von Christine Burgmer | Okt. 12, 2026 | Sparks |
She looked almost disappointed The goal was never to keep you around. The measure of a good coach is the day you stop needing one. This business is built to make me replaceable. Not the most sensible career plan, I’ll admit. A client asked me last week how long...
von Christine Burgmer | Okt. 9, 2026 | Sparks |
Will I ever stop translating in my head? „I think it in German first. Then I translate. By the time I’m ready, the conversation has moved on.“ I hear this in first sessions more than anything else. It’s exhausting. And underneath it...
von Christine Burgmer | Okt. 8, 2026 | Sparks |
„Wir laufen dahin,“ I said in Vienna. In Germany, where I live, that means we’ll walk there. In Austria it means we’ll run. I had just suggested we jog to dinner. Somebody laughed, explained, and the evening carried on. I came home with Semmel...
von Christine Burgmer | Okt. 6, 2026 | Sparks |
Two questions before you speak There’s a moment before you speak when you rehearse the sentence. Once for the grammar. Once for the word you’re not sure about. By the third run, the conversation has moved on. That’s der innere Kontrolleur, checking...
von Christine Burgmer | Okt. 5, 2026 | Sparks |
Can I say something different here? There’s a moment in a meeting when you know the decision is wrong. You feel it before you can say it, that quick pull in your chest while everyone else nods. In your own language you’d have said it already, in the exact...
von Christine Burgmer | Okt. 2, 2026 | Sparks |
The greeting you don’t have to choose You don’t have to pick the right opening. Somebody already picked one for you. Their email is sitting open on your screen. Whatever they wrote at the top tells you where they’re comfortable. „Hi...
