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CHECKLIST DIFFICULT CONVERSATION
How do you deal with difficult conversations? Preparation What's the matter with you? My point of view and my guess of what the other side is thinking. Comparison of views: Identify differences and similarities and adjust them for the conversation. Try a neutral...
THE BOSS UNDER CONTROLLl: Strategies for dealing correctly with superiors
There are always two of them when a boss behaves like a disgusting package, and each employee gets the boss he deserves. In this book you will learn tips and tricks on how to deal with difficult bosses. How easy or difficult it is depends on various factors: How...
ONCE UPON A TIME….
… there was an executive named Max and his associate Moritz. Max wanted to be managing director. As quickly as possible and unconditionally. What's the matter with you? Because he deserved it. Max had patiently chosen his victim and then sawed his predecessor's...
CHECKLIST MOBBING
How do you recognize bullying? Mobbing is still a taboo topic in many companies. The quick test offers you the opportunity to evaluate your personal situation. If you experience one or more of these actions at least once a week and for at least half a year, then you...
CHECKLIST CONFLICT ANALYSIS
How do you conduct conflict resolution talks? This checklist helps you prepare for conflict resolution meetings to cover all aspects of the conflict. Matter in dispute To what extent do the parties know the issues of the other side? How are they, in the experience of...
WORKING WITH A SYSTEMIC BORD
The inventor is Kurt Ludewig, University of Hamburg. The system board is a 50 x 50 cm base; originally made of wood, today mostly a hard cardboard or thin plywood is used. An edge is drawn at a distance of 5 cm from the edge. If the system board is to be used mobile,...
AGILE LEADERSHIP: From an agile project to an agile company
Michael Lang, manager at an IT service provider, lecturer for project and IT management and publisher of CIO 3.0, software developer Stefan Scherber and 12 other IT experts and managers describe in their book, what agility means as a management concept, how I achieve...
TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP. Guide to sustainable leadership and corporate success
In his book, Peter Finckler describes traditional approaches to leadership. He denounces the fact that it is still standard in many companies for managers to be promoted primarily because of their specialist knowledge. He points out that leadership is unlikely to be...
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
In this article we want to concentrate on the aspects of international on-site cooperation. We recommend that this topic be given appropriate attention at the very beginning of a project with international cooperation. We have developed a process that consists of 5...
WHY I WENT OUT TO BUY MILK AND CAME HOME ON A BIKE.
The two main factors that prevent us from making decisions are "Cognitive dissonances." People basically want a contradiction-free world. With every decision, however, we get into "cognitive dissonances": when deciding on an option, we exclude all other options - and...
CASE STUDY CHANGE
The Austrian branch of an international IT company decided to introduce a new CRM system to replace the existing system as smoothly as possible and to transfer the existing data into the new system without loss. In addition to the implementation of the new tool, new...
REINVENTING ORGANIZATIONS. A guide to designing meaningful forms of cooperation
Frederic Laloux deals in this book with the challenges of a new evolutionary organizational model. This should do justice to people's longing for a form of organisation in which they: follow their vocation and can fully develop their potential, where trust prevails...
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