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The Hidden Cost of Bad Meetings: Why Leaders Lose More Than Time
Most teams spend more time in meetings than they realize — and even more time recovering from the unproductive ones. Before you fix your meeting culture, it helps to see what’s actually going wrong. And let’s be honest: every workplace has its own collection of meeting disasters.
Merve Kagitci Hokamp
Nov 247 min read
The Five Qualities High Achievers Share: Lessons From Coaching Hundreds of Leaders Across Cultures
Every week I sit with ambitious, talented, capable leaders who—on paper—look nothing alike. A founder in Berlin. A director in Dublin. A senior executive in Singapore. A first-time people manager in New York. Different industries. Different backgrounds. Different passports and parenting stories. And yet… the same patterns emerge. High achievers don’t share a personality. They don’t share a resume. They don’t even share a temperament. What they do share is the ability to o
Merve Kagitci Hokamp
Nov 105 min read
The Red that Made Billions: What McDonald's Color Psychology Teaches Leaders About the Science of Influence
How a simple color choice became one of the most powerful influence experiments in business history—and what Robert Cialdini's research...
Merve Kagitci Hokamp
Aug 189 min read
Why the “Perfect Day” Routine is Overrated (and What Actually Works)
You’ve heard the hype. Wake up at 4 a.m., and you’ll float out of bed feeling like a feather, totally ready to conquer the world....
Merve Kagitci Hokamp
Nov 4, 20244 min read
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