Käydäänkö Teillä Kilpikonnasotaa? by Jaana Kettunen

Mitä olisi organisaatio ilman poteroita? Niitä, joista käsin omaa reviiriä suojellaan ja varotaan antamasta kenellekään mahdollista vihiä siitä, mitä ollaan tekemässä. Omassa kuopassaan jököttävä esimies pelkää joutuvansa arvostelun kohteeksi tai menettävänsä valtaansa. Se tulisi todeksi, jos muille paljastuisi, ettei esimies tiedäkään kaikesta, ei osaa jokaista yksityiskohtaa ja joutuu kysymään muiden mielipidettä.

ISG Finland’s Hearthunter Training Program in Full Speed – by Jukka Niemelä

Together with our partner, Profiles International Finland, we have started a Hearthunter training program for experienced business leaders looking for new challenges. The valuable people we have chosen to take part in our program, have already given us promising feedback.

Change Strikes Finnish Companies – How Can They Handle It?

It seems we have finally woken up to the fact that the change is inevitable. Like the management guru Tom Peters says, the speed of change accelerates. For some odd reason, us Finns seem to have realized this fact only recently. In today’s Helsingin Sanomat was a great wrap-up by Minna Nalbantoglu about the change striking Finnish companies.

An Authoritarian Finnish Manager Eventually Loses It

I wrote about this in Finnish in July, 2013. I had just came back from lunch with a good friend of mine. His employer had just shown him the door due to “vision conflicts.” He told me that he didn’t agree to be the dog on a leash, who would bark when told to. My friend had made a serious mistake; he tried to develop the company’s business and told the CEO his opinions. The corner-office-boss could not take the attack. Instead of listening the ideas, he gave my friend the boot.

Your Invisible Clients Reveal the Truth About Your Business – and Share It With Others

Today I sat down for a lunch in our downstairs bistro. I’ve told dozens of people that their food is excellent and service unbelievably fast. I noticed they had raised the prices since January 1st. I soon realized that I was about to pay more and get worse service.

What Did Jack Welch Teach Me About Leadership?

In 2012 and 2013, I had the privilege of being the editor of Nordic Business Report. Last year I had a unique opportunity to interview one of the world’s most famous business leaders, Mr. Jack Welch himself. Although there were many extremely valuable lessons he taught us during the precious 30 minutes, there was one thing that touch me the most.