In view of the significant budget that many companies dedicate every year to management consulting, a number of companies consider developing internal organization expertise. In the previous article (Part 1), I have outlined the benefits that such an internal consulting team can bring. This article (Part 2) provides recommendations on how to build such a team.
In view of the significant budget that many companies dedicate every year to management consulting, a number of companies have created an internal organization expertise. The purpose of this article is to share some thoughts on the benefits that such a team can have (part 1), and to outline recommendations on how to build-up such a team (part 2).
As HR leader, I get very often the question how to best manage the first 100 days in a new job. This article outlines what to consider when you will shape YOUR first 100 days in order to make that start in the new role as efficient as possible.
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Interview with Prof. Dr. Tom Sommerlatte from the Trust Management Institute.
Trust is a key driver of performance. A robust trust base contributes to efficient interactions within the organization. Trust allows organizations to learn faster, to innovate and to adapt to changes in the market. Trust is the foundation of employees ability to operate efficiently in their work environment and of good leadership. But managers are not sufficiently aware of the components of trust. They may therefore even destroy the trust capital by inadvertence. This article outlines the trust dimensions and how leaders can manage trust in their company.
We speak about a conversation when we want to engage in a deeper exchange with another person. This article outlines some thoughts on how to prepare for the conversation and how to make it as rich and constructive as possible. It speaks about the importance of emotions and body language, about stumbling stones we may encounter and how to manage them during the conversation. This article also addresses the questions of the dynamics of a conversation.
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This article outlines the 3 steps to define my career strategy – Many of us spend a lot of time on the business strategy but rarely much time on defining our personal career strategy. Here are some tips how to improve this.
Our deep desire should guide us on the definition of our career strategy. But we are often disconnected from it. This video shows why and offers some simple approaches how to connect back to our deep desire.
Our mind is constantly drifting into the future to think about projects and duties or it is ruminating the past. But happiness is in the present moment. This video offers some thoughts on how to better connect to the PRESENT
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Career management is an important responsibility we have. We are all the CEOs of our own little enterprise. We are in charge to set the strategic direction, to ensure that our market value is increasing, to monitor trends and opportunities and to make bold decisions when needed. So you see, it’s a tough job to be a CEO! This video outlines how to best manage that.
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Many of us have experience how difficult it is to manage cultural change. This video outlines the importance of taking the unwritten rules into account to avoid that they become roadblocks in our change journey. The approach developed by Peter Scott-Morgan shows how to make these deeply rooted drivers of employee behavior visible and how to efficiently address them in our change journey (Peter Scott-Morgan: The Unwritten Rules of the Game, 1994)
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