Obituary Dieter Strametz
We bid farewell to our company founder and shareholder Dieter Strametz, who passed away quite suddenly and unexpectedly on March 11 of this year at the age of 78.
Trust in virtual teams
Virtual teams are becoming increasingly popular, and not just since the restrictions enforced by COVID-19. But are virtual teams also efficient? What makes them efficient? The answer to this question begins with the key to successful cooperation: trust.
So, why exactly do we need trust in virtual teams? In our series of articles, we show you 5 success factors why trust is the key to effective collaboration.
Whitepaper: Making better use of potential
Potentials are composed of several aspects such as basic skills, motives, orientations, values and affinities. They measure characteristics that are more fundamental than competencies and therefore have an effect throughout a person’s entire professional life.
Our new whitepaper shows how profound potential diagnostics can help with your personnel development and lead to the right personnel decisions.
Transformation of the management culture at Börse Stuttgart
Together with the Stuttgart Stock Exchange, we focused on the transformation of the entire management culture and worked on the further development of the management culture in a two-year change process.
Shaping sustainable transformations in companies
Crises usually reveal how sustainable motivation, cohesion, flexibility, customer orientation, creativity, etc. are or are not present in a culture. A crisis also reveals the need for change, which is often ignored in good times. “The good has always been the enemy of the better,” Voltaire already knew in the 18th century. Now, however, all entrepreneurs, decision-makers and responsible persons in the organizations have been shaken up.
5 Competencies for the future
What does current research say about future competencies? What skills will employees and managers need in the future?
Eight studies with a combined total of more than 3,000 respondents were included in our metastudy. Overall, 64 competencies emerged as particularly important in the studies. We give you an overview and focus on the 5 most important future competencies.
Study of the month: August
What does the future of organizations and work environments look like? Is the current Corona crisis an inhibiting or driving factor for the issues of leadership and structure? What will it be like, the Next Normal?
These are the questions that the current study “The Next Normal – Perspectives on the Future of Organizing”, which was produced in cooperation between the organizational consultancy Metaplan and Haufe, attempts to get to the bottom of. It is based on 100 qualitative expert interviews with managers from the DACH region.
How much can a person change?
How much can a person change? What are the requirements for this?
People have a need for lifelong learning. The prerequisite for this is that they see an opportunity for further development that corresponds to their individual motives. We provide insight into the research and also 6 practical tips on how to encourage and support your employees to change.
Study of the month: July
Energy Factory St. Gallen and HR Pepper Management Consultants collaborated in April 2020 to examine how the Corona Crisis is impacting leadership culture and success in organizations. The result: top executives apparently tend to lose touch with reality!
Apparently, top executives at the 300 companies surveyed have a much more positive view of both their own work and their company’s culture than other organizational…
Study of the month: June
Around a third of managers in Germany feel overworked and insecure. This is shown by a recent study conducted by the Bertelsmann Stiftung in cooperation with the Rheinhard Mohn Institute for Corporate Management. Since doubts about leadership have been shown to be associated with a lower leadership impact, many companies consequently give away valuable potential.
But what are the reasons behind the self-doubt of German managers and how can it be remedied?