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Good intentions and a decent tone make everything open for discussion. The employee has not been functioning well for months. Colleagues are covering the work, agreements are not being honored, and the tension in…

You can make an organization ready for sale by reducing costs. But who buys back the future afterward? “We need to make the organization future-proof quickly.” That sounds ambitious, but in…

While boards are still debating the place of HR, the work itself is already changing fundamentally. “At our company, HR reports to the CFO.” On paper, that might look efficient. In the…

Almost every leader knows the moment. You notice that an agreement is not being kept again. Someone is avoiding responsibility. A colleague says little, but you feel that something is going on. You…

Organizations are constantly changing. The world around them also forces them to do so. Geopolitical tensions are shifting markets, artificial intelligence is changing entire job roles, laws and regulations are evolving rapidly, and the labor market…

Understandably, the attention of executives and directors is primarily focused on the outside world today. Geopolitical tensions, economic uncertainty, artificial intelligence, digitalization, the energy transition, and a structurally tight labor market are changing the…

Never before has the world changed at such a rapid pace as it is now. Geopolitical tensions, economic uncertainty, artificial intelligence, digitalization, the energy transition, and ever-changing laws and regulations follow one another in rapid…

There is a curious paradox in virtually every organization. Leaders talk about development. HR invests in leadership programs, culture change initiatives, and personal growth. During strategy and board sessions, the same ambition is echoed time and again. The…

For years, the competitive struggle revolved around strategy. Organizations invested millions in growth plans, reorganizations, digitalization, and efficiency. Visions were developed, strategic documents written, and change programs rolled out, in the conviction that a better…

When organizations experience that their culture is under pressure, a movement often emerges that is almost predictable. There is talk of collaboration, engagement, trust, ownership, or leadership. The signals are…