Insights
Barry Callebaut and Ferrero back in production. What do we learn from the chocolate crisis ?
A crisis is always the ultimate test to expose the true soul of a company. Salmonella contamination occurs frequently in Belgium but the majority never makes the news. Very occasionally a message appears in the newspaper to announce a recall. Not so with Ferrero. The core of crisis communication: VALUES! The key component of any crisis...
Entropy and disorder: the fate of all human enterprises?
She is there, everywhere, at all times. She affects your private and professional life. She is little known and little contested. Yet she consumes a lot of energy. Her name? ENTROPY.
Developing the reason for existence, the vision and the values
Antonissen Development Group is a dynamic real estate group that selects urban locations with exceptional potential and has a preference for transforming existing properties into high-quality, modern buildings that are accessible to all. The company wants to support its growth by standing out in the market with a dynamic vision of its...
How the Corona pandemic reveals your true Company Culture
Over the last 1,5 year our world has been heavily impacted in many ways by the Covid-19 pandemic. Many things that we took for granted and that are just part of the usual way we do things were all of a sudden not so obvious anymore. For Companies, this disruptive event has put enormous challenges on the table. The Covid-19 pandemic has for...
An Dewaele joins Square Circle
An Dewaele, former CHRO of Barco, is becoming a partner at Square Circle adding a vast expertise to the team to fulfill a common mission: support companies with business driven people solutions to be successful in an increasingly volatile, mobile and complex world. An has over 30 years of human resources experience in global companies, where...
Why persuasion is so difficult
In a company, persuasion is a daily necessity. Changing operating methods, launching new ideas, successfully completing transformation projects, improving quality, ensuring safety at work, selling new products to customers, successful negotiation... This often requires investing a lot of energy for a result that does not always meet...
Social Negotiations
Necessary and painful evil or laying the foundation for your future? The present economic consequences of the severe health crisis are leading to many social negotiations between the social partners in organizations. Leadership and employee representatives should aim to get most out of these social negotiations in order to do what is best for...
The contribution of professional communication in the management of restructurings
The beneficial effect of professional communication in any organizational restructuring, and especially when there are...
Emerging from the Covid Crisis
Unleash your company's hidden performance Stimulate recovery today. After months of difficult containment and despite alarming and often alarmist forecasts, most Belgian companies are not 'at the end of their rope'. But let's be clear: the critical phase is coming now. In most cases it will be necessary to reorganize structures in order to...
Does the internal communications department still have a reason to exist?
Inadequate communication is still in the top 3 of frustrations and problems arising from employee surveys, engagement studies and communication audits. This is not surprising when we see that in many companies internal communication is still regarded as the task and responsibility of the communications department, if it exists, or of HR, and...
Vision, mission, values: new insights (part 1)
Scoring strategies versus boring strategies Will your organisation's vision save your business or sink it? A butcher that sells vegetarian products. An insurer that wishes only the best for you. A public transport company that works for Amazon. Open prisons that protect society... Behind winning strategies, there's always a strong vision. But...
Vision, mission, values: new insights (part 2)
A vision, a vision, my kingdom for a vision!
Paraphrasing Richard III's famous line in Shakespeare's play, nowadays, the presence of a vision is considered the key aspect when people talk about the relevance of a winning strategy.