Employee loyalty – what does it mean?  Loyalty from the employees is presumably what every manager wants. And every employee wants a loyal employer. Which brings us to the crux of the matter: only people and organisations that are loyal to others can expect loyalty in return. "Do not thank for loyalty. Return it!"David Tatuljan "Employee loyalty" is about reciprocity: the employees are committed to the success and future of the company, and the employers are committed to their employees.  1....

What impact do corporate leadership and culture have on the success of digital collaboration? What makes teamwork work? Let’s start with the conditions required for successful teamwork. Simon Sinek sums it up like this:  "A team is not a group of people who work together.A team is a group of people who trust each other." This is even truer with digital teamwork than with working in an environment where everybody is present. Establishing trust is complicated. I would like to single out three...

Mind expansion and emotional regression No one mindset is fixed We don’t inhabit the same mindset 24 hours a day or in every situation we might be in. We permanently shift between them. This shift can be conscious or unconscious. Certain circumstances may require a conscious shift of mindset. This means we can go through any number of mindsets in the space of a single day. We all have the potential to consciously change our mindset. However, we need reference experiences if we are to learn new...

Employee motivation: what works (and what doesn’t)? One thing is certain: the key drivers of employee motivation and engagement are not what many employers think they are. Perks such as fresh fruit, office yoga, table football and other games are certainly a good thing. Their very existence shows potential recruits that a company is in principle worth considering. However, such incentives have no real impact on employee motivation. A performance-related bonus can certainly be an incentive if...

A Generation Y pipedream or the shape of things to come?  What does New Work actually mean? According to the expert Markus Väth: "New Work is ... a new way of thinking about work, about addressing the search for personal meaning and organising work in a way that is modern and people friendly." This definitely sounds like a good thing, doesn't it?  So, let’s take a closer look:  What really matters in the management of an organisation?  The success of a company depends on enough customers using...

If you want to make corporate culture fit for digital transformation, you should focus on the employees.  7 reasons why the personal development of employees has a positive impact on corporate culture - a plea for the self-development of employees and managers as the bedrock of a successful corporate culture.   1. There is personality development after the age of 25 Contrary to popular belief, the human personality is not fully developed by the age of 25. People can continue to evolve...

Successful positioning depends on the corporate culture We found that traditional positioning tools that define a brand from the outside perspective did not go far enough for us. We were missing the view from the inside, the focus on the "how" and "why" of our company, which also included our corporate culture. The key to this was found in the values we share and live by. Which is why, since 2013, we have based our own communication strategies on our values. To make this as clear and simple as...

How is leadership changing and what does it mean for managers? According to Prof. Dr. Friederike Müller-Friemauth in her keynote speech at this year's Petersberg Trainer Days, the question that managers are asking themselves addresses the greatest taboo in the debate about New Work. Which leads us to an even more interesting question about leadership: “How can I as a manager change myself and my management style so that I can seize the opportunities offered by the new world of work?” Here’s...