Shortcuts – Shortcut Academy

Shortcuts to Trans Cultural Performance

As globally acting company you have the advantage of expanding largely and drawing upon a rich talent pool. At the same time you deal with complexity and competition. Mastering complexity requires social density – a workforce with different capabilities, deeply connected, acting with one voice, always available, valuing all cultures. This sounds great but it’s a path with obstacles and paradoxes. Taking the fast lane means overcoming human contradictions, linking people together, keeping them in the flow and constantly unfolding their strengths.

Shortcuts to Leadership

People like people who are similar. Hence collaborating with different people is a natural challenge. Forming the future means constantly dealing with uncertainty. Execution always faces human reservations. Managing contradictions, overcoming resistance and connecting people to master uncertain scenarios reflect the highest qualities of leadership. It requires to “read” people, to sort and understand their behaviors and to find the right words to influence their inner motivational dynamics. We apply advanced psychological tools adapted for the use of professional managers from all backgrounds and cultures. To take the fast lane successfully we all need to stand together.

What counts in the end are strong strategies and fast execution.
There are, however, execution blocker. Almost always.
The main purpose of leadership is strategic thinking, connecting people and creating spaces for cooperation and unfoldment of potentials.
You can take a ShortCut by overcoming the execution-blocker-chain-reaction.

Shortcuts to Transition

Creating value at interfaces is most challenging and at the same time the most effective shortcut to success. Your interfaces are the center of our activities. We connect people with different agendas, detect and solve resistance, establish constructive co-creation and ensure effective decision making. We coach, guide and empower people where and while they work. This avoids detours, waste of time and lost opportunities. It achieves faster action, better solutions and making it easier for everybody.

We are always in transition.
The energy for transition unfolds at the interfaces.
At the same time interfaces are the favorite place for execution blocker: Avoidance – Vacuum – Lack of decision making.
Then the energy gets lost. Everything slows down. Expansion gets stuck.
You can take a ShortCut by focusing on the interfaces.

Shortcuts to Sales & Service Leadership

Customers do business with people and companies who show three capabilities and attitudes: Expert-level knowledge and quality – putting the customer in the front row seat – staying reliable even under adversity. If you build such a level of collaboration the price becomes a secondary issue. Sales and service professionals constantly have to prove themselves. If they successfully pass this steel-bath they become strong ambassadors of your products. At the same time, they expect the same from you. And they want you to make them even better. Being a leader of sales and service pro’s is a constant challenge on the highest level of market conquering collaboration.