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…
Provide clarity & security
In everyday working life – and especially in a time of crisis like now – there are often difficult issues that need to be communicated to employees: for example, an unpleasant business situation, uncertain prospects or personal cutbacks.
The be-all and end-all when it comes to bad news is good communication!
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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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.
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.
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.
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.
Digital Leadership: What makes a good leader of tomorrow?
Digital transformation is changing traditional business models and familiar processes. How do you deal with these changes as a manager? What does a digital leader have to do to master one of the biggest challenges for companies, digitization? How do leadership skills need to be developed to plan and implement transformation?
5 challenges you should be aware of in Next Leadership.
What challenges are hidden behind sustainable leadership? What to look for in Next Leadership.