RESTRUCTURING
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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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Overcoming Change Overload
According to Gartner Research, the average employee is faced with as many as ten enterprise-wide change initiatives per year. They can span from restructuring to achieve efficiencies, from a culture change to new work or a new IT system. Yet, even positive, well-intentioned changes can overwhelm employees when the volume or pace of projects is…
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Change Management in New Work Projects
New work projects are changes that require management. Like the construction of a new office building or the conversion of individual offices into open-plan offices. Without change management, they harbour social and emotional dynamite. So any management would be well advised to involve employees as early as the planning stage for new working environments. You…
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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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Corporate Heritage in Change Initiatives
Corporate heritage is a company’s intangible legacy. It is its history. It is the sum of its employees’ stories, which reflect the company’s values and culture. Anyone planning a restructuring, a post-merger integration, a culture change, or other changes should conceptually incorporate corporate heritage from the very beginning. This is because it plays a key…
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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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Automotive suppliers facing tough change process
The tough change in the German automotive supply industry has now been going on for over six years. The major players alone have recently announced the loss of around 40,000 jobs: Bosch announced in September 2025 that it would cut 22,000 jobs in Germany by 2030. At Continental, the total for 2024 and 2025 amounted…