Crushing Caring Leadership
April 12, 2010, by
Stephan Polomski in
Leadership Recently, I experienced in two different settings outside my company a crisis of caring leadership. In one case, I myself was in the lead, in the other I was observing the issue not being directly involved. In both cases, the representatives of caring leadership were failing to hold up to their standard and image, promoting [...]
How to Care after Downsizing I
November 24, 2009, by
Stephan Polomski in
Human Resources,
Leadership,
Management The signals we are receiving concerning global recession and crisis are ambiguous. Of course, hope is gaining ground after some devastating months. But still, a clear future trend is not to be seen as forecasts are often contradicting themselves.
Working in the automotive industry, supplying Daimler, Porsche, BMW and their big suppliers, especially medium-sized companies have [...]
Friday, Oct 9, 2009: Obama Wins the Nobel Peace Prize
October 11, 2009, by
Stephan Polomski in
Leadership „We can´t accept“, he says receiving the Nobel Peace Prize „a world in which people are denied opportunity and dignity that all people yearn for: the ability to get an education and make a decent living, the security that you won´t have to live in fear of disease or violence without hope for the future.”
Statesmen [...]
“…and Find I´m King of the Hill…”
September 7, 2009, by
Stephan Polomski in
Human Resources,
Leadership When Frank Sinatra sang these lines, he meant New York and his career path – to be a number one, top of the list – just the feeling of having it achieved to be at the summit and celebrate oneself happily and loudly. – When Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was experiencing the feeling of standing [...]
The Dark Side of Care I
August 25, 2009, by
Stephan Polomski in
Corporate Social Responsibility,
Leadership Who does not know this inner impulse seeing somebody obviously in need and then addressing him: “May I help you?” Or more sublime: “Do you have enough support”. Or less sublime: “Why don’t you do it this way.” Or even: “I show you the right way.” And finally: “I will help you.”
So, what exactly is [...]
Employer Branding during Recession
August 9, 2009, by
Stephan Polomski in
Human Resources,
Leadership,
Marketing Even senior managers – this is what I experience – misunderstand employer branding as a mere recruiting tool designed with the purpose of “selling” the employer to selected candidates. In this perceptive landscape the employment becomes a product sold by the company as employer. In this landscape a working contract – money for my time, [...]
Why Caring while Leading?
August 2, 2009, by
Stephan Polomski in
Human Resources,
Leadership When I was returning from my summer holidays in South of France I found my seat just aside of a man around forty who was travelling with his wife and his kids. Apparently, the family was on their way home as well. I was reading the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, headline: VW takes over Porsche.
Having the [...]