by Nelja Kornfeld | Dec 7, 2025 | Business, For employer, Key to success
Recently, I ran a poll on Instagram, asking people how annual review conversations are handled in their companies. You know, those meetings that are supposed to be a growth moment for the employee and a chance for the company to understand what’s actually going on...
by Nelja Kornfeld | Nov 26, 2025 | Business, For employer, Key to success
Working with SME companies in Estonia and abroad, I keep seeing the same paradox: everyone knows that regular 1:1s with team members are important. Everyone’s read about it. Everyone nods, and still doesn’t do it. In big companies, 1:1s have long been part of the...
by Nelja Kornfeld | Oct 18, 2025 | Business, Key to success, Personal
I’ve been to various conferences many times, both in Estonia and abroad, and they have always been industry -specific conferences. During my time in banking, these were mainly Cash Management topics, and for the last few years, of course, HR and Talent Acquisition....
by Nelja Kornfeld | Sep 25, 2025 | Business, For employer, Key to success
2025. Everyone’s hyped on AI, while I keep telling clients: slow down. Not because I hate tech – I live in it every day. I use AI wherever possible. But I’ve seen what happens when you let algorithms run the whole show. The Client Who Went “All In” One client...
by Nelja Kornfeld | Jun 26, 2025 | Business, Career, Personal, Psychology
Today, something personal. I’ll tell you about a pattern I catch myself in more often than I’d like. It’s FOMO – fear of missing out. It doesn’t always look like the anxious “What if I was invited?”Sometimes, it shows up differently: – You take on a new project,...
by Nelja Kornfeld | May 10, 2025 | Business, For employer
At some point, company growth becomes dangerous. Not because growth itself is bad – but because the systems don’t catch up. The revenue is going up. The team is expanding. The product is gaining traction. From the outside, it looks like a company on the rise....
