Last, but not least, came the reorganization of processes because it takes much less time if something runs systematically rather than firefighting or rushing. Our two most useful developments were the tracking of the maintenance costs and the introduction of the yearly investment cycle
When I took over the management of the company, the beginning was very tough, working six days a week, with very long hours. After a while, this started to decrease, but there was still room for improvements, like the hopeless and endless meetings
When I took over the management of the company, the beginning was very tough, working six days a week, for many hours each day. Something had to change. The next step was to have a look on the decision-making process
When I took over the management of the company, the beginning was tough - working six days a week, long hours. I was frustrated and tired, and began to think about how much time I could gain in a week by returning certain tasks
When I took over the management of the company, the beginning was tough - working six days a week, long hours, trying to understand everything, learn, and make the right decisions. I was tense
Many years ago, I participated in a leadership development camp in Scotland. I was very young and had no leadership experience at all, and received this opportunity to test, how I could meet the requirements. We were from many different countries, and we spent a week with solving different tricky tasks
Being a leader always reminds me of an old movie, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. The workload is enormous, the goal is far away, and even though there are supporters, family members, friends with whom you can share problems, somehow you are still alone
I remember when I was part of a large organization, at the beginning of each year, we'd gather to set our annual goals, documenting them in Workday, and we reviewed what we've achieved in June and at the year-end. The system theoretically worked quite well
The fact that I bring up the topic of cleanliness and order in the plant again and again is no accident, because my experience shows
Yesterday my friend Laci, whom I haven't heard from in a while, called me and asked how I was doing. After a short conversation, he blurted out that he saw that I had started working with organizational development