Study of the month: March
A team from Harvard Business School and the BCG Henderson Institute surveyed more than 11,000 employees and 6,500 top managers on employees’ willingness to change.
Conclusion: Employees were much more interested in acquiring new skills than employers thought they would be. The study shows that employees are adaptable and optimistic about the future.
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Whitepaper: Leadership Potential Compass
Scientific background to our unique procedure in potential diagnostics for executives.
Leadership needs climbing wall careers
Increasing self-organization is now on the agenda almost everywhere. If hierarchies are reduced as a result, career alternatives are needed. If this does not exist, then it is only logical that managers block change. Climbing wall careers offer a way out of this dilemma.
A guest article by Anne M. Schüller.
Leadership that makes sense
People strive to be able to tell their lives as a coherent story: As a narrative with desirable goals in the future and a past that gives strength through the good we look back on, but also the crises we have grown from. When integration of the past and anticipation of the future make a coherent whole in today, people say: That makes sense.
Multifunctional development center for a global brand company
For the entire marketing division of a national subsidiary of a global branded goods company, we have laid the foundation for team development and realignment with a multifunctional development center
in addition to the skills evaluation. Find out in this best practice how you can combine diagnostics and
development and design a successful team event.
What remains of leadership
When Dr. Felser (Netskill Solutions) invites, full halls are guaranteed. This was also the case on March 28 at #NextChampions. This time, people gathered at Phantasialand to discuss, exchange ideas and network in fishbowls and various sessions. Topics included viable success patterns for hidden champions and other companies in the relevant design areas of marketing, new work and HR, and Industry 4.0.
Strametz at the #NextChampions HR event
Already for the fourth time, Dr. Felser invited to networking, exchange and discussion – this time to Phantasialand. 500 visitors found themselves in inspiring sessions on Next Marketing, Next HR and Next Digital. The session on “Next Leadership” by Michael Kühner (Strametz) was also well attended and provided great opportunities for exchange. We also presented our new book for the first time.
Next Leadership needs the Next Leader
What makes for successful leadership? And when exactly is leadership successful?
Leadership should not only be good, but as effective as possible and generate success. But what exactly does success mean? Success is not easy to define and must always be viewed in context. The word “follow” is in it, and means success follows something. However, success is ultimately something that others evaluate.
New Whitepaper: Active Learning
How do we learn today – especially in times of permanent structural changes and rapid developments? What forms of learning are effective? Active Learning as a method aimed at acquiring direct experience could be an answer to today’s training needs in the market.
Read more in our latest whitepaper!
Value-based leadership in transformation
Values sound like permanence, transformation sounds like change. We always live between continuity and change, we preserve and change. That has always been the case. What is different today? The world is becoming ever more complex and interconnected, technical developments more rapid as a result, and thus the overall pace of change is breathtaking. How are we as leaders supposed to “stay the course”? Let’s take a look at the patterns behind the changes and the constants to watch out for.