Category : Leadership

We struggle to find female candidates for management positions, but when it comes to concrete measures to promote diversity in the workplace, we hesitate: Could this divide the...

What you can learn about effective public speaking from today's speeches by the candidates for the CDU party presidency.

As a party-politically neutral...

Looking below the surface: my conversation with Dr. Simone Burel

Dr. Simone Burel analyzes the language of companies, organizations, institutions and their...

In the evenings in my office - when the day's appointments are over - I like to reflect on the many conversations I have. Recently, one topic has been occupying my mind more...

The 'inner wave of resignation' of the Germans!

The news about the Great Resignation in the USA flares up again. In Germany, the wave of layoffs has not been a big...

In the first part of my start-up stories series 'Courage' I described as an advantage of a 'late founding' the fact that with increasing age one usually knows better how to...

The next two commandments concern the interviews that companies conduct with candidates. Here I experience the entire spectrum: from those who draw up detailed catalogs of...

I have just received another rejection from a very suitable candidate because he refuses the remote arrangement for the position (3 days office per week). This issue is...

Anyone who follows me here knows that most of my advice and criticism of new hires is directed at the company side and not the candidate side. This is not only because we are...