Autarkie & Me • Episode 18 • Leading a business in a crisis

How does leadership succeed in a changing world of work?

This conversation between Gottfried Herrmann (GAIA) and the experienced management consultant Dieter Budinsky (ACON Company) revolves around the core questions of modern business leadership. Budinsky, an expert in lean management, shares practical knowledge on employee retention, working atmosphere and a future-proof leadership culture. Together they explore how managers can unlock potential, respond to the needs of their employees and create genuine motivation – an inspiring exchange about opportunities, change and effective leadership in dynamic times.

The business world today faces ever greater challenges. These include a highly dynamic and hard-to-predict market as well as the changing needs of employees. This increasing complexity and uncertainty often leads to overload, especially among managers, who have mostly come into these roles because of their professional qualifications. The ACON approach combines the LEAN philosophy with an employee-oriented corporate culture. This combination forms the basis for a learning organisation that opens up new opportunities and possibilities in an agile and lively way.

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We invite entrepreneurs who are interested in this initiative and want to network in times of great challenges.

What exactly is it about?

• raising awareness of the current social situation and its future effects
• promoting and taking on personal responsibility for the current situation
• orientation towards sustainable alternatives for the good of all
• encouraging new ways of thinking and acting, motivated by the longing for a healthy world worth living in
• applying a systematic, structured and holistic approach, combined with knowledge, courage and intuition
• considering the interactions with all other areas of life

How the approach is planned

• stabilising the situation within the company by means of LEAN management
• imparting knowledge about the background of the financial system and the legal foundations
• cooperation in a supra-regional supply network

We look forward to hearing from you here in the comments section or by email to me at g.herrmann@gaia-energy.org.

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