How to Care after Downsizing II
December 11, 2009, by
Stephan Polomski in
Human Resources,
Leadership,
Management Two weeks ago, I said in part one of this blog, before establishing a new balance within a downsized organization or healing it a change of attitude of both, managers and employees, is necessary. This attitude should welcome a structural framework shaped by ambiguity and temporariness.
How to achieve a change in attitude?
We have to convey [...]
Make It Work: Employer Branding I
October 21, 2009, by
Stephan Polomski in
Human Resources,
Leadership What are we talking about when talking about Employer Branding? When we start to talk about employer branding we find two major occasions why to talk about this seemingly unproductive topic. It is the when which leads us right to the definition. The main reasons why to yearn for employer branding are
1. Your people resign [...]
Reasoning on Resonance
August 16, 2009, by
Stephan Polomski in
Human Resources,
Leadership Einstein said: „Although it is possible to describe everything in life scientifically, it would not make sense. Even more: it would be absolutely meaningless – as if one would try to describe a symphony of Beethoven as a variation of differing acoustic waves and their differing compression.”
So, what is resonance?
In the technical sense and much [...]
Missing Out On Employees’ Motivational Drivers
August 15, 2009, by
Heinz Landau in
Leadership I just came across a great article in The McKinsey Quarterly 2009, Number 2 titled “The irrational side of change management” where authors Carolyn Aiken and Scott Keller point out common pitfalls in change management. However, there is also a valuable lesson to be learned for leadership communication in general.
Many leaders seem to be unaware [...]