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The human resources department as a catalyst for transformation and agile work – a utopia?
Through my work as a consultant, I often come into contact with personnel departments, sometimes as the first point of contact in a company. What surprises me, again and again, is the importance of the HR department in many companies, especially when companies...
Is collaboration re-invented by agile teams?
In recent weeks, we have spoken with several HR developers and CEOs of agile companies. We have repeatedly circled the question of whether agile teams need something different than teams in classically structured organizations to work together successfully. The...
„Agility in the Nutshell“
In today's work context, both as an employee and as a manager, you are increasingly coming up against organizational limits. Cooperation becomes difficult because many people want to "have their say" and the interests of many sides must be taken into account. The...
Field report online training
Since the beginning of the Corona crisis, online training has experienced a boost. To be able to offer our customers training during curfew periods, we have converted the training designs for all our core topics to online formats. As a communication platform, we use...
“I’ve got it” – What golf and skill development have in common
Recently, I have had several conversations with managers where the terms know-how, skills and competences have been on the table and used with the same meaning. But what is now what... I played a round of golf last week, and my flight partner gave me some fascinating...
Rethinking Agility, Klaus Leopold
Have You already fully exploited the potential of Your transition to agility? For example, have You already achieved Your time-to-market goals? Are You fast enough? Imagine a development process for technical functions that creates a new feature in sales or product...
Successful collaboration is an art that ….
… everyone can learn... Complex organizations need structures in which teamwork is possible. We have concluded that successful collaboration, whether it takes place in agile teams or "normal" teams, requires some skills that employees need to build and develop to be...
Digital learning formats – what users can expect
Personnel development has been shaken to its foundations in recent months. Suddenly, due to the Corona crisis, no more face-to-face training sessions were allowed. Personnel development measures were cancelled, and since then many personnel development departments...
Personnel development in times of Corona
In the next 6 - 12 months, if not longer, the topic of Corona will accompany us. For the matter of personnel development, this means that we need to think carefully about how competence development can take place in companies. I think that personnel developers should...
Delegation checklist
What is it that occupies managers when they deal with the topic of change?
In the last few weeks many organizations had to deal with changes. We have asked our clients which topics are interesting and important for managers in this context. In the process, we have come across an exciting phenomenon. There are hardly any...
Spotify as a thinking model for agile organizations
Self-organizing teams usually characterize agile organizations. They often use methods such as Scrum, Kanban or Design Thinking. But how can several independent teams be busy developing the same product or service? How can...
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