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  • Pressure on the HR department is increasing: Talent management to the boss!

    HR needs to demonstrate leadership and take a strategic approach. Otherwise the battle for the best talent in line with business growth cannot be won. Increasing pressure on the HR department Companies depend on well-trained employees in order to remain competitive. But the battle for qualified talent is tough. The pressure on HR to attract top talent…

  • Power & Communication between Men & Women: Field Studies on the Playing Field [+2 Checklists]

    Communication in everyday work is usually, implicitly or explicitly, about power. Upon closer inspection, there are many misunderstandings between men and women. How a top dog dominates the hierarchy game A top dog dominates a group. So he has to prove to the team or to the public that he is the greatest. And that’s exactly how the…

  • Leadership competence of the future & essential leadership: manage with ease!

    Time is short, the requirements are high and the deadline pressure is immense. Deadlines are often chased, time is managed, things are organized - there is another way, with calm and composure - even if many managers believe it is not possible. Manage calmly – how does that work? Take your time, be relaxed, look through something in peace,...

  • Delegating correctly and setting limits in a team: 10 tips for efficient collaboration

    Great - someone else does it - that's the meaning that many secretly ascribe to the word "team". You could do a lot better with less selfishness. Teamwork: bad reputation but important! Teamwork has a bad reputation, at least on the quiet. Because working with others is often associated with endless discussions and little result. Included…

  • Personality Traits of Self Employed: Using 10 Mann as World Market Leader?

    Globally successful companies are mainly found in large, innovative centers, less often in hidden mountain valleys. And: A 10-man company is not expected to be very successful. But which personality traits must successful self-employed people have? Approached by BMW Many company founders dream of landing the next big thing: They are therefore looking for investors, want as soon as possible...

  • Home office health management & precarious employment: What will work be like in the future?

    What will the future of work look like? Does the future belong to the free, flexible home office or are we steering into precarious mass employment and total surveillance, e.g. through company health management? The world of work will change decisively Digitization and the Internet will also change our world of work decisively - this is demonstrated, for example, every year at the re:publica, the annual event that is...

  • Healthy management hierarchies in companies: 5 tips for employee communication

    How does healthy leadership work and what "care instructions" are there for healthy leadership hierarchies? Empowering employees down to the grassroots requires several steps. Everyone involved must be heard Healthy leadership aims to keep an eye on the needs of the individual, the team, the entire company and the environment. That doesn't mean that...

  • Authenticity in application & job interview: Dare to be imperfect!

    Applicant interviews are perfectly prepared and planned these days – guidline, checklists and lots of advice literature. Dear applicants, just dare to be imperfect and see what happens! Applicants who are too perfect "With me, you will gain a team-oriented, always highly motivated employee," says the applicant. “I keep a cool head in stressful situations. Already during my studies...

  • So you become the ideal boss: 8 principles for success

    One of the characteristics of a good boss is that he gets other people to express themselves openly and freely. 8 rules for success. What makes an ideal boss? As a leader, you will be responsible for leading a team of people, inspiring them to achieve their goals and ensuring...

  • Career change & new beginning: 5 tips for more structure!

    Brainstorming, planning, self-management and overcoming blockages: all important for professional reorientation. But worth nothing if the right structure is missing. 5 tips on how to find them. Full commitment, but never to the goal? I keep meeting people who are pursuing their professional reorientation at full steam, highly motivated and very creative - but still not...

  • Job profile! Online recruiting expert: Erasmus humanum est - job search as a humanities scholar

    In the beginning is the study. And then comes the job. At least that's what all the students think. All students? No, there is a relatively large group of students who do not know from the outset what they can do with their master's, master's or bachelor's degree in professional life. Practice counts! That happened to me during my language and literature studies (English...

  • Job profile! Feminine hygiene entrepreneur: online business with an eco-heart

    Products for women are often smiled at and eyed critically. Feminine hygiene, for example, is a huge market. Specialization in the packaging layout With the Lunapads brand, Britta Wein offers a colorfully designed, ecological reusable variant of the sterile white disposable sanitary napkin in her online shop. The brand builder combines her 15 years of expertise in layout printing for a beverage giant with her…

  • Application & personnel selection for mothers: women at the stove?

    Quotas for women and equal rights are always the subject of heated debates. But neither in our job nor in our private lives are we as far along as many think. Insights into personnel selection in a German company. Open letter to a HR manager Edition F recently featured a sensational open letter from reader Anne-Lu. I became aware...

  • Destination report Constance & Lake Constance: Conferences between papal elections with Nobel Prize winners {Reader's travel tip!}

    600 years of MICE experience in the organization of congresses, conferences and events - that is by no means an exaggeration in Constance. Here you can rent the room of the papal election as a worldwide unicum and jump into Lake Constance during the conference. Lake Constance as a tourist destination Lake Constance is one of the most important and well-known tourist destinations in Germany: It is divided into…

  • Why being nice is less successful: 20 tips for the asshole factor

    A topic on which opinions differ: How much customer service is good to be successful? The more the merrier, most will say. But if you look at the most successful companies of our time or various celebrities, you may come to a different answer. Your company as a real brand! Do it like Steve...

  • Negotiating sustainably, selling better: no deal at any price

    Quite a few companies try extremely hard to win new customers with sophisticated strategies. The conclusion counts at all costs. Once the fish or the customer is on the hook, no one cares anymore - the deal is done. The wrong strategy. Conclusion lust vs. contract with rights and obligations In many companies,…

  • Lectures & presentations that really inspire: From Powerpoint to Powerjoint?

    quiz show! What do you estimate: What percentage of all presentations and lectures are really convincing? Or to put it another way: How many presentations have you experienced (or endured) sitting in the audience that were boring and soporific? Good presentations can change the course of history! The Everyday Powerpoint Massacre Everyone knows them, everyone makes them, everyone hates them:…

  • Game changer for effective communication: cannyboard in use in international executive coaching {Trend!-Products}

    Modern business tools can help in coaching to achieve goals. The following case study shows how this works. Helping customers achieve their goals “Business English & Culture” is a boutique agency from the Hildesheim area that supports managers of global companies in creating working environments in which employees and teams can develop their strengths. To the wide…

  • Cultural Fit Recruiting: Find the perfect employee with the Riemann-Thomann model

    Cultural fit means the optimal fit of employees to the corporate culture. This is more than a feeling: scientific models help with the implementation. The Benefits of Cultural Fit Recruiting When the storm rages, it's more important than ever to have the right people on board. Winning this is like walking a tightrope in many companies. On the one hand, the…

  • Happiness: Outsmarting our brains to more satisfaction

    Happiness does not depend so much on external circumstances. Rather, we can create satisfaction: by questioning existing thought patterns. Misfortune: Are the circumstances to blame or the subjective perception? Maybe you have those days when you just bitch about everything? Or do you find that others go through life in a much more balanced and happier way?...