loathed the phrase Fake it til you make it. If you don’t know how to drive a car, please don’t fake...

4 Reasons Why You May Wanna Shut Up

I like to talk. I have been known to over-talk. It is what happens when I go to the dark side. I have a strong...

Ignore Your Our Psychological Profile and “Act Like” the Leader You Would Like to Be

My European colleagues think we’re a little nuts. You Americans are obsessed with psychological profiling. You put your leaders through psychological assessment after assessment. And...

How to get out of the COVID rut

Joe looked chipper. Unusually chipper. You’re very energized today, I say to Joe. I feel his energy busting through my Zoom screen. And I ask:…

Stop Delegating. Give Them Power, Instead.

It’s a leadership sacred crow. One of those things you’re taught in a middle management leadership class. Don’t do it all yourself. Delegate to them.…

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