e. There is no real difference between the days in the Roman Empire with sovereigns and slaves, and our post-industrial information society with managers and employees or workers. It is still a power game: Who gives has the power and who receives is dependant.

Indeed somebody must lead the company, must be the entrepreneur. But if there is a battle and nobody of the troops shows up, how about that? A change of the current mindset in management is needed: The troops or the employees are the indispensable ingredients to make a company successful, without them nothing goes. Times have changed since the 19th century and our socie

Large corporations as well as small and midsize companies are desperately looking for new ways to save money. The usual procedure is hiring a consultant to get the processes up to date, and looking for possibilities to reduce the cost, mainly the labor cost. Since almost any company is doing that, there should be a high probability of a successful outlook one would think. Why is it then that so many companies are running into deep trouble despite the measures taken? And why when in trouble these companies are repeating over and over again the same procedures, which in the end didn’t save them? Why would someone expect a different result when repeating the same approach? As Albert Einstein said: "The definition of insanity is doing the same things over and over again and expecting different results."

What is wrong in this picture and why almost nobody seems to get it? Could it be that most of the decision makers are not really interested in what represents almost 75% of the value of a company? Or is it that these 75% cannot be found in the balance sheet?

Let’s have a look at an ordinary day in an office environment:

One can feel the tremendous tension between employees and managers. Most managers never seem to be happy and satisfied. And how many managers did ever see a happy and satisfied employee?

Most employees don’t like their bosses. If you listen carefully in the hallways you will hear things like “My boss is always sitting meetings delivering boring speeches about topics he has no clue of!” or “My boss knows it all already! He would never bother and ask us specialists!” or “My boss always comes up with strange ideas without any knowledge behind and expects us to figure out what he meant!”

Most managers experience their employees as lazy and unreliable, only when it comes to the paycheck they are there. All the time they come up with more and more demands. They want more of everything: More money, more recognition, less workload, etc. And they want managers who know each and everything. That’s the typical perspective managers have of their employees.

Only around 15% of the employees are nowadays still motivated, the rest has already retired into inner resignation. Can you imagine the enormous friction taking away and ever increasing amount of energy? There is no communication taking place between managers and employees and together they are making their lives often miserable. Now who pays the bill?

Almost in every company there is this kind of secret war taking place. There is no real difference between the days in the Roman Empire with sovereigns and slaves, and our post-industrial information society with managers and employees or workers. It is still a power game: Who gives has the power and who receives is dependant.

Indeed somebody must lead the company, must be the entrepreneur. But if there is a battle and nobody of the troops shows up, how about that? A change of the current mindset in management is needed: The troops or the employees are the indispensable ingredients to make a company successful, without them nothing goes. Times have changed since the 19th century and our societ

esult when repeating the same approach? As Albert Einstein said: "The definition of insanity is doing the same things over and over again and expecting different results."

What is wrong in this picture and why almost nobody seems to get it? Could it be that most of the decision makers are not really interested in what represents almost 75% of the value of a company? Or is it that these 75% cannot be found in the balance sheet?

Let’s have a look at an ordinary day in an office environment:

One can feel the tremendous tension between employees and managers. Most managers never seem to be happy and satisfied. And how many managers did ever see a happy and satisfied employee?

Most employees don’t like their bosses. If you listen carefully in the hallways you will hear things like “My boss is always sitting meetings delivering boring speeches about topics he has no clue of!” or “My boss knows it all already! He would never bother and ask us specialists!” or “My boss always comes up with strange ideas without any knowledge behind and expects us to figure out what he meant!”

Most managers experience their employees as lazy and unreliable, only when it comes to the paycheck they are there. All the time they come up with more and more demands. They want more of everything: More money, more recognition, less workload, etc. And they want managers who know each and everything. That’s the typical perspective managers have of their employees.

Only around 15% of the employees are nowadays still motivated, the rest has already retired into inner resignation. Can you imagine the enormous friction taking away and ever increasing amount of energy? There is no communication taking place between managers and employees and together they are making their lives often miserable. Now who pays the bill?

Almost in every company there is this kind of secret war taking place. There is no real difference between the days in the Roman Empire with sovereigns and slaves, and our post-industrial information society with managers and employees or workers. It is still a power game: Who gives has the power and who receives is dependant.

Indeed somebody must lead the company, must be the entrepreneur. But if there is a battle and nobody of the troops shows up, how about that? A change of the current mindset in management is needed: The troops or the employees are the indispensable ingredients to make a company successful, without them nothing goes. Times have changed since the 19th century and our socie

many managers did ever see a happy and satisfied employee?

Most employees don’t like their bosses. If you listen carefully in the hallways you will hear things like “My boss is always sitting meetings delivering boring speeches about topics he has no clue of!” or “My boss knows it all already! He would never bother and ask us specialists!” or “My boss always comes up with strange ideas without any knowledge behind and expects us to figure out what he meant!”

Most managers experience their employees as lazy and unreliable, only when it comes to the paycheck they are there. All the time they come up with more and more demands. They want more of everything: More money, more recognition, less workload, etc. And they want managers who know each and everything. That’s the typical perspective managers have of their employees.

Only around 15% of the employees are nowadays still motivated, the rest has already retired into inner resignation. Can you imagine the enormous friction taking away and ever increasing amount of energy? There is no communication taking place between managers and employees and together they are making their lives often miserable. Now who pays the bill?

Almost in every company there is this kind of secret war taking place. There is no real difference between the days in the Roman Empire with sovereigns and slaves, and our post-industrial information society with managers and employees or workers. It is still a power game: Who gives has the power and who receives is dependant.

Indeed somebody must lead the company, must be the entrepreneur. But if there is a battle and nobody of the troops shows up, how about that? A change of the current mindset in management is needed: The troops or the employees are the indispensable ingredients to make a company successful, without them nothing goes. Times have changed since the 19th century and our socie

ands. They want more of everything: More money, more recognition, less workload, etc. And they want managers who know each and everything. That’s the typical perspective managers have of their employees.

Only around 15% of the employees are nowadays still motivated, the rest has already retired into inner resignation. Can you imagine the enormous friction taking away and ever increasing amount of energy? There is no communication taking place between managers and employees and together they are making their lives often miserable. Now who pays the bill?

Almost in every company there is this kind of secret war taking place. There is no real difference between the days in the Roman Empire with sovereigns and slaves, and our post-industrial information society with managers and employees or workers. It is still a power game: Who gives has the power and who receives is dependant.

Indeed somebody must lead the company, must be the entrepreneur. But if there is a battle and nobody of the troops shows up, how about that? A change of the current mindset in management is needed: The troops or the employees are the indispensable ingredients to make a company successful, without them nothing goes. Times have changed since the 19th century and our socie

e. There is no real difference between the days in the Roman Empire with sovereigns and slaves, and our post-industrial information society with managers and employees or workers. It is still a power game: Who gives has the power and who receives is dependant.

Indeed somebody must lead the company, must be the entrepreneur. But if there is a battle and nobody of the troops shows up, how about that? A change of the current mindset in management is needed: The troops or the employees are the indispensable ingredients to make a company successful, without them nothing goes. Times have changed since the 19th century and our society must develop itself as well.