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[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=\u201d\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/presse.png\u201d align_tablet=\u201ccenter\u201d align_phone=\u201d\u201d align_last_edited=\u201con|desktop\u201d _builder_version=\u201c4.16\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u201c3_4\u201d specialty_columns=\u201c3\u201d _builder_version=\u201c4.16\u201d custom_padding=\u201d|||\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d custom_padding__hover=\u201d|||\u201d][et_pb_row_inner column_structure=\u201c1_2,1_2\u201d _builder_version=\u201c4.26.0\u201d _module_preset=\u201cdefault\u201d max_width=\u201c1200px\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][et_pb_column_inner type=\u201c1_2\u201d saved_specialty_column_type=\u201c3_4\u201d _builder_version=\u201c4.26.0\u201d _module_preset=\u201cdefault\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][et_pb_toggle title=\u201cXELLENTO\u2019S PART\u00adNER KAI HORTEN IN THE BR\u201d module_id=\u201cumschalthortenen\u201d module_class=\u201cpulsing\u201d _builder_version=\u201c4.27.4\u201d _module_preset=\u201cdefault\u201d title_text_color=\u201d#8c1c1c\u201d title_font=\u201cmarcellus_regular||||||||\u201d title_font_size=\u201c18px\u201d title_line_height=\u201c1.2em\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d]<\/p>\n
Be it an estab\u00adlished defence cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adtion or a new start-up: Our part\u00adner Kai Horten knows, for exam\u00adple, why both seek spe\u00adcial\u00adists for resilient sup\u00adply chains in the field of pro\u00adduc\u00adtion. How\u00adev\u00ader, not all of today\u2019s auto\u00admo\u00adtive experts will find a new home in the defence indus\u00adtry.<\/p>\n
More on this fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading piece<\/a> by Stephan Lina can be found in the ARD pod\u00adcast library.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_divider color=\u201d#8c1c1c\u201d divider_position=\u201ccenter\u201d _builder_version=\u201c4.26.0\u201d _module_preset=\u201cdefault\u201d width=\u201c25%\u201d module_alignment=\u201ccenter\u201d custom_padding=\u201d|||0px|false|false\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_toggle title=\u201cAN INTER\u00adVIEW WITH XELLENTO\u2019S PART\u00adNER KAI HORTEN\u201d module_id=\u201cumschalthortenen\u201d module_class=\u201cpulsing\u201d _builder_version=\u201c4.27.4\u201d _module_preset=\u201cdefault\u201d title_text_color=\u201d#8c1c1c\u201d title_font=\u201cmarcellus_regular||||||||\u201d title_font_size=\u201c18px\u201d title_line_height=\u201c1.2em\u201d hover_enabled=\u201c0\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d sticky_enabled=\u201c0\u201d]<\/p>\n What defines a good CEO \u2013 and how do you recog\u00adnise one? Our part\u00adner Kai Horten talked about the afore with J\u00fcr\u00adgen Fis\u00adch\u00ader from the mag\u00ada\u00adzine \u2018Europ\u00e4is\u00adche Sicher\u00adheit & Tech\u00adnik\u2019. In the inter\u00adview the for\u00admer top man\u00adag\u00ader of ESG GmbH and Atlas Elek\u00adtron\u00adik speaks about the impor\u00adtance of mind\u00adset, lead\u00ader\u00adship qual\u00adi\u00adties and the role of our defence forces in find\u00ading an answer to this ques\u00adtion.<\/p>\n The full inter\u00adview and XEL\u00adLEN\u00adTO com\u00adpa\u00adny por\u00adtrait<\/a> can be found both at ES&T<\/a> and here.<\/a><\/p>\n \n<\/p> [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_divider color=\u201d#8c1c1c\u201d divider_position=\u201ccenter\u201d _builder_version=\u201c4.26.0\u201d _module_preset=\u201cdefault\u201d width=\u201c25%\u201d module_alignment=\u201ccenter\u201d custom_padding=\u201d|||0px|false|false\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_toggle title=\u201cXELLENTO\u2019S PART\u00adNER SASCHA GER\u00adLAND AT THE ROUND TABLE OF THE MAG\u00adA\u00adZINE PER\u00adSON\u00adAL\u00adWIRTSCHAFT\u201d module_id=\u201cumschaltrapp2en\u201d _builder_version=\u201c4.27.4\u201d _module_preset=\u201cdefault\u201d title_text_color=\u201d#8c1c1c\u201d title_font=\u201cmarcellus_regular||||||||\u201d title_font_size=\u201c18px\u201d title_line_height=\u201c1.2em\u201d hover_enabled=\u201c0\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d sticky_enabled=\u201c0\u201d]<\/p>\n Eco\u00adnom\u00adic cri\u00adsis, altered can\u00addi\u00addate demands and AI pose new chal\u00adlenges to execu\u00adtive search. How has the sec\u00adtor adapt\u00aded and what does it means for clients? Xellento\u2019s part\u00adner Sascha Ger\u00adland dis\u00adcussed this top\u00adic at the round table event of the mag\u00ada\u00adzine \u2018Per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adwirtschaft\u2019 with sev\u00ader\u00adal experts.<\/p>\n Which type of man\u00adag\u00ader is cur\u00adrent\u00adly the most sought: <\/span>one strong on empa\u00adthy or, pos\u00adsi\u00adbly, one who reigns with a firm hand? This was the cen\u00adtral ques\u00adtion at the round table dis\u00adcus\u00adsion host\u00aded by the mag\u00ada\u00adzine \u2018Per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adwirtschaft\u2019. <\/span>Xellento\u2019s part\u00adner Sascha Ger\u00adland argues that \u2018empa\u00adthy is evolv\u00ading to be for\u00adev\u00ader more cru\u00adcial for man\u00adagers, espe\u00adcial\u00adly when the work force is becom\u00ading younger\u2019. Notably Gen Z & Y seek such type of lead\u00ader\u00adship. <\/span>With regard to trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion, empa\u00adthy is a deter\u00admin\u00ading fac\u00adtor, even when hard deci\u00adsions must be tak\u00aden occa\u00adsion\u00adal\u00adly. Why mana\u00adging with a firm hand can only be a quick fix accord\u00ading to Sascha Ger\u00adland is elu\u00adci\u00addat\u00aded in Jan Schulte\u2019s arti\u00adcle<\/a>.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_divider color=\u201d#8c1c1c\u201d divider_position=\u201ccenter\u201d _builder_version=\u201c4.26.0\u201d _module_preset=\u201cdefault\u201d width=\u201c25%\u201d module_alignment=\u201ccenter\u201d custom_padding=\u201d|||0px|false|false\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_toggle title=\u201cXellento\u2019s part\u00adner Peter Alexan\u00adder Rapp in Kress Pro\u2018s income report\u201d module_id=\u201cumschaltrapp2en\u201d _builder_version=\u201c4.27.4\u201d _module_preset=\u201cdefault\u201d title_text_color=\u201d#8c1c1c\u201d title_font=\u201cmarcellus_regular||||||||\u201d title_font_size=\u201c18px\u201d title_line_height=\u201c1.2em\u201d hover_enabled=\u201c0\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d sticky_enabled=\u201c0\u201d]<\/p>\n The mag\u00ada\u00adzine Kress Pro has pub\u00adlished its research on media man\u00adagers\u2019 remu\u00adner\u00ada\u00adtion and the trends loom\u00ading on the hori\u00adzon (issue 2025\/#01).<\/p>\n Root\u00aded in his long\u00adstand\u00ading exper\u00adtise, Xellento\u2019s part\u00adner Peter Alexan\u00adder Rapp states: In the motion pic\u00adture busi\u00adness \u2018the salaries have been frozen in the last two to three years\u2019. Larg\u00ader increas\u00ades in com\u00adpen\u00adsa\u00adtion for lead\u00ading C\u2011level man\u00adagers are not expect\u00aded in the near future. What do stream\u00ading enter\u00adtain\u00adment providers such as Net\u00adflix have to do with this devel\u00adop\u00adment? For answers to this ques\u00adtion as well as more in depth infor\u00adma\u00adtion, please order the cur\u00adrent issue under https:\/\/shop.oberauer.com\/medien\/kress-pro\/785\/kress-pro-2025\u201301<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_divider color=\u201d#8c1c1c\u201d divider_position=\u201ccenter\u201d _builder_version=\u201c4.26.0\u201d _module_preset=\u201cdefault\u201d width=\u201c25%\u201d module_alignment=\u201ccenter\u201d custom_padding=\u201d|||0px|false|false\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_toggle title=\u201cXellento\u2019s part\u00adner Peter Alexan\u00adder Rapp among the 22 most impor\u00adtant execu\u00adtive search con\u00adsul\u00adtants in the media indus\u00adtry\u201d module_id=\u201cumschaltrapp1en\u201d _builder_version=\u201c4.27.4\u201d _module_preset=\u201cdefault\u201d title_text_color=\u201d#8c1c1c\u201d title_font=\u201cmarcellus_regular||||||||\u201d title_font_size=\u201c18px\u201d title_line_height=\u201c1.2em\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_divider color=\u201d#8c1c1c\u201d divider_position=\u201ccenter\u201d _builder_version=\u201c4.26.0\u201d _module_preset=\u201cdefault\u201d width=\u201c25%\u201d module_alignment=\u201ccenter\u201d custom_padding=\u201d|||0px|false|false\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_toggle title=\u201cXellento\u2019s Part\u00adner Dr. Matthias Kestler in the Han\u00addels\u00adblatt\u201d module_id=\u201cumschaltkestler1en\u201d _builder_version=\u201c4.27.4\u201d _module_preset=\u201cdefault\u201d title_text_color=\u201d#8c1c1c\u201d title_font=\u201cmarcellus_regular||||||||\u201d title_font_size=\u201c18px\u201d title_line_height=\u201c1.2em\u201d link_option_url=\u201chttps:\/\/www.handelsblatt.com\/unternehmen\/mittelstand\/recruiting-das-dilemma-mittelstaendler-muessen-sparen-und-gleichzeitig-fachkraefte-einstellen\/24887598.html\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d]<\/p>\n The eco\u00adnom\u00adic boom is slow\u00ading; how\u00adev\u00ader, SMEs are con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00ading to seek high achiev\u00aders. What to do? Han\u00addels\u00adblatt edi\u00adtor Anja M\u00fcller, team leader SMEs and fam\u00adi\u00adly-owned busi\u00adness\u00ades, describes the sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion as fol\u00adlows:<\/p>\n Matthias Kestler notes \u201cthat there is no triv\u00adial solu\u00adtion\u201d. Cur\u00adrent\u00adly, he has been focussing on the dif\u00adfi\u00adcul\u00adty to attract top tal\u00adents to rur\u00adal loca\u00adtions \u2014 a prob\u00adlem faced by many SMEs. The head\u00adhunter indi\u00adcates that the demands of the sought man\u00adagers have grown over time and \u201can eco\u00adnom\u00adic down\u00adturn will not low\u00ader the expec\u00adta\u00adtions\u201d. Here\u00adby, the remu\u00adner\u00ada\u00adtion is not a deci\u00adsive fac\u00adtor: \u201cRelo\u00adca\u00adtion is not depen\u00addent on a high\u00ader com\u00adpen\u00adsa\u00adtion; the realm of respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty is the deci\u00adsive fac\u00adtor. This holds true for 98 per\u00adcent of my can\u00addi\u00addates.\u201d There are more impor\u00adtant things to life than a \u20ac5k increase. This said, one should keep in mind that the indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals Kestler seeks are already on a very high income. How\u00adev\u00ader, he adds, there is a fur\u00adther cru\u00adcial fac\u00adtor: Inter\u00adest\u00ading con\u00adcepts mat\u00adter. Kestler says that \u201cmore than half of can\u00addi\u00addates would imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly sign a con\u00adtract if it entailed a home office day on Fri\u00adday.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Read the full arti\u00adcle<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_divider color=\u201d#8c1c1c\u201d divider_position=\u201ccenter\u201d _builder_version=\u201c4.26.0\u201d _module_preset=\u201cdefault\u201d width=\u201c25%\u201d module_alignment=\u201ccenter\u201d custom_padding=\u201d|||0px|false|false\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_toggle title=\u201cXellento\u2019s part\u00adner Kai Horten in a pod\u00adcast host\u00aded by the Bavar\u00adi\u00adan state broad\u00adcast\u00ader: AI \u2013 and what is the role of humans?\u201d closed_toggle_background_color=\u201crgba(150,150,150,0.15)\u201d module_id=\u201cimagination\u201d _builder_version=\u201c4.27.4\u201d _module_preset=\u201cdefault\u201d title_text_color=\u201d#8c1c1c\u201d title_font=\u201cmarcellus_regular||||||||\u201d title_font_size=\u201c18px\u201d title_line_height=\u201c1.2em\u201d link_option_url=\u201c#toggle3\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d]<\/p>\n What role do humans play? How do robots and AI change indus\u00adtry? Stephan Lina from the Bavar\u00adi\u00adan state broad\u00adcast\u00ader Bay\u00aderisch\u00ader Rund\u00adfunk posed this ques\u00adtion to an illus\u00adtri\u00adous pan\u00adel com\u00adposed of:<\/p>\n Lars Planko, SVP Oper\u00ada\u00adtions at Junghein\u00adrich; and our part\u00adner Kai Horten.<\/p>\n One of the con\u00adclu\u00adsions reached: It depends on the ide\u00adal mix of human flex\u00adi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty and AI. The ques\u00adtion at the matter\u2019s core: Does every\u00adthing that is tech\u00adni\u00adcal\u00adly pos\u00adsi\u00adble also make eco\u00adnom\u00adic sense? When is it viable? Should robots be used to dig\u00adi\u00adtalise every work\u00adflow? In which instances is it quick\u00ader and more effi\u00adcient to draw on the knowl\u00adedge, cre\u00adativ\u00adi\u00adty and flex\u00adi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty of humans?<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_divider color=\u201d#8c1c1c\u201d divider_position=\u201ccenter\u201d _builder_version=\u201c4.26.0\u201d _module_preset=\u201cdefault\u201d width=\u201c25%\u201d module_alignment=\u201ccenter\u201d custom_padding=\u201d|||0px|false|false\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_toggle title=\u201cXellento at the HR Sum\u00admit 2023: HOW AI IS REV\u00adO\u00adLU\u00adTION\u00adIZ\u00adING HUMAN RESOURCES\u201d closed_toggle_background_color=\u201crgba(150,150,150,0.15)\u201d module_id=\u201cai-hr\u201d _builder_version=\u201c4.27.2\u201d _module_preset=\u201cdefault\u201d title_text_color=\u201d#8c1c1c\u201d title_font=\u201cmarcellus_regular||||||||\u201d title_font_size=\u201c18px\u201d title_line_height=\u201c1.2em\u201d link_option_url=\u201c#toggle3\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d]<\/p>\n At the 2023 HR sum\u00admit in Frank\u00adfurt, Xellento\u2019s mana\u00adging part\u00adner Till Sch\u00f6ppe-Fries sum\u00adma\u00adrized the com\u00adpa\u00adny-spon\u00adsored forum as fol\u00adlows: \u201cIn the com\u00ading years arti\u00adfi\u00adcial intel\u00adli\u00adgence will rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion\u00adize com\u00adpa\u00adnies and indus\u00adtry sec\u00adtors. This applies to all depart\u00adments con\u00adcerned, rang\u00ading from research & devel\u00adop\u00adment to IT, from HR to com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtions. It is a mat\u00adter of utmost impor\u00adtance regard\u00adless of busi\u00adness sec\u00adtor\u201d. In the pan\u00adel dis\u00adcus\u00adsion with Covestro\u2019s Dr. Wal\u00adter Gr\u00fcn\u00ader, Glob\u00adal Head of IT & Dig\u00adi\u00adtal\u00adiza\u00adtion, and Dr. Roscoe Arau\u00adjo, Senior Project Man\u00adag\u00ader Trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion, the fol\u00adlow\u00ading became evi\u00addent: The prob\u00adlem is not the tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy; rather, it is the employ\u00adees\u2019 accep\u00adtance, which could curb the devel\u00adop\u00adment. Read the fol\u00adlow-up report in the mag\u00ada\u00adzine Per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adwirtschaft<\/a>.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_divider color=\u201d#8c1c1c\u201d divider_position=\u201ccenter\u201d _builder_version=\u201c4.26.0\u201d _module_preset=\u201cdefault\u201d width=\u201c25%\u201d module_alignment=\u201ccenter\u201d custom_padding=\u201d|||0px|false|false\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_toggle title=\u201cXellento\u2019s part\u00adner Peter Alexan\u00adder Rapp in ZEIT\u201d _builder_version=\u201c4.27.0\u201d _module_preset=\u201cdefault\u201d title_text_color=\u201d#8c1c1c\u201d title_font=\u201cmarcellus_regular||||||||\u201d title_font_size=\u201c18px\u201d title_line_height=\u201c1.2em\u201d global_colors_info=\u201d{}\u201d]<\/p>\n While work\u00ading from home is becom\u00ading increas\u00ading\u00adly more pop\u00adu\u00adlar, Ger\u00admany is lag\u00adging behind the home office trend. Chris\u00adt\u00adian Schultz, edi\u00adtor at dpa, notes that orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion\u00adal ques\u00adtions remain par\u00adtial\u00adly unan\u00adswered and that a change of mind is espe\u00adcial\u00adly nec\u00ades\u00adsary among SMEs:<\/p>\n The Munich based head\u00adhunter Peter Alexan\u00adder Rapp chose a more rig\u00ador\u00adous word\u00ading. \u00abGer\u00admany is trail\u00ading far behind with regard to the con\u00adcept of Smart Work.\u00bb The prob\u00adlem is root\u00aded in a com\u00adpa\u00adny land\u00adscape which is often char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adized by SMEs. Espe\u00adcial\u00adly in SMEs not locat\u00aded in the vicin\u00adi\u00adty of large cities a change of mind is nec\u00ades\u00adsary; nowa\u00addays, job can\u00addi\u00addates request such work options. It requires man\u00adi\u00adfold incen\u00adtives to win the sought pro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adals. In some com\u00adpa\u00adnies there is dis\u00adagree\u00adment between HR offi\u00adcers and more tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly think\u00ading com\u00adpa\u00adny boss\u00ades. The lat\u00adter fre\u00adquent\u00adly judge employ\u00adees to work less and pur\u00adsue oth\u00ader tasks when at home.<\/em><\/p>\n
Dr. Fred\u00aderik Zohm, Board Mem\u00adber R&D at MAN;
Jost Lam\u00admers, CEO Munich Air\u00adport;
Dr. Jan-Hen\u00adrik Ander\u00ads\u00adson, CCO Munich Air\u00adport;
Dr. Gunter Beitinger, SVP Manufacturing\/Factory Dig\u00adi\u00adtal\u00adi\u00adsa\u00adtion at Siemens; Judith Wiese, Board Mem\u00adber HR at Siemens<\/p>\n