At the top of companies there are often exceptional talents who are more efficient and more assertive than competitors. They are people who are extremely quick in absorbing, structuring, analyzing and processing information and who make decisive decisions. This gives you a high level of self-confidence and apparently less self-reflection in the long run than before. When exceptional talents fail But such exception managers also fail. You fail because of your own ego and the lack of self-reflection. More and more often, top managers who were recently celebrated by the business magazines become “failures” apparently overnight, because it turns out that they have made mistakes or even lie and cheat. The negotiations against AUDI manager Ruppert Stadler with the points: fraud, indirect false certification and criminal advertising have only recently started in Munich. Ex-Bertelsmann manager Thomas Middelhoff is currently in a prison for tax evasion and infidelity, similar to Renault-Nissan…

Leadership is becoming more and more digital, especially in the home office. I have also been running a department with three teams for 9 months and we have been working from home even before COVID-19. I saw my job as a manager in the digital world as creating an environment in which everyone would like to work and there is transparency. As a manager, I also have to be able to monitor work and report to the management again and again despite the distance. I believe that in the digital world every manager should actively help shape this important task and knowing how to set up and use tools like Jira is very important. You also become a little IT admin and I even think that’s a good thing! Define processes As a manager, you should first define clear processes in the form of workflows. Important: Think digitally, so what…

Where does the pressure come from to address the question of the character of top leaders? Thomas Middelhoff will continue to be invited to talk shows, and Mr. Tönnies would probably have continued like this, had it not been for the corona outbreak. Also at VW had good news : Despite the diesel crisis, the group has increased in almost all key figures. So are top managers inalienable? Apparently not. Let’s take a look at the following examples: The current generation of top managers suffers from an image problem. The negotiations against AUDI manager Ruppert Stadler with the points: fraud, indirect false certification and criminal advertising have only recently started in Munich. Ex-Bertelsmann manager Thomas Middelhoff is currently in a prison for tax evasion and infidelity, similar to Renault-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn. Do managers have a free ticket? The Stadler case in particular shows that even top managers who are…

The new generation of managers – young top managers put the old gray man under pressure with charisma, audacity and cleverness. But can everyone learn this, or is such a character innate? This survey aims to evaluate what character image a manager should have. This survey is part of a current study that I am doing. The article is due to appear in the magazine for organizational development in September. Authentic management is described as a mindset, behavior or personal attitude. For this reason, managers are often concerned with the character that should be decisive for success. A character can be described using the Big Five (also known as the five-factor model). To the Each dimension is briefly explained for better understanding: Openness: The willingness to deal with deal with new issues impartiallyConscientiousness: self-control and accuracy of a personExtraversion: attitude in dealing with other peopleCompatibility: The adaptation and Ability to…

I have recently found many studies that despite agile teams and flat hierarchies, top managers often make important decisions alone and alone. There is also talk of isolated managers who have little contact with what is actually happening in the company. But what is it and what makes leadership really lonely? From conversations with top managers I notice: the more powerful, i.e. the higher we are, the more lonely we become. The problem is that “power” often simply cannot be delegated in traditional organizations. Managers feel lonely The CEO Schnapshop Survey shows that almost 60% of the 1000 managers surveyed admit that they feel lonely. The reason is that, especially in the older generation of managers – a manager shouldn’t show any feelings. But also Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk or Steve Jobs “only” a person. You have feelings like joy, anger, fear or even loneliness. However, especially in high positions,…