7.2.2014 Executives want short development opportunities A current survey of the German Managers’ Confederation (ULA) among 312 executives shows quite clearly: The trend towards short formats regarding further education is unbroken. It ...
20.1.2014 Change Management: Who still needs HR specialists? For almost 10 years now one has been able to observe on a global basis that the responsibility for human resource tasks, especially in the field of so-called “talent management“ ...
10.1.2014 Healthy Organisation - the conflicts of a healthy culture You as a reader of our Notes knows that we feel very strongly about the “healthy organisation“. After we have concentrated on the parameters of a “healthy strategy“ in one of our ...
13.12.2013 Mindfulness as protection from stress and mental overload The number of employees talking about psychic stress in their companies grows constantly. We occasionally reported about this fact in other notes already. A well-proven protection ...
3.12.2013 Coaching: "Your Brain at Work" by David Rock Our recommendation for anyone who has always wanted to find out how our brain functions is the bookYour Brain at WorkbyDavid Rock. If you neglect the rather unspectacular title ...
11.11.2013 Leadership development: the concerns of British managers To be honest: 2013 is about to end, but nevertheless we think it is worth to hint in this Note at a study pointing out what is important to the managers from the British Isles. As ...
24.10.2013 Can a "healthy" strategy really be economically successful? A key factor for our concept of a "Healthy Organisation" is a healthy strategy. We have laid out this concept in detail on our Reflect Day (see our note on the Reflect Day). ...
11.10.2013 Strategic personnel development: "Typically woman" A new world-wide study does away with common myths why women do worse regarding career and payment than their male colleagues: Women are less demanding regarding their ...
2.10.2013 The Healthy Organisation presented at the "Reflect Day" On September 23rd, 2013 - one day after the German parliamentary elections - we introduced our model, the Healthy Organisation, and the subjects related to this topic for the ...
6.9.2013 Do motivated employees really perform best? Mark Murphy, Manager of the US consulting firm Leadership IQ, had reasonable doubts concerning this statement and checked it. By means of a questionnaire he assessed the ...
23.8.2013 Change Management: Business Model You This time our book recommendation is from the field of career guidance and "Life Styling". After the successful predecessor "Business Model Generation", management book of the ...
13.8.2013 Wellbeing at work: small change - big effect Who would have figured? Even small changes in the wellbeing of employees have a big effect on their performance! The fact that wellbeing at the workplace correlates with ...
25.7.2013 Competence Diagnostics - Emotional Intelligence Through Goleman's book Emotional Intelligence (1995) the approach of an intelligent organization and its members got popularised. According to modern studies leadership success ...
19.7.2013 Mentoring Programme Management & Coaching Mentor is a character in Homer's Odysee. He is the wise advisor, counsellor and supporter, who looked after Telemach, the son of Odysseus whilst he was away. Today, mentoring ...
20.6.2013 Internal resignation threatens the ability for innovation The Gallup Engagement Index 2012 shows: German employees are only little committed with their employers - an alarming result. A quarter (24%) of the persons employed have already ...
