Lateral leadership – which means leading without hierarchical power – is THE leadership model of the future. Parameters like the democratization of society, higher educational standards and much more contributed to the fact that the classical hierarchical leadership model, working top-down, meets its boarders nowadays.
In God Father Part II, there was a scene when Michael knew that his wife Kay just had a miscarriage, he asked Tom “Was it a boy?” Tom did not reply to Michael directly. Michael was enraged and he screamed, “Now can’t you give me a straight answer anymore!” Tom was actually doing what most Chinese people are doing when it comes to communication. We do not say things in a straight way especially when it was about some bad news or when we disagree with people’s views or proposals.
To accompany new leaders in the first months of their new role is one of the most exciting challenges we face every day. We asked our participants how they feel in our trainings and talked with Holger Hammer, department manager at Heidenheimer Zeitung, about his experience with the Course in the practice of: Competency as a new leader.
When it comes to development of employees and leaders it’s all about transferring learned things into the working practice of the participants and to anchor content and new behaviour in their heads. “Application on-the-job” is the relevant keyword and a huge challenge which we face, among other things, with the tool of transfer cards. In this post you find the transfer card for “Leading teams”. (more…)
Since 2010, more than 800 First Line Managers completed the three-module Mondi First Line Manager Program. From participants to the managing board, the program has a very high standing and contributes to the success of Mondi. On this occasion, we invited Birgit Höttl, HR manager and project leader of the FLM program at Mondi, to an interview talking about her experience, tips and learnings for international leadership development. (more…)
International project work is on the rise and colleagues more and more take place at virtual table to cooperate. In doing so, it’s not only individual types coming together but also different nationalities and cultures. That’s the reason why intercultural communication and competence gain in importance. Our live impulse webinar we show practical and ready-to-apply inputs in order to work even more successful as an intercultural team.
Starting from June 2016, Mag. Anita Berger – HR expert with long-time experience both within organisations and as a trainer and coach – offers the new workshop “The leader as a former”. To summarize, the workshop is about using strategic human resource planning as a leadership tool for long-term success as a team. In a short interview she reveals which topics she’ll treat in detail and how leaders and organisations can benefit from this approach. (more…)
Training is only effective and reasonable if learned things are applied in practice afterwards. But that’s exactly the difficult part! Visible learning transfer which is documented and therewith controllable isn’t easy to get. Targeted learning transfer measures, provided pre and post a training – for a example on a learning transfer platform – can do the trick. In our new series “Learning transfer in practice” we present just these transfer measures. Today: A reflection work on the circle of influence.