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1.
2004 Leadership Recognition
(Documentation/Awards)
... Feedback Consistently exhibiting Whirlpool Values Achieving Extraordinary Results With and Through
People
Engaging
People
Around the Whirlpool Strategy Driving Change Overall Leadership of
People
...
2.
2004-07 Home Technology Products
(In Public/In the Press)
... meals supercede nutritious fresh foods and home cooking, and the quality time families plan to spending together is often squeezed out by work, extra-curricular activities and chores." "
People
will see ...
3.
2004-07-13 WHR Portal on DHL Conference
(In Public/In the Press)
... position." Marcy credits his team for their recent progress. "We've routinely received positive comments on our innovation initiatives," said Marcy. "
People
are interested that Whirlpool is so involved ...
4.
2005 Leading the Whirlpool Enterprise
(Documentation/Degrees)
With Jeff Fettig's appointment as CEO, Whirlpool undertook a rather remarkable project: to give every executive in the company formal training on
people
leadership and development. I participated in this ...
5.
2005-01-20 IGD Horizonscan
(In Public/Public Speaking)
... when it comes to robots cooking meals. The full presentation is available as PDF as well. IGD describes itself as: "IGD actively helps
people
to grow, by bringing together intelligence, opinion and experience ...
6.
2005-09-28 Kitchen Bath Designer
(In Public/In the Press)
... of the study showed that
people
loved the functionality of the phone but found it too hard to use. He added that the results of the internet-enabled kitchen also showed that
people
are not afraid of technology. ...
7.
5 Ways to Keep Your Team Intact
(Thoughts/on Leadership)
... help. Here are the suggestions to create a great place to work: Create an attractive lifestyle for your
people
How to mix work, career, family, and interests is a really tough one for the boss. I know, ...
8.
A Triage of Skills
(In Public/My Articles)
Dr. Heuer introduces a tool to understand training requirements and supervisory deliverables. The Basic Concept I always wondered how I could help
people
deal with the cards life dealt them. How to ...
9.
Balaji Swaminathan
(The Person/Endorsements)
Balaji worked in my team during the IHS Retail launch: “According to Dr. Kissinger “The task of the leader is to get his
people
from where they are to where they have not been." It was a privilege to work ...
10.
Boren Novakovic - indirect report
(The Person/Endorsements)
Boren endoreses my work as Director, IHS Broadband Services: “Juergen (or most
people
know him as Jay) is a technology visionary. We worked on integrated home appliances in 1999, when most
people
did not ...
11.
Centralpark
(Achievements/Product Dev)
... My role in this? Making sure the right
people
work on it, provide and protect the funding, and make sure the right
people
hear about this in the right way to make the right "clicks" happen. Unfortunately, ...
12.
Core Processes
(Thoughts/on Strategy)
... these processes in the combined companies.
People
Development needs to keep in mind the particular strengths of participants. I venture to say that most folks cannot function in all five processes. ...
13.
Creating a Skills Matrix
(Thoughts/on Leadership)
... infills you hope to train later. Now, you also have a very sound tool to help
people
understand their developmental fit: where the department needs them now and in the future! If you have skills that ...
14.
Decision Making
(You/Your Challenges)
... most
people
are in this range. The second relevant dimension was "Strategy", where I got a higher rating from my supervisor than from my peers and reports. Strategy was an upward-directed activity in ...
15.
Digitize Logistics Department
(Achievements/Turnaround Management)
... attitude and agenda. Part of my work as the project manager and architect was to overcome those barriers and get
people
to open up. We took a strategy of small steps. This allowed me to get to know the ...
16.
Director, Advanced Concepts & Technologies (ACT), 1/2005 – 7/2005
(Career/Whirlpool Corp)
... direction, and will to win. I was endorsed by several
people
that worked with me at this time: James Reagan - direct report Aaron Dykstra - indirect report Chad Lang - indirect report Ali Vassigh - ...
17.
Director, Broadband Services, Integrated Home Solutions, 1/2000 - 10/2001
(Career/Whirlpool Corp)
... and more than 10 software developers and analysts in the US and Italy. I was regularly part of reviews and sales presentatations with prospects. I was endorsed by several
people
that worked with me at ...
18.
Director, Connected Home, 9/2002 – 12/2004
(Career/Whirlpool Corp)
... working relationships with MSFT, IBM, Panasonic, P&G, HPQ, MOT More then $2Million budget, staff of 15 in USA. I was endorsed by several
people
that worked with me at this time: Julie Nass - HR ...
19.
Director, Global Retail Launch, Integrated Home Solutions, 10/2001 - 9/2002
(Career/Whirlpool Corp)
... I was endorsed by several
people
that worked with me at this time: Aaron Dykstra - indirect report Ali Vassigh - internal partner John Knight - indirect report Kedar Aras - indirect report Balaji Swaminathan ...
20.
DiSC - Driving Communicator
(The Person/Personality)
... Results) Seeks: Approval (and Power) Avoids: Isolation (and Weakness) Pressure Response: Attacks (may also Dictate) Approach: Friendly, Open Strategy:
People
(also responds to Power) Traits: Strong Traits ...
21.
Engineering Windows 7 : Engineering 7: A view from the bottom
(Thoughts/on Leadership)
... diversity of perspective rather than functional lines has proven to be a very effective way to avoid irrelevant features, undiscovered bugs, and group think. It drives innovation and makes
people
appreciate ...
22.
Entrepreneur Country
(Thoughts/on Innovation)
... of Directors in London, close to Piccadilly Circus. Met a lot of very interesting
people
, learned a lot, and connected with Julie after a long time spend apart or just talking on the phone. It was encouraging ...
23.
Forthcoming Book Contribution
(In Public/In the Press)
...
people
undertake, cyberinfrastructure allows
people
and machines to leverage the implicit activities of
people
as they work and play online. Although not true collaboration, such systems have become known ...
24.
Founder, Consulting Service, 7/2005 – Present (Launch mid 2006)
(Career/Germany 2005 onwards)
... wife and I). Tough decision, but the right one. Developing services for Innovation Management, Financial Management, and
People
Management, located in Germany. The English version of the web site is at ...
25.
Global Security Strategy
(Achievements/Strategies)
... early on that there were three rather important pillars to the strategy: Processes
People
Infrastructure I developed the appropriate processes for compliance management, project support and escalation ...
26.
Hank Mary - supervisor
(The Person/Endorsements)
Hank was my supervisor during my work as Director, Connected Home and Director, ACT: "J. is a leader and can help the
people
he works with to achieve more than they ever thought possible. He causes
people
...
27.
Hidden Flaws in Strategy
(Thoughts/on Strategy)
... to loss—
people
are more concerned about the risk of loss than they are excited by the prospect of gain." Anchoring: "Present the brain with a number and then ask it to make an estimate of something completely ...
28.
High-Tech Crybabies Head for the Crib | BNET
(Thoughts/on Leadership)
... team "work"(!), resourcefulness, a feel for the market and the need of the consumer, and an iron will to launch new products in this world. I cannot stand
people
that try to do this using shortcuts. They ...
29.
How to predict gadget success
(Thoughts/on Innovation)
... the world, as
people
begin to understand that the administrator of loyalty point systems is paid by their money. No loyalty means lower cost and that will mean success. It looks to me as if we have lost ...
30.
I got published again!
(In Public/My Articles)
... less enforced that in the real world (where most
people
are bad listeners to begin with). Based on this premise, I started to think about systematic ways of improving the pay-attention-and-listen portion ...
31.
IHS European Business Case
(Achievements/Business Cases)
... business, with no product-technical team left, and only three
people
working on the retail launch. I had successfully ended my planned expatriation to Italy. I came back in touch with them in that launch, ...
32.
Innovation = Cost Reduction?
(Thoughts/on Innovation)
... space is actually directly related to cost reduction. Normally,
people
I talked to about my idea concede this part without a fight. It is, however, the core for most economic engines. Think “horse & carriage ...
33.
Innovation Speed Dating
(Thoughts/on Innovation)
... about bringing together
people
from these two groups to see what happens. One of the most important elements to successful Innovation Speed Dating is the extensive scouting and pre-screening process ...
34.
INTP
(The Person/Personality)
...
people
of these types separate or by placing a "lubricant" type between them, groups perform better (in my professional experience). Sensing types require information in a different way than iNtuiting ...
35.
James Reagan - direct report
(The Person/Endorsements)
James worked for me during my time as Director, Connected Home and Director, ACT: "I had the pleasure of spending two and a half years under the guidance of Dr. Heuer. His passion for innovation,
people
...
36.
Jonathan Clust - external partner
(The Person/Endorsements)
... that thinks deeply about ideas yet is never pretentious. He is in that unique group of
people
that are able to combine his knowledge, experience, and background with his good nature, to be a person that ...
37.
Julie Nass – HR Support
(The Person/Endorsements)
... strong focus on his
people
and ensured they developed both professionally and personally. Jay was a creative and energetic leader!" ...
38.
Leadership
(You/Your Challenges)
... also found the use of psychological tools like MBTI or Enneagram very helpful. In the end, Leadership is about
people
. Understanding
people
, especially how they communicate and how they react to stress, ...
39.
Managing Innovation - by measure
(In Public/My Articles)
... to identify and group innovation: Source Category Magnitude I prefer three to two to create a natural balance. More than three dimensions could cause overlap and misinterpretation. In addition,
people
...
40.
Managing People
(You/Your Challenges)
You might have questions like: How can I keep good
people
in my company? How can I create high-performing teams? How can I improve weak performers? How do I keep my
people
motivated and committed? How ...
41.
On the Work of Leaders
(Thoughts/on Leadership)
... leadership composed of average human beings." Peter Drucker A few years back, I heard the (then horrifying) statement: "We have to achieve extraordinary results with less than ordinary
people
". I ...
42.
People Development
(The Person/Skills)
Even though I am a “Thinking” personality according to my MBTI type, I do enjoy the
people
development aspects of leadership. There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other ...
43.
People vs. Progress
(The Person/Warts)
... I am, sometimes, relentless and walk over
people
. That works fine when you are a manager, it is still ok when you are a director, but it is definitely a barrier to the next level. I recognized this a ...
44.
Product Development (Innovation)
(The Person/Skills)
... This drives prototyping and customer immersion. Even software development, which most
people
think is my strong point, is just an expression of product development. I am really not too hot on developing ...
45.
Restructuring
(Achievements/Strategies)
... get my
people
motivated again, find objectives that made sense and worked, and get the processes around them established so we could deliver. Learning happens when reality is vastly different from the ...
46.
Revitalize a Large Team
(Achievements/Turnaround Management)
In 2005, I was given a challenge: to get the ailing and unfocused electronics R&D department back on track. This included three locations and more than 75
people
, some of the highly educated (PhDs, ...
47.
Rivermark
(Achievements/Business Cases)
... to
people
like Tom Halford. It was not surprising that several of the most professional builders, multi-billion dollar enterprises, turned to us for help on the topic of Connectivity. Whirlpool is one ...
48.
Strategy Development & Implementation
(The Person/Skills)
... those
people
that tend to mutter internal arguments while cutting carrots. I love writing white papers (and argue about them with folks that know what they are talking about). I really have an issue with ...
49.
Strong Government
(Thoughts/on Leadership)
In her manifesto for the Entrepreneur Country event tomorrow, Julie Meyer put together a manifesto. One of the items is the following: That the bigger the State grows, the weaker the
people
become – ...
50.
Talents - StrengthFinder
(The Person/Personality)
My Talents are quite specific. I found StrengthFinder from the Gallup institute to be a reliable guide in this question. My Strengths are (starting with the most dominant): Ideation
People
strong in the ...
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