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As a manager, are you now managing your home-based team remotely? Then the question has probably arisen in your mind as to how you fulfill your role as manager in this context and best keep in touch with your employees. How do you increase motivation, for example? How do you promote cooperation? And how do you deal with difficult situations?

Create safety and trust
You can start monitoring your employees, asking them about their work and having them dial in at mandatory times. But that doesn't exactly increase trust and motivation. Moreover, some people are in difficult circumstances, for example with young...]]> Wed, 16 Jun 2021 13:57:13 +0200
As a manager you fulfill three different roles: that of leader, manager, and coach.
A leader has a vision. A manager converts that vision into practical goals. And a coach helps employees develop to their full potential. It makes sense to regularly think about which role you want to use to achieve your goal. Below you can read what the roles entail and which reflexes and pitfalls you can avoid.

The role of the leader
As a leader you inspire people with your story. You carry out the mission, vision and strategy. You know the values of your organisation and put them into...]]> Tue, 15 Jun 2021 15:30:42 +0200
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Now it is time for all of us who navigated this pandemic safely, to face new challenges that awaits us. COVID19 changed all our lives in ways than we can imagine. I began this year in HR by focusing on building critical skills and competencies to meet the digital disruption that was widespread. However, COVID-19 drove an unprecedented transformation in business and ways of working in a very short period of time. The way we lead people, the way we manage our workforce and the tools have to be changed now. In this brief post,...]]> Wed, 17 Jun 2020 18:16:23 +0200
Adaptability vs Vision in Leaders

Change is an ever present feature of today’s world. This is especially true in the world of business. The complexity of doing business can give rise to a tension between a company’s vision, and the organizational adaptability that the firm needs to adopt in order to maintain that vision. With the pace of change increasing, a variety of leadership skills are urgently needed, as well as a strategy to determine which skill to use for a given challenge.

In 2010, IBM’s CEO study reported that the rising rate of complexity associated with the fast paced...]]> Tue, 03 Apr 2018 10:34:31 +0200
There are few things in life more certain than this: Change is inevitable. At some point, we all have to face transformations in our lives, our circumstances, or at work. We can even say, from a bigger perspective, that change is always present. The gentle old man that brings our newspaper does not come anymore, the trees from the street are cut out modifying the landscape, or our aunt unexpectedly dies. In any given situation, change can bring about uncertainty and concern, but can also be an opportunity to grow.

Business organizations experience change all the time, especially during financial...]]> Tue, 06 Mar 2018 21:03:31 +0100

Methods that can successfully motivate employees to increase productivity and the quality of work are not always easy to come by. One method used by organisations is bonuses, which are awarded to highly achieving employees in the hopes that they will continue to produce well, or even improve further. Within the last few years, more organisations have begun relying on incentive pay to increase employee performance. What is more, some organisations implement full performance management systems. These systems help to determine just how big a bonus should be for high achieving employees, and they are usually used for continuous bonus...]]> Mon, 02 Oct 2017 12:05:33 +0200 When organisations execute changes companies face challenges, as it is not always easy to convince the employees – particularly the elder employees. The easiest way to get rid of these employees is through retirement. Under some conditions this might be a beneficial way for both employer and employee. However, to ensure a sustainable solution, organisations should carefully take into consideration the involved legal, social and economic consequences.

Changes in a corporation – like solving financial issues or entering into a new market – might confront the corporation with its employees, because changes stand for uncertainty and may carry disadvantages for...]]> Wed, 03 May 2017 13:59:26 +0200 Organizational change is part and parcel of any organization. The adoption of new business practices, or promising new technology, represents examples of changes that occur all the time. Those involved in what is known as OD (organizational development) will know how much resistance they can face when they try to get people to adopt promising new technology, or new decision making processes. Models exists that help to clarify the steps that can be taken to minimise the task of change management. Two of the most common include Lewin’s 3-step model, and Kotter’s 8-step model, which will be discussed below. Both...]]> Mon, 06 Mar 2017 10:42:21 +0100 In the realm of big business, mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are commonly used to strengthen a company’s position and viability in the marketplace. M&As represent a profound change for a business and throw up a lot of challenges, which must be tackled before a merger or acquisition can be successful. These include financial, strategic and legal issues, as well as those relating to HR. As with most forms of organizational restructuring, M&As incur a human cost, affecting not only the employees of the companies in question, but also their stakeholders. Failure to address these challenges can lead to serious difficulties...]]> Wed, 11 Jan 2017 15:43:44 +0100 Each organization has a different structure set up for the company to define roles, lines of communication, and hierarchy. There are several types of organizational structure and these vary depending on industry and company. No structure is perfect, but some may work better for your organization than others.

Functional –This is the most common type of organizational structure.It divides departments by job functions, i.e. Sales, Marketing, IT etc. Functional organizations are so common because they are easy to work within and to apply to any company or industry, and it promotes working closely within your department. A potential downfall, though,...]]> Mon, 05 Dec 2016 12:40:27 +0100 The Human Side of Mergers & Acquisitions

Mergers and acquisitions is the area of corporate financial matters—strategies dealing with buying and/or joining with other companies and businesses. When two organizations join together to become a new organization it is called a merger, which often ends up with a new name. “Acquisition” is when one company will stay in business and the acquired company will be united into the acquiring company. The acquired company will no longer exist after the merger. When one company merges or acquires another, this is usually in a company’s financial interest.

A key word in the...]]> Tue, 06 Sep 2016 09:56:28 +0200

How immune to change are you?


Probably you think you’re really good in changing, aren’t you? I mean, after all you effortlessly navigate in a complex international environment day in, day out. Still it can be a huge challenge to create the real change for you!

Why blogging on this topic? Because I have been around here long enough to know I'm not the only one struggling with this so called 'immunity to change'.


Let’s imagine the following situation:

"Every day this guy goes to this bar after work hours and orders three glasses of malt whiskey. And he sits...]]> Tue, 15 Mar 2016 08:58:25 +0100 The world of Mergers and Acquisitions is an extremely complex one, with many facets to it. The terms themselves are somewhat misleading. Though ‘merger’ and ‘acquisition’ are often used synonymously, they are two very different processes. A merger involves two companies joining together to become one company, whilst an acquisition generally involves one company buying out or taking over another company. The company which has been ‘acquired’ then ceases to exist.

There are many strategic reasons for companies to consider making an acquisition. A successful takeover can help companies achieve their strategic objectives, while also increase cost effectiveness within the...]]> Tue, 01 Mar 2016 13:56:58 +0100 Mergers and Acquisitions are a financial reality in the corporate world. However, it is an often quoted statistic that roughly half of all M&A ventures fail. Given that risk, why do so many mergers happen?

Ultimately, there are two major reasons which act as primary motivators for companies to make an acquisitions. The first is to fulfill a strategic gap in the company. This gap is often found in the company product or its human resources. M&A tend to happen between companies which have a natural synergy between eachother. In combining their complementary strengths and weaknesses, they can lower costs...]]> Tue, 05 Jan 2016 10:23:32 +0100 In this day and age, businesses have to deal with an increasing amount of internal and external factors that evoke the need to continuously adapt to an ever-changing environment. There are new technologies being developed almost every day, and people are not restricted anymore to stay at one place for their whole life but can travel all over the world which gives new opportunities as well as challenges to businesses regarding their recruitment practices. Customer expectations are different now than they were some years ago, and fast growing start-ups face various problems in order to keep up with their competitors....]]> Mon, 30 Nov 2015 12:46:35 +0100 There is an often quoted statistic which says that fifty percent of all mergers will fail. There are many reasons for this, ranging from bad management, to weak leadership. You can point your fingers at any number of reasons for a merger to fail and say 'this is it,' but the truth of the matter is that there is not one reason why mergers fail.

However, when asking employees of companies who faced mergers, a different story can be seen. An AonHewitt study showed that thirty three percent of participants blamed “cultural integration issues” as the core reason their merger...]]> Tue, 03 Nov 2015 09:48:32 +0100 CHANGE MANAGEMENT SERIES: The business world has become global and extremely competitive and it is essential that an organisation is able to adapt to changes. As a result, change management is a constant process that should keep running in every organisation in order for it to succeed in the marketplace such as through important strategic changes for organizational effectiveness.

To keep their organisations’ competitive leaders need to adopt thoughtful planning, strategically set goals, effectively communicate with their employees so that they all in ‘the same page’. The role of HR and its functions is also changing with the marketplace – HR...]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2015 11:20:51 +0100 CHANGE MANAGEMENT SERIES:

Effective change management is essential for organisations and innovative leaders play an important role in leading the way for long-term business success

Change management is increasingly becoming crucial for sustaining a business in the current competitive business market. However, the actual process is still difficult for companies and the people that represent them.
The study Organizational Change by Boston VA Health Care System, elaborates on the importance of organisational change on long-term success and survival of the organisation and that companies need to adapt rapidly to the changing environment in order to survive.
There are several factors that...]]> Thu, 04 Dec 2014 23:55:48 +0100 CHANGE MANAGEMENT SERIES: Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are a crucial strategy for companies to stay competitive and catch up with globalisation. As a result, they incorporate efficient technologies and expand to new markets with lower costs.

However, not all M&As are successful. In a CNBC article, experts from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University said that the failure rate for M&As is as high as 90%. There are several reasons for this distressing figure such as difficult market and financial factors. However, research highlights that the integration process in an M&A is affected when organisations ignore “people...]]> Mon, 03 Nov 2014 00:42:21 +0100