Thinking and acting with confidence when handling uncertainty and risk The current challenges like currency crisis, stagnation, shortage of skilled workers, digitalization, complexity and volatility are all placing new demands, also on your management. In future, leadership will be more about navigating than steering. Enabling is in the focus. It means to open up spaces,…
Recall of chocolate bars – Mars reacts to discovery of plastic On 23.02.2016 the chocolate producer Mars Germany announced the recall of its produced Mars-, Snickers-, and Milky Way bars due to contamination. Contamination is among the everyday phenomena in food production. The resulting recall campaigns cause image damage and exorbitant costs. Trade is becoming…
The Ifo (Index for Business Climate) has dropped again, and the estimation for export prospects is still negative. The mood in Germany’s economy has thus worsened for the fourth consecutive year. Reason enough for a timely break away from the generic mood and towards a stronger market position. But how? With a well-executed Outside-in-Initiative, including…
After years of research we can prove that every organization has its own DNA. Thus, when it comes to assessing personality profiles it is advisable to account for company specific success factors. In order to determine whether candidates have the critical skills and sufficient potential, which are important requirements for performance, job positioning has to…
When it comes to assigning positions in an organization existing potential is – next to a competency profile – highly relevant. The question here is whether a candidate has the necessary personality and the relevant skills to also perform well in the future. Our research shows that it is common during candidate evaluations to confuse…
Auch in diesem Jahr haben sich die Architects of Learning (AoL) wieder auf WASAN Island getroffen. Die Architects of Learning sind ein interdisziplinäres und internationales Netzwerk. Hier tauschen sich Expertinnen und Experten anhand von Praxisfällen darüber aus, wie Veränderungs- und Lernprozesse miteinander verknüpft werden können. Ziel ist die Bewältigung komplexer organisationaler, gesellschaftlicher und personaler Herausforderungen.…