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(HOME) OFFICE – Our Successful Self-Experiment
HOME OFFICE? Our successful self-experiment ... The debate is becoming increasingly controversial: How do you get employees back into the office? On the one hand: The COVID lockdowns have given virtuality in management - and thus home office - the long-awaited boost....
read moreInterview with Tim and Flavio about our cooperation TechneValue and Breitenstein Consulting
A few weeks ago, the new cooperation between TechneValue GmbH and Breitenstein Consulting was announced. We are two medium-sized consultancies, both based in the DACH region and deal with transformation and digitalization projects but have different focuses: while...
read moreTurn of the times in employer branding – True beauty comes from within!
The term "turn of the times" is stolen - just like the slogan of a cosmetics company of the 80s. But it is not too big for the developments on the labor markets that we are currently facing. And the change of times requires a change of strategy in HR work - and beyond...
read morePeople & Culture Health Check instead of Management Audits
The German economy is in transformation - in almost all industries. Are management teams, organization, processes and culture properly positioned to handle the transformation? Investors and family businesses in particular are asking themselves this question. A...
read moreDo we recognise us? – About HR Diagnostics
 Whenever we meet people, we unconsciously create a picture of 'how' someone is and how he/she will act. So, we do diagnostics. And in almost every professional people process in companies, diagnostics is somehow the basis. And when strategies fail, it is often due to...
read moreTalent Management against Crises
The waves of crises are increasingly overlapping: Covid waves, climate crisis, supply bottlenecks, energy supply, embargo consequences and a new looming financial crisis. And the 'old' challenges are still there: digital transformation, demographic change and shortage...
read moreAll AGILE or what?
Which form of work suits us? A readiness check. The trend from classic hierarchies to more agile forms of work is unbroken. But which organization and which management model really suits us? That's what many of our customers ask themselves. On closer inspection, there...
read moreSocial sustainability in German SMEs
In order to investigate the current state of German SMEs with regard to social sustainability, students from LMU Munich conducted a survey with Breitenstein Consulting and the German Association of SMEs (BVMW). Social Sustainability Sustainability can be...
read moreCORONA-PANDEMIC AND THEN? – Hybrid forms of work as a model for the future
The swimming pools and restaurants are full, almost two thirds of Germans are fully vaccinated and the first come back from vacation tanned -- it almost seems like the corona pandemic is history. The fact is, we can almost enjoy the summer as in pre-corona times. But...
read more#FutureOfWork = #FutureOfHR? – Derive a future-proof HR strategy tailored to your organization!
Many of our customers return to strategic questions to tackle current and upcoming crises: How will we work in our organization in the future? What changes will trends such as digitalization bring about in our jobs, processes and business models? How do we need to...
read moreBEYOND WORKFORCE TRANSFORMATION – Learn from Procurement and Manage Ecosystems…
Human Resources is facing major challenges that will change its function. In the two preceding articles, I described how strategic workforce management will affect the competency requirements for HR. In the discussions about this, I was asked: What comes after that,...
read moreWORKFORCE TRANSFORMATION – New Competencies for HR?
Workforce Transformation is a strategic challenge for Human Resources Work. The Covid-19 pandemic has further accelerated this. In my previous article, I discussed two different approaches and made recommendations. There was considerable positive feedback in return....
read moreWORKFORCE TRANSFORMATION – Is the Journey the Goal?
Workforce transformation has been the most-discussed topic in the HR community for years. The Corona pandemic has only accelerated this. How much workforce expansion, downsizing, and reorganization is needed due to digitalization, for example, and where exactly is it...
read moreDigital Grief Counselling – How do we digitize human(e) contact?
Digital Grief Counselling - How do we digitize human(e) contact? Nothing is what it used to be when we are confronted with death and grief. In times like these, it is important to be able to rely on social contact with people who are close to us. They represent social...
read moreOur podcast with some insights about ‘Home Office and the Ability to Self Organize’
Culture Change Myth
CULTURE CHANGE MYTH Can culture really be managed? As Peter Drucker once said: 'Culture eats strategy for breakfast.' That's why culture change is often considered the supreme discipline in change management. Strategies, organizations, processes or rules can be...
read moreCONFLICT CULTURE IN THE MANAGEMENT TEAM – Basis for successful change management
The Corona crisis has initiated profound changes and called for new business strategies, which necessarily lead to organizational changes. However, every change usually entails the potential for conflict and often leads to conflicts of interest that already start...
read moreLEADERSHIP TANDEMS – Is now the time for a quota?
Janina Kugel and other prominent women have reactivated the justified debate about quotas for women. Rightly so, in my opinion - an initiative by the German Chancellor on voluntary quotas about 10 years ago failed miserably. Is now the time for a quota? And what else...
read moreHR AT THE MIXING DESK – What will HR work look like in the future?
What will HR work look like in the future? At the HR BarCamp on October 24, we discussed the future role of HR with HR managers from various companies. In doing so, we developed the idea that there could be a radical individualization of employment conditions in the...
read moreINSOLVENCY – What if things get really bad?
What if dealing with the operational consequences of the global pandemic is suddenly the least of your problems? WIRECARD is certainly one of the most spectacular economic thrillers of the post-war period - right in the middle of the Corona crisis. Anyone who has...
read moreh&z BarCamp on 24.09.2020
In a first h&z HR BarCamp this week we had an exciting discussion with HR professionals from 7 companies on the question 'HR, whats next? - What's next for HR after Corona? The HR BarCamp was not only h&z's first symposium focusing on HR, it was also the...
read moreU = Mi² The crisis formula
Back to new normal is not the right discussion. There will be no such thing as a simple new normality characterized by a little more distance. And no quick 'V' either. So, what to do now? Labor and financial markets are under the oxygen tent of financial aid and short...
read moreCorona – also a step into the future?
Breitenstein Consulting sees new opportunities The Corona virus hit the global community with an as yet immeasurable severity and its effects are multidimensional. It is now of utmost importance that the community shows solidarity so that our health care system...
read moreThe digital transformation of the public sector
There is no doubt that the public sector and its administration are undergoing change. The evolution of public administration from the analog to the digital age represents both an immeasurable opportunity and a complex challenge for modern society. A major Munich...
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