Bulgarian Business People in search of a Blue Ocean

21 августа 2017 • Newsletter • no comments

Today’s business people in Europe are confronted with harsh competition, as if they where swimming in a bloody ocean full of sharks.
Many business people confirm trying to survive this price war and technology war.

Model answers such as being more efficient or investing in new technologies in the hope to reduce price or to have a technological competitive advantage face inadequacy because those answers are basically reactions to the outside market, reactions on the competition. Most companies react on the competition with increasing efficiency to reduce price. But there will always be one Asian person making things cheaper. Others invest heavily in technology . read more

9 Tools to self motivate people — seminar to ERA in Bulgaria

15 июля 2017 • Newsletter • no comments

The ERA network invited Marc de Turck as guest speaker for its seminar on motivation

Bulgaria, Hisaria, in the beautiful environment of Staro Celo and its Vineyard Hotel. read more

Understanding as the first change management tool.

30 июня 2017 • Newsletter • no comments

Mergers and acquisitions…. You hear it daily. Especially banks and insurance companies are targets today. During this period of change, people feel uncertain, rumours start, jealousy arizes when people will loose their jobs, new colleagues are distrusted.

While the top management for obvious strategic reasons cannot transparently communicate its changes to all levels, it is important to keep understanding high between people so as to keep unity and the level of efficiency and productivity,

The financial department of Generali-Victoria was challenged recently with such a merger. As part of the change management, Marc J de Turck was invited as guest speaker on a seminar on communication in a challenging, changing environment.

Marc stressed the understanding between people and its 3 elements (Affinity, Reality and Communication, based on the works of L. Ron Hubbard). In a funny and dynamic way he gave the attendees tools to better understand each other in a challenging new environment.

The results will be visible in a couple of months.