Growth Means Change – Committed Employees Are the Key to Both
Whether a change succeeds or fails hinges on the commitment of your employees. Communicate early on, be transparent and…
Mandat Growthletter®, issue 10 2019, pp. 13-14
Lisa Wolff
On Coexistence in the World of Work
The pace of everything is accelerating. More and more is being demanded of employees, managers and even entrepreneurs. We have to be faster and faster…
Markt und Mittelstand, issue 07/08 2018, p. 74
Dr. Guido Quelle
Meetings Where Everyone Says Everything
“Let’s sit down and talk.” That is how the meetings begin – and, everyone knows exactly how they will end. There will be talking until everybody has said their piece…
Markt und Mittelstand, issue 03 2018, pp. 74
Dr. Guido Quelle
Every Individual Counts – An Eternal Truth
In growing organizations in particular, it is clear that there is a hidden danger of making concessions in terms of staff quality, identification with…
KMU-Magazin, issue 03 2017, pp. 34-35
Dr. Guido Quelle
Real Substance Instead of Abstract Numbers
External motivation is of dubious value. Employee motivation comes from within.To maintain this motivation, we need to discuss the purpose, substance …
KMU-Magazin, issue 11 2016, pp. 48-49
Dr. Guido Quelle
The Most Important Management Tool
If you want to achieve growth in a company, the core task of management is to ensure that the right people are in the right…
KMU-Magazin, issue 06 2016, pp. 38-39
Dr. Guido Quelle
Time-wasting Traps
Even if the management believes it is on the right track to growth this is not always the case. The things that deserve attention…
KMU-Magazin, issue 04 2016, pp. 34-35
Dr. Guido Quelle
Because They Don’t Know What We Do
We often live by assumptions. We always assume that things are as we perceive them, and our perception determines our reality…
KMU-Magazin, issue 12 2015, pp. 24-25
Dr. Guido Quelle
Growth or Business as Usual? Four Growth Drivers for Which you Absolutely Need Partners
There is no patent recipe for profitable organic growth, but in this article you will find four good tools worth looking at and for which you…
Mandat Growthletter®, issue 07/2015
Dr. Guido Quelle
The Big Toss of the Dice: A Growth-friendly Environment. Daily Activity: Small Steps.
When we speak of a growth-friendly environment, it is natural to imagine a big goal that is never quite…
Mandat Growthletter®, issue 05/2015
Dr. Guido Quelle
Saying Goodbye to Motivation and Incentives
When it comes to developing employees or strengthening growth in general, there is practically unanimous agreement: one of the keys is…
KMU-Magazin, issue 11 2014, pp. 42-43
Dr. Guido Quelle
Growth by Omission
In the second article in this year’s series on corporate growth, we look at something that seems absurd…
KMU-Magazin, issue 03 2014, pp. 34-35
Dr. Guido Quelle
Always Keep Moving
How much movement does it take to generate sustainable company growth? And how does this movement occur in the first place?…
KMU-Magazin, issue 01/02 2014, pp. 44-45
Dr. Guido Quelle
Growth – We Can’t do That
There is a crucial difference between companies that are growing successfully and those that are less successful: The former seek solutions and try to…
KMU-Magazin, issue 04 2014, pp. 34-35
Dr. Guido Quelle
Output not Input
“Results, results, results!” The message at the leadership conference was clear: there had to be tangible results…
interview Magazin, issue 02 2014, p. 7
Dr. Guido Quelle
Let’s Sit Down and Talk. – No, Thanks.
A glance at our calendars reveals that much of our time is wasted on meetings with questionable…
interview Magazin, issue 02 2014, pp. 4-5
Dr. Guido Quelle
POS as a Place of Growth – What Is the Role of Employees in Strategy?
A POS-oriented growth strategy that really pays off in profitable growth is not limited to technical-professional factors; it also includes …
pay, issue Apr. 2013, pp. 16-17
Dr. Guido Quelle
Regulating Collaboration for the Sake of Growth
The path to profitable growth is through effective collaboration within the company. The following article shows when and how…
KMU-Magazin, issue 09 2013, pp. 10-13
Guido Quelle
Aspects of Growth-oriented Management
Management alone cannot guarantee the process of profitable growth. Other internal forces are needed to…
KMU-Magazin, issue 06 2013, pp. 10-13
Dr. Guido Quelle
Discipline as a Basis for Innovation
• Creativity is not the same as innovation
• Innovation cannot succeed without discipline
• Refuseniks? Confused? Improvers? Change makers?
interview-Magazin, issue 2 2013
Dr. Guido Quelle
Basic Ideas for Growth-oriented Enterprise Management
Despite all the abstract discussion about growth; despite all the energy invested in the development of growth strategies for companies…
KMU-Magazin, issue 03 2013, pp. 10-13
Dr. Guido Quelle
Appropriateness? What Does It Really Mean?
Many of our consulting engagements involve making an appropriate decision. It is always about growth and the associated…
interview-Magazin, issue 1 2013
Dr. Guido Quelle
Partnership as a Lever for Growth – Growth-Oriented Collaboration Between Private Equity Companies and Businesses
This article focuses on and discusses the findings of studies on the supporting pillars of growth-oriented collaboration and their implications…
M&A Review, volume 23, issue 5/2012
Dr. Guido Quelle, Fabian Woikowsky
Growth Blockers’ Favorite Tricks
Business leaders are often skeptical about change and growth initiatives, or even block them…
KMU-Magazin, issue 01/02 2013
Dr. Guido Quelle
Are You Still Thinking, or Are You Taking Action Already?
Success lies in the implementation of good ideas. No one would deny that. But these days most companies have no shortage of good ideas…
interview-Magazin, issue 6 2012
Dr. Guido Quelle
Activate the Forces of Growth in the Company
Profitable growth is the goal of most companies. But not every organization is ready for it.
KMU-Magazin, issue 04/2012, pp. 31-33
Dr. Guido Quelle
Corporate Management: The Company Grows With Its People
A fundamental assessment shows why some retail companies are growing more strongly and sustainably than others
Der Handel, issue 04/2011, pp. 82-83
Dr. Guido Quelle, Manfred Maus
The Path to the Learning Enterprise – Planning Games for Entrepreneurial Training Programs
A fundamental assessment shows why some retail companies are growing more strongly and sustainably than others
Schweizer Maschinenmarkt (SMM) 93 (1993)
Dr. Guido Quelle, Dr. Heinz J. Klöpper
The Personal Growth of the Entrepreneur
For entrepreneurs, it is especially true that motivation cannot come from the outside, the motivation to act must come from within…
KMU-Magazin, issue 01/02 2015, pp. 30-31
Dr. Guido Quelle
Self-management and Corporate Growth – Is There a Connection?
Those who cannot lead themselves should not be allowed to lead others. How often are self-management principles twith which we are all well acquainted by now…
interview Magazin, issue 01 2014, pp. 4-5
Dr. Guido Quelle
The CEO – Self-directed or Externally Controlled?
Apart from the fact that I hear again and again that CEOs in particular often spend up to 40 percent of their time politically shoring up their positions internally…
interview Magazin, issue 01 2014, pp. 4-5
Dr. Guido Quelle
Keeping Up at the Helm of a Company
It is lonely at the top. That’s something every spokesman or chairman of the management board, every chairman of the supervisory board …
interview-Magazin, issue 2 2013
Dr. Guido Quelle
Want to Experience Personal Growth? Then Check Your Ego at the Door
An article by Dr. Guido Quelle for all those who want to continue to take their growth into their own hands.
bdvb-aktuell 114, Ausgabe 4/2011, pp. 38-40
Dr. Guido Quelle
Are You Your Own Obstacle?
bdvb-aktuell 109, issue 07/2010
Dr. Guido Quelle