A day at IKEA

IKEA, in the week between Christmas and new year, a lot of people, Beds Department, Mattress camp. A salesman coming to us. One of those infamous moments, "Anything I can do for you?"Most customers fear. Here it was different. A moment of astonishment and delight. What was different? The young man was determined and to. [...]

A day at IKEA2018-09-27T20:56:34+02:00

The dangerous vacuum – The winter grain story

Managers begin their careers as experts. They then become team leaders. Team leaders become head of Department. Head of Department head, etc are. Some of the experts make it to the Chairman of the Board. Martin Winterkorn studied metal physics, work as an expert in the research by a Bosch, Assistant of the Management Board at Audi, then head of the quality assurance and the rest is [...]

The dangerous vacuum – The winter grain story2018-09-27T20:57:23+02:00

Road forks

Mykonos, the party island. There are also road forks. One path leads to a lighthouse. The other in a dead end. It executives every day. Worldwide. Regardless of the origin or culture. Here are three cases... 1. Fall Gregor Stolzmann ist 49 Years old and works since 18 Years as a service engineer. He is [...]

Road forks2018-09-27T20:58:19+02:00

Find the error!

"manager magazin", Issue 10/2015, Page 18, Report on the employee survey at Siemens: "Classified - Joe Kaesers first employee survey turned out bad - and is guarded like a state secret." „ ... What Kaeser and colleagues confused:: Above all it's the performance of the management, that is - from the perspective of the employees - questionable. In total [...]

Find the error!2018-09-27T20:58:55+02:00

Finally no more staff!

Central Park, New York, deserted. Not so often seen. Some managers also wish that. At the end of the 1990s in Berlin. A cable plant for the production of wire harnesses for the automotive industry. The boss: a gifted engineer. At the same time a man, the effort has to go with other relationships. His greeting set to his new human resources manager [...]

Finally no more staff!2018-09-27T21:00:20+02:00

Dynamic, diverse and ever changing

Times Square in New York. A good example. Many different people, many ways, many possibilities. Executives are constantly busy in their businesses, to draw these three factors in orderly. This is not easy. And Additionally, it is also a perpetual, constantly changing process. "Dynamic, diverse and ever changing', so you see [...]

Dynamic, diverse and ever changing2018-09-27T21:01:29+02:00
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