Growth and prosperity – evidence or strike?
Current headlines in business magazines about the lowered growth forecast and the threat of recession currently seem to be attracting less attention in the public debate than strikes. […]
How does culture correlate with the bottom line?
In general, corporate culture is understood to be a system of shared patterns of thinking, feeling and acting as well as the norms, values and symbols that convey them within a company. […]
Experience makes the difference
Cause-and-effect relationships are helpful when it comes to understanding relationships in a company and getting a grip on complexity with the help of key influencing factors. With all the variety that can be there; an “axis” is stable: A compelling place to work (employee focus) – a compelling place to shop (customer focus) – a [...]
Organisational Development: more than employee participation and change (2/2)
Organisational Development (OD) should be implemented on all three levels of the St. Galler Management House − normative, strategic and operative. There is no either-or but only an as-well-as. From this perspective − in accordance with the title of this post − OD is much more than employee participation and change! […]
Organisational Development: more than employee participation and change (1/2)
Organisational Development (OD) is a general term for a planned, systematic and goal-driven shift in the organisational structures and processes as well as the behaviour of the employees of a company. On the one hand, it is supposed to improve the company’s performance while, on the other hand, it supports the development of every single [...]
Jacob Shriar about Employee Engagement
Excerpt from an articlewritten by Jacob Shriar, February 10, 2015: What your employees really want (and how you can give it to them). Jacob is the Director of Customer Happiness at Officevibe, and is on a mission to make the world of work better. He believes that everyone deserves to love their job, and be happy, healthy, and productive at work. He's passionate about startups and company culture, and believes you should never stop learning
Lecture on “Business Impact” in Zurich
Our CEO, Dr. Volker Mayer, will give a lecture on November 7, 2014 in Zurich on "Relationships between Leadership Development, Employee Engagement and Business Performance" at 10 AM. The conference "4th annual HR Transformation, Talent and Employee Engagement Forum" is hosted by Thought Leader Global in the Swissotel Zurich.
Human Resources is facing three key challenges in its role as strategic business partner:
Strategy Execution Study
In January 2013 STRIM introduced a snap poll on strategy execution. The guiding question was:
What are the essentials why companies fail to successfully execute their strategies?