blog – artiClES
In this section you will find our articles, case studies, book reviews and toolboxes.
AI Coach Use Case
A SELF-EXPERIMENT WITH THE AI COACH Sometimes the most meaningful conversations don’t happen in the training room at all. They happen on the sidelines of an event—in a coffee break, with a cup in hand—when people show up not as participants, but as leaders with real...
Competence – How It Develops and How We Can Actively Grow It
"Our employees need to become more competent!" – this is something we hear from leaders and HR professionals almost every day. But what does that really mean? And more importantly: how does competence actually develop? Once you understand how competences emerge, you...
Workhack: Competence Development
Particularly complex work situations require special competencies from everyone involved. For leaders, this means keeping a close eye on the skills and abilities of their team members in order to initiate targeted development measures. At Coverdale, we use KODE® as...
Case Study: Competence Management in a Leadership Team
A mid-sized company with about 40 managers faced a leadership transition. The founder and long-time CEO, who had shaped the company for decades, handed over responsibility to a successor. While the founder made most decisions on his own and the managers largely...
Book Recommendation: Consulting Competences for Mediation, Coaching, and Supervision
Karl Kreuser, Karin Sonnleitner, Cristina Lenz, Sascha Ferz (Eds.)Waxmann Verlag, 2022, 144 pages The edited volume Consulting Competences for Mediation, Coaching, and Supervision addresses a topic that is becoming increasingly relevant for leaders as well: What...
AIM SETTING AS A SOURCE OF MEANING – WHY THE WHY MATTERS
Autumn is the season of performance reviews and aim-setting conversations in many organizations. Leaders and team members sit down together to look ahead: Which priorities should guide the next year? What results do we want to achieve? What development is needed? Too...
Coverdale Next – Shaping the Future Means Rethinking Collaboration
In the years ahead, we’ll stay true to what defines us: helping people build collaboration that really delivers results. At the same time, the context is changing. Topics like transformation, organizational development, and leadership development aren’t going away –...
Leadership in a VUCA World: Why Courage to Take Risks Is the New Core Competency
The New Reality of LeadershipLeaders today face a fundamental challenge: the speed of change is outpacing the speed of decision-making. While traditional leadership approaches rely on thorough analyses and perfect plans, market opportunities now emerge and disappear...
Leading from a Distance: Why Trust Is the New Standard
Remote work is here to stay. What was once intended as a temporary solution has become the new normal in many organizations – with all its opportunities and frictions. Work is shifting more and more from place to outcome. But success requires more than technology and...
International Collaboration – Local Expertise Meets a Global Network
For 60 years, we’ve been supporting organizations all over the world – delivering projects in more than 30 countries with teams who don’t just understand cultural diversity but genuinely value it. Although Coverdale is a network of independent local companies, we...
Learning That Sticks – How Structured Reviews Make Collaboration Better
We don’t build new skills just by listening or reading instructions. Real learning happens when we try things out, reflect on what worked, and apply those insights in practice. That’s why at Coverdale, we work with the principle of experiential learning. One of the...
Transformation Starts in the Mind – and in the Heart
Change and transformation – these terms often get thrown together. But anyone who has experienced both knows they are fundamentally different. Change means improving what already exists. Processes become more efficient, structures are adjusted, workflows optimized....
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