Posts tagged with trust:

My Precious: Integrity
January 17, 2012, by Stephan Polomski in Leadership

“The word ‘integrity’ stems from the Latin adjective integer (whole, complete)”, it reads in the English version of Wikipedia. “In this context, integrity is the inner sense of ‘wholeness’ deriving from qualities such as honesty and consistency of character“, as well as truthfulness and accountability. “As such, one may judge that others ‘have integrity’ to [...]

What Do Successful Leaders Need to Engage People and Excel?
November 8, 2011, by Stephan Polomski in Human Resources, Leadership, Management

The answer is simple – they need:

Leadership skills and methods that support individuals, groups, and organizations to outperform
A clear picture of their own task, role and path that inspires others and creates endurance
A self reflected inner why based on personal vision and personal strengths

The way a leader thinks and behaves – expression of his identity [...]

Employer Branding Authenticity
April 25, 2011, by Stephan Polomski in Human Resources, Leadership, Marketing

Preparing the next top employer certification of our company I was asked in my role as chief of human resources by the interviewer what made us special as employer? That we are ourselves, I replied.
First of all, after four years of development our leadership team has been trained to target employees as whole human beings [...]

Why Values Lead Leaders
March 28, 2011, by Stephan Polomski in Human Resources, Leadership, Management

Personal values are the reasons, why we do something or why we do not. They are the critical and unconsciously driving power within us motivating our actions and behavior. Values are our ethical framework in which we are living and moving. They are the basis for personal identity and identification. These days, shaped by the [...]

Leadership Challenge Young Talent
March 6, 2011, by Stephan Polomski in Human Resources, Leadership, Management

Do you know this impression: Wow, this young guy or girl is full of power, ambition, brightness, and confidence? Did you ask yourself the question: How can I lead and develop this agglomeration of energy and intelligence? And further: What do I do as a leader in order to integrate this – may be rules [...]

Giving Employees A Chance For Self-Leadership
January 13, 2011, by Heinz Landau in Human Resources, Leadership, Management

I recently listened to an interview with Thomas Sattelberger, Member of the Board and responsible for Human Resources (HR) at Deutsche Telekom, a German Dax 30 company. When Sattelberger, one of Germany’s most respected experts and practitioners in the field of HR, was asked about the main HR trend for 2011, he pointed out that [...]

How About Leading Like THE Maestro Super-Star
November 1, 2010, by Jean-Francois Cousin in Human Resources, Leadership

Private jet? Yacht? Castles? This multi-millionaire had them all, and much more…
What’s so surprising? It is that the gentleman, Herbert von Karajan, was an orchestra conductor, and such a job – although it is glamorous- does not pay much usually.
Karajan passed away at 81, and his obituary in The New York Times described him as [...]

Sustainability Is Top Of Mind Of Business Leaders
September 25, 2010, by Heinz Landau in Corporate Social Responsibility, Human Resources, Leadership, Management

A huge majority of CEOs worldwide (93%) say that sustainability will be critical to their company’s future success. Despite the recent economic downturn, leaders are more comitted to sustainability than ever before. These are the headline findings of a study among nearly 1,000 CEOs, business leaders, members of civil society and academic experts making it [...]

The Importance of Self-Reflection
September 15, 2010, by Stephan Polomski in Human Resources, Leadership, Management

My key finding: we as society execute excellent research based leadership studies, know about excellent theoretical leadership models and communication methods and consider best practice examples of leadership we observe or hear about. Out of history and current research, basically, our societies know everything valuable about this very topic. Our whole knowledge of how to [...]

Leading With Honesty And Integrity
August 28, 2010, by Heinz Landau in Editorial, Leadership

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 [...]

Focus, Consensus, and Trust by Performance Management
June 28, 2010, by Stephan Polomski in Human Resources, Leadership, Management

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 [...]

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 [...]