Executing orders given to you has nothing to do with “leadership”. Any machine can functionally translate orders according to a set of rules; you do not need a human being...

An enterprise is a “socio-economical system”. In order to qualify as an “ethical enterprise”, it has to provide an anxiety-free space for its “inner” stakeholders. Anxiety is not a good...

There is a cynical (and hopefully not true) rumour about the death of a German IT enterprise. When it was buried, there were a number of funeral eulogies. In one...

Some enterprises tell their customers: We want what is best for you! What they mean is: they want his money. It goes without saying that this attitude is counterproductive for...

Und Sie als Manager? Wann haben Sie Kriegführen gelernt?

In a leadership seminar, I heard the following slip of the tongue by a top manager: You should treat your employees as if they were human beings. From this (Freudian)...

Another requirement for an “ethical enterprise” is that they should only offer products and services which are “ethically” acceptable. For me, it is trivial that an enterprise selling the services...

Speculation is something that always existed. Hoping for a fast profit often seduced and confused masses of people. And then it led to crises. The chance to get rich without...

For us, it has become pretty normal to be granted a right to trade and business. Historically spoken, however, this right is and was nowhere near self-evident, both in our...

Success and ethics are not contradictory, even in an enterprise. During the next few days, I want to discuss and prove this theory. It would be wrong to ask the...