With two decades of HR leadership, consulting, facilitation & coaching experience Tilman Rieger founded 8C Consulting to help his clients reach more effective communication. Today, Tilman works as an executive coach and trainer in Shanghai where he moved in 2015 after having left his corporate career at General Motors Europe.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Non-specific
When business started difficulties overcame:
“When I left the corporate world and I had that idea of doing something really different and moving to China. This was of course for my closed environment difficult to understand what was driving me to go to China and why I now wouldn’t look for another job and so on. And then there were those people that were maybe envying me secretly that I would have the courage to do that and were just waiting for me to fail to get a confirmed in their belief that it’s not the right thing to take a risk. I would say I was surrounded sometimes by people that thought I was just a little bit crazy to do this in my forties, to leave Germany”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Book by Stephen R. Covey
- Conscious Business: How to Build Value Through Values Book by Fred Kofman
- Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage in Human Consciousness: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness Book by Frederic Laloux
Favourite Quote:
“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” Charles R. Swindoll
Recommended Online Resources:
Positive Intelligence is the science and practice of developing mastery over your own mind so you can reach your full potential for both happiness and success.
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Prepare, invest, invest into yourself, transition slowly maybe like what I did with part-time. Don’t take too big steps at the beginning and attend Toastmasters, become a good networker, share openly and take risks that can be calculable. And create positive self-filling prophecies by trusting people you believe you can trust”…[Listen for More]
More About Tilman Rieger:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Doubt is a killer. You just have to know who you are and what you stand for.” Jennifer Lopez
Other Quotes From the Chat with Tilman Rieger:
- “When I realised how much I had learned and got out of trying myself out in public workshops. That’s for example something that I could have done earlier and that was something that really was my start. Kind of the kick-off of my entrepreneurial journey I would say of where I tested myself out in the public and where I got so much positive feedback. And it started really a ripple effect of connections of people that said wow what you are doing that’s really something I want to invite my friends and use to talk to them”
- “I think that having courage and taking risks and being vulnerable at the end of the day is a recipe for success”
- “Networking skills are very important and consistency with what you do and continuing to work hard and finding the passion that makes you wake-up every morning with that feeling of forward to the day to do the many things that you can’t wait to get done. I think once you have found that your own niche, I think you can be really successful”
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