von Meike | Sep. 24, 2026 | Psychology of Work
English version · Deutsch ↓ Every company has values. Many encourage honesty, openness and speaking up. And almost every company will tell you that corporate culture matters. And yet most of us know a different reality too: a meeting in which someone clearly...
von Meike | Sep. 20, 2026 | Psychology of Work
English version · Deutsch ↓ Why people start protecting their position when opportunities become scarce. Many leaders still believe that competition brings out the best in people.And sometimes it does.Elite athletes compete every day. Scientists compete to solve...
von Meike | Sep. 14, 2026 | Psychology of Work
English version · Deutsch ↓ Sometimes it starts quietly. You don’t hate your job. You still do it well. From the outside, there may be nothing obviously wrong. but you have stopped being interested. You are no longer learning. Your ideas go nowhere. Your manager...
von Meike | Sep. 10, 2026 | Psychology of Work
There is a surprisingly short distance between “I don’t feel like I belong here” and “I don’t belong here.” I see this often in people I work with. It can take surprisingly little for a first impression to become a conclusion about fit. Everyone else seems...
von Meike | Sep. 5, 2026 | Psychology of Work
English version · Deutsch ↓ There is an important moment in organisations that is easy to miss. An employee sits in a meeting and hears something that doesn’t make sense. Six months ago, she would have said something. Today, she stays quiet, the meeting...
von Meike | Sep. 1, 2026 | Psychology of Work
“I know I’m unhappy. But at least I have a secure job.” Most of us probably know some version of this feeling. We know something isn’t right. We may have lost interest in our work. We may feel held back by our manager. We may no longer believe in the company we...