Elevate life – my lear­ning journey

I am Barbara. New Prin­cipal & Consul­tant at Bera­ter­gruppe Neuwaldegg since April 2016. I am going to share my personal lear­ning journey with you.

My lear­ning journey #1 von Barbara Buza­nich-Pöltl

Imaging my first day. I found myself stan­ding in the middle of a circle with 50 people around me—our staff & network partners—and ever­yone stared at me. One ques­tion raised: “Why are you with Bera­ter­gruppe Neuwaldegg?“ And the first thought which I heard myself saying was: „… because it was love at the first sight.“

How did that happen???

Yes, there was this strong connec­tion and commit­ment from the first moment. AND there was this special start before my first day started: Our Purpose Quest in Burgen­land at Fried­richshof for three days, faci­li­tated by Claus Eurich.

I can tell you, that was a tough time!!!

Tough in terms of open­ness, vulnerabi­lity, conflicts, honesty, … For sure there were feelings like: „Get me out of here!“, „Where are we heading to?“ or „Is it worth to get that extra mile?“. And there were these gentle and heart-opening moments—full of life & power.

One of these inspi­ring moments was, when we got a present. Already knowing that values like with inte­grity, systemic and inte­gral are part of our DNA, Claus offered CONVIVIALITY based on Albert Schweitzer:

“I am life that wants to live, in the midst of life that wants to live“.

There was it. This BIG meaningful word, which serves life. We strug­gled with it a lot and filled it with our aspects, feelings and meanings. And then we found our new purpose:

inspi­ring orga­ni­sa­tions. elevate life

We realized that this will be a big step for all of us. We knew that there are lots of tensions involved. We were sure that with humi­lity we are ready to follow this purpose. But not enough.

It was time to involve all our colle­agues and network part­ners some hours later. As expected they chal­lenged us. And this was great! Toge­ther we got clearer what it could mean for ourselves and our colla­bo­ra­tions with orga­ni­sa­tions. The atmo­sphere was elec­tric and the first direc­tions of impact were created, eg. to the topic inte­gra­tion. The whole time I had the feeling that I had been part of Bera­ter­gruppe Neuwaldegg for a long time.

So you see how a start in a new company could look like. Isn’t it cool?! Perhaps you now under­stand how it came to my first words of “My first day” … and maybe you also under­stand my last words in the circle at this meeting:

“What a first day!!!”

So feel free to discuss and/or share your thoughts with us! I would love to fill our purpose with more shades and colours!

#lear­ning­journey #inspi­ring­or­ga­ni­sa­tions #elev­ate­life #orga­ni­sa­tio­nal­mas­tery #viable­sys­tems #neuwald­egg­rocks @bn_neuwaldegg

Autorin

Mag. Barbara Buza­nich-Pöltl, Prin­cipal der bera­ter­gruppe neuwaldegg