The ousting of Hewlett – Packard (= HP) Chairman and CEO Mark Hurd earlier on this month has been widely discussed in the business sections of newspapers and magazines all over the world. For those unfamiliar with the story, let me quickly recap the main points.
There was a claim of sexual harassment against Hurd by [...]

These days, talking about performance management, I am wondering if the performance management system most of us know and practice is the right approach in order to foster high and excellent work outcome within the strategy channel. In many cases it comes with a management by objectives checking strategic fit and a behavioral part checking [...]

Our world is changing:
Hierarchical structures become dysfunctional in many contexts: the evolution of the internet is the best example that these old sociological laws are very slowly breaking up. Open forums like The Care Guys had been unthinkable 20 years ago unless using a newspaper column and convincing an editor who admits it.
Individuals take more [...]

Dear Friends,
Today, September 9,2009, we are launching our blog TheCareGuys. We, that is Heinz Landau and Stephan Polomski, will share with you some of our experiences on caring leadership. In order to get a more diverse view on this topic, we will invite from time to time guest bloggers from our personal network who will [...]