HOW AN AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLIER UNLOCKS HIS LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL In their professional life, front line leaders close to production rarely, if ever, benefit from intensive 1:1 leadership coaching. High personal commitment – operationally strongly involved – in leadership or in survival mode? What distinguishes the members of this group? They are very involved in managing the […]
We are celebrating a good start in 2018. And the good thing is: many of our customers’ initiatives cover significant improvements in terms of value add processes and people. Achieved: Kick Off Strategy Workshop with the thirty leaders of a manufacturing area that covers 5.500 employees at an Automotive Supplier. Focus: common planning of three breakthrough […]
Eutropios, the ancient Roman historian became famous for his clear, simple and impartial style of writing and thinking. Can you apply this mindset to Strategy Execution? You surely can! Identify one single breakthrough target for this FY, allocate resources there and monitor the execution personally. If you then manage to reach your target within the […]
Good question! The answer of the museum experts of OMSI: plan more flexibly and use a really big Kanban board for implementation. The idea is as ingenious as it is simple. How it works? Take the most important strategic goals and ideas for the next 3-5 years (looking into the future is despite all market […]
Strategy implementation is not a rocket science. Most companies are currently trying to professionalize their strategic implementation processes. They expect to become faster and to serve their customers’ needs more promptly. My approach to Strategy Execution and how it can work out shows this presentation. Have a good read!
AMAZON CEO Bezos provides a lecture on contemporary management practices Although Amazon appears more likely to be a command & control system in the media, this letter to the Amazon shareholders (and also to their stakeholders) is a must read for all entrepreneurs facing fast market developments. In particular, the section on “High-Velocity Decision Making” provides […]
Andreas Liebrecht and Volker Rau explain why “strategy giants” often become “execution dwarfs” and how managers can handle this. “Our goal for 2017 is to complete the 2016 goals, which we should have done in 2015, because we had already agreed to them in 2014 and planned them in 2013.” Hand on heart: this sentence […]
Field report for executives who want to make a real difference. Breakthrough objectives are the means of choice in order to clearly improve the company’s situation over the financial year. An example: The COO of a Hidden Champion of the automotive supply industry laments the considerable pressure exerted by its investors at him. The EBIT […]