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 | 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 | 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....
by Nelja Kornfeld | Apr 30, 2025 | For employer, Key to success
In business, we love to calculate the cost of hiring: recruitment budgets, agency fees, hours spent in interviews. But rarely does anyone count how much a company loses when a new hire quits after just one month. And yet – that’s a loss too. And often, a very...
by Nelja Kornfeld | Apr 24, 2025 | Career, For employer
I remember that time vividly – when I officially became a manager for the first time, but in reality, I was living in a constant state of control. I wasn’t just working – I was on duty. Watching every word, every email, every deadline. It felt like if I...
