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In this section you will find our articles, case studies, book reviews and toolboxes.
Working together systematically
Birgit Fischer-Sitzwohl | Strategies and Tools for Clear Aims and Effective Teamwork German Edition: Schäffer-Poeschel Verlag, Stuttgart, 1st edition, 2026, 168 pagesEnglish Edition: via Amazon Selfpublishing Structure as the Foundation of Effective Collaboration Many...
Collaboration Toolbox
The Planning Grid – Bringing Order to Chaos As a longtime Coverdale trainer, I grew up professionally with the Coverdale Aims Grid, and process reviews are part of my everyday training practice. In this edition of the Toolbox, I want to introduce another important...
How 60 Years of Experience Became a Book
The Story Behind Zusammenarbeit mit System Why isn’t there a book about the Coverdale method? That question stayed with me for many years. Entire libraries have been written about management, leadership, project work, and collaboration. At Coverdale, too, there has...
Embedding Coverdale’s Systematic Approach Across the Organization
Three implementation paths and a roadmap for day-to-day work When has an approach truly taken hold in an organization? In my view, when people no longer see it as just another method. They routinely clarify the purpose of a task, involve the relevant stakeholders,...
WHY WE DID NOT DEVELOP RALPH AS AN AI ASSISTANT
AI assistants and AI coaches may be based on similar technologies, but they serve fundamentally different purposes. What matters most is not which language model they use. What matters is what they were designed to do—and how they engage with their users. Since we...
WHY IMPLEMENTING THE COVERDALE AI COACH IS ABOUT FAR MORE THAN SOFTWARE
The success of an AI Coach is not determined by the technology itself. It is determined by how an organization understands leadership. "If only ten percent of our leaders end up using the AI Coach, it will be a waste of money." I hear this comment regularly, and I...
CASE STUDY: WHEN AI REVEALS DIFFERENT LEADERSHIP MINDSETS
"We’re all trying to move in the same direction. So why do we keep getting stuck on the same decisions?" That was how the CEO of a mid-sized company described the situation within his leadership team. The Context The company had experienced significant growth over the...
BOOKREVIEW: AI LITERACY THROUGH SERIOUS GAMES
Why Leaders Need to Experience AI, Not Just Understand It More Than a Book About AI Literacy With AI Literacy Through Serious Games, editors Sascha Ferz, Elisabeth Hödl, and Thomas Tripold have created a volume that, at first glance, appears to be aimed primarily at...
TOOLBOX: AI IN EVERYDAY LEADERSHIP
An Extra Thought Partner When It Matters Most Most leaders have faced situations like this: A difficult employee conversation is coming up. A team member who has consistently delivered strong results for years has recently begun to struggle. Deadlines are being...
AI AND LEADERSHIP: WHEN LEARNING BECOMES MORE IMPORTANT THAN KNOWING
A few months ago, I was coaching a young leader who had only recently stepped into her role. She was preparing for a difficult conversation with one of her employees when she made a comment that has stayed with me ever since: “A few years ago, I probably would have...
TOOLBOX: CULTURAL DIMENSIONS
Same company, same processes—and still completely different What this is about In the late 1960s, IBM—an international company—faced a puzzling question:Why did identical management practices work extremely well in some countries—and not at all in others? The person...
Intercultural Awkward Moments
Intercultural Awkward Moments There are words that reveal a surprising amount about a mindset. “Hoppala” is one of them. It describes a mishap—but in a way that neither dramatizes nor judges it. A “hoppala” is not a scandal. It is a moment of stumbling, a brief moment...
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