Aerospace Industry
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When Leadership Decisions Stall: How Executive Coaching Creates Clarity
Following a reorganization, several teams—which had previously operated largely independently—are supposed to work more closely together. But even after several months, this isn’t working. On the contrary! Decisions are taking longer and longer, conflicts are on the rise, and the team leaders are blaming each other for the difficulties. The division manager in charge has…
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Leadership in uncertainty and in times of poly crisis
The German leadership debate thrives on contrasts. For years, organizations considered the empathetic, approachable, and coaching-oriented leader the ideal. Now the pendulum seems to be swinging back: In the face of economic stagnation, geopolitical uncertainty, technological disruption, and painful restructuring, there is suddenly talk of a “new toughness.” So do Germany’s companies now need tougher…
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Getting Stalled Projects Back on Track
At first, everything sounds logical: a new ERP system like SAP S/4HANA, AI integration, a new planning model, a digital shop floor or supply chain solution. Everything brings benefits, and potential risks seem manageable. A few months later, however, the “all green, two yellow” reports come to an end. Instead, there are no solid success…
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B2B Speed Dating with Aviation Valley in Poland
This week, Germany’s aerospace community is meeting at the 74th German Aerospace Congress of the German Aerospace Society (DGLR) in Augsburg. As part of this event, the Polish Chamber of Foreign Trade organized a B2B speed dating event, to which it also invited viadoo GmbH. Since 2004, our experts have been developing and implementing change…
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5 Reasons Why Transformations Fail
Do micromanagement, overtaxing the middle management, wrong labelling of a change programme or delayed start of change management sound familiar to you? Then you are close to some evident answers to the question why transformations fail.
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Social Leadership on an Aircraft Carrier
An aircraft carrier is a high-performance social system: up to 5,000 people often live and work in confined spaces for months on end. This extreme situation reveals how leadership deals with group processes and human dynamics. The captain is at the center of a system that would quickly become dysfunctional without targeted social leadership. CEOs…
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Restructuring, Turnarounds, PMI in Aerospace
Restructuring is an important management tool. Those who plan it should also carefully prepare for its socio-psychological aspects. Particular attention must be paid to the organization’s collective memory and to ensuring that teams identify as strongly as possible with their company. With these aspects in mind, we examine the eventful restructuring of the German aerospace…
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What a Good Change Vision Looks Like
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood […], but teach them to long for the vast and endless sea.” (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) Change processes often focus on strategy, structures, or new technologies, but rarely on a shared change vision. This is one of many reasons why 70 to…