blog – artiClES
In this section you will find our articles, case studies, book reviews and toolboxes.
Leading remotely in a dislocated team
In this case study, we look at a service company that operates internationally and whose employees work in several locations in Europe and America. In some cases, the company has offices, for example, in Frankfurt, while in other places, the employees use a co-working...
Remote leadership – an old hat or a new headgear
Remote leadership (also: distance leadership) is by definition the management of employees from a distance. Employees, (virtual) teams and managers are physically located at different (company) sites. Our working world is changing significantly under the influence of...
Soft skills as a success factor in project management
Quality in project management has developed significantly in recent years. This is not least because a uniform understanding of processes has developed as a result of standardised certification processes, such as according to IPMA or PMI, and quality criteria have...
Case Study – Two case study
Whether a team or a manager has an agile mindset usually becomes apparent in everyday life. In this case study, we present two perspectives from two managers and their teams, both of whom describe themselves as "agile". We invite you to read the two descriptions and...
Toolbox Agile Mindset
When introducing agile working in my organisation, I should first get an idea of my team's agility and which adjustments I should still make. With the following questionnaire, you can find out how agile your team already works according to the agile principles....
Book review – On the way to an agile organisation
How to make your company more dynamic, flexible and efficient Thorsten Scheller illuminates all facets of agility in his book "Auf dem Weg zur agilen Organisation". For a long time, companies were regarded as permanently stable and products and projects were...
Agile Mindset – the new magic bullet?
We have been hearing from clients repeatedly that they need to become more "agile" to survive in the market. Agility is not an "all fit one" solution. Before we get into the topic of agile Mindset in detail, I would like to classify which situations / organisational...
Orientation comes from Orient
Orient - the direction in which the sun rises, the day "sees its light". The term "orientation", or "to orient oneself", comes from the historical representation, where maps were often aligned with Jerusalem = above. Providing orientation is one of the most critical...
You probably wouldn’t have thought so – this is how you make better decisions.
Congratulations - you have just done it again. By opening this article, you have made a decision. One of an average of 20,000 decisions you make every day. Most of them probably in a split second and unconsciously. Some perhaps after days of weighing up the pros and...
Facilitating meetings – live or virtual
Does it make a difference, whether meetings take place virtually or live? We think so - there are a few differences, which we will discuss in more detail below. As soon as You want to work with small group settings, virtual meetings need a declared facilitator...
How learning (and teaching) can also be fun in the future!
"The ability to learn is a basic prerequisite for humans and animals to adapt to life and the environment, act meaningfully within them, and, if necessary, change them in their interest." (Wikipedia) Since I had a 30-year-old seminar...
TOOLBOX: DESIGNING A RETRO
Those who have participated in a Coverdale training already know it: the process review after each work order. You can also design a retro in the OKR process in a very similar way. One of the essential tools in collaboration - whether in classic or agile environments...
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