Gabriele's Books
NEW: Back into the Game! (German language only)
The Guide to Your Dream Job
KDP 2021
How do you get back into the game - after a job loss, career break or if you are simply looking for new career opportunities? Now is the time and your chance to find the job you've always wanted, where your skills are appreciated and recognized. If you want to redesign your professional future, this book will show you how to, and step-by-step.
Kicked out of the Executive Suite (German language only)
Top Managers report
Haufe Publishing 2013
Resigning managers is “business as usual” these days. Unfortunately, and too often, managers are not informed of their termination in a personal conversation, but, for example, via deactivated parking cards, blocked access codes or an entry in the manager's public calendar. Sounds unlikely or exaggerated? No. I interviewed more than a hundred top managers who were willing to tell me their resignation stories. Confidential, of course. Many shocking termination scenes are told in my book "With the kick out of the executive suite". Authentic stories from top managers in Germany, Switzerland, UK, Italy and Spain. Dismissals without follow-up advice or support changes a person. What very few HR managers and executives know: a termination has a similar effect on a person as a divorce or the death of a family member. Depression and health problems can be the result. What does this mean for your company itself? In any case, a termination does not remain without effect on the employees who remain behind. Word gets around on social media, ie a loss of public reputation (e.g. on kununu or glassdoor.com) is the result. Many reasons to approach the most difficult of all management tasks differently.
Motivation is Key (German language only)
From Employee to an Entrepreneurial Mindset
BoD, 2008
Motivated employees and managers are characterized by entrepreneurial thinking. They like to take on responsibility, weigh up risks and make decisions in the defined playing field in which they can and want to operate. This is what entrepreneurship means: a mindset, a question of personal attitude. It implies allowing room for maneuver, assuming responsibility and strengthening trust through emotional security. Having an “entrepreneurial mind” begins with managing oneself and leads to a differentiated approach to one's employees. This book is a practical book. It offers a basic knowledge of human behavior and, together with tried and tested coaching instruments, the opportunity to motivate and support on the way to an “entrepreneurial mindset”.
Success as Entrepreneur
The Quality Check for the New Generation of Managers
FTD, 2000
Entrepreneurial spirit brings not only entrepreneurs to the forefront of success, but also leaders and executives. entrepreneurship means thinking holistically, weighing up risks and consequences, managing them economically and using personal strengths, experience and skills. It is important to network intuitive talents with management thinking, ie to recognize personal talents and preferences and make them available to the company. This requires far more from managers than the traditional specialist and management knowledge that was previously expected. Success as an entrepreneur stands out from the flood of relevant career guides.
The personal core competencies and not the previously known KPIs are placed in the foreground:
- Value Creating: the ability to create value
- Focusing: Concentration on the essentials
- Communicating: strong communication skills
- Connectivity: networked thinking and acting
- Art & Science: the balance between creativity and logic
- Curiosity: incessant curiosity
- Courage: courage and willingness to take risks
- Passion for Excellence: passion, energy and enthusiasm
