THE MAK`ED TEAM is a member of the expert group “human resources” of the BVMW – the network for the German small and medium-sized businesses. The representation of THE MAK’ED TEAM in the expert group as well as one of the working groups there has been taken over by the managing director Ann-Katrin Hardenberg.
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The decision to bring an external managing director into your own company requires a change in the owner’s leadership behavior.
In one of our client’ companies, this decision was made some time ago – with the best of intentions and a disastrous outcome!
The owner of a medium-sized company hired a managing director for a new subsidiary for the first time and renounced the usual board position himself. He had decided to do so for a variety of reasons and postulated that competence and responsibility were inseparable. The newcomer could and must manage his area of responsibility independently.
This sounded interesting to the “new guy”. He had gained second-tier experience with a larger competitor and now wanted to have overall responsibility.
