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Beyond Resolutions: Why I Have no Idea Where This Progress is Coming From

Published by Trotzendorff

New Year’s res­o­lu­tions are a curi­ous thing. Lucky for me, I don’t real­ly need them to aim for more or less in my life. For instance, I don’t have to push myself to exer­cise; it’s such a nat­ur­al part of my dai­ly rou­tine that it’s not even nec­es­sary. But of course, I have goals and desires too. Like run­ning pain-free – after near­ly two years of a nag­ging Achilles ten­don. Or build­ing strength – after tear­ing my bicep ten­don last fall, it’s not just a wish, but a neces­si­ty. Read More

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A Hangover Called 2023

Published by Trotzendorff

When it comes to run­ning, the years of the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic were actu­al­ly pret­ty good for me. Not that I enjoyed the lock­downs, and I don’t want to down­play the suf­fer­ing of so many peo­ple and the con­se­quences. But when it comes to the flex­i­bil­i­ty of work and the rise of remote work, I have to say, all of that had a pos­i­tive impact on my train­ing. I could run more reg­u­lar­ly, be more flex­i­ble, and, as a result, more con­sis­tent. Read More

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Intuitive Running

Published by Trotzendorff

I don’t want to run like this any­more. It’s not doing me any good. More than that: it’s jeop­ar­diz­ing my health. I’m jeop­ar­diz­ing my health. And my joy of run­ning is at risk too. I owe this real­iza­tion to a gad­get, not my own insight. But let’s start from the begin­ning. Read More

The Dark Side of Leadership: Procrastination, Machiavellianism, and Self-Sabotage in the Workplace

Published by Trotzendorff

In the mod­ern work­place, lead­er­ship plays a piv­otal role in shap­ing both employ­ee behav­ior and orga­ni­za­tion­al cul­ture. How­ev­er, it’s impor­tant to remem­ber that not all lead­er­ship styles are equal­ly effec­tive or ben­e­fi­cial. Over the years, research has high­light­ed the dark­er side of lead­er­ship, focus­ing par­tic­u­lar­ly on the dam­ag­ing effects of abu­sive super­vi­sion. In this piece, I will delve into five stud­ies that explore the ways in which abu­sive super­vi­sion can trig­ger employ­ee pro­cras­ti­na­tion, unleash Machi­avel­lian behav­iors, and fuel self-sab­o­tage. Addi­tion­al­ly, I will inves­ti­gate how core self-eval­u­a­tions can influ­ence these behav­iors. Last­ly, I will pro­vide eight prac­ti­cal tips for man­agers and orga­ni­za­tions on pro­mot­ing pos­i­tive lead­er­ship styles and pre­vent­ing abu­sive super­vi­sion. Read More