Leadership meets art – beyond tools and tricks

Leadership meets art – beyond tools and tricks We meet in the entrance hall of the Museum of Art Pudong in Shanghai. We are a group of Chinese executives and consultants from SYNNECTA China. Our topic: Make my organization dance. »After the red moon« von El Anatsui is...

Hope

Hope We have already written about hope as a leadership attitude* at a time when it still seemed to many to be something esoteric. Starting from Paul’s so influential phrase in the first letter to the Corinthians »Now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; but...

The empathetic manager – digital?

The empathetic manager – digital? Empathy is not a separate perception ability; rather, it is the ability to interpret analogue communication expressions and thus also understand the emotional message in the midst of busy factual information. This requires...

Crisis Communication III

Crisis Communication III Few remarks on the announcement of the bad news It is an event that captures the attention of the managers involved. Although it is only one step in a longer process, it is the central event because it sets the tone for the whole following...

Crisis Communication II

Crisis Communication II The dilemma of local leadership or A deep conflict of loyalties There’s the decision. Costs have to be reduced, a reduction in staff is pending, perhaps the closure of a site or the sale of part of the company. The local management has the task...