CEO Advisory Services
A CEO needs time and space to be able to think about the company and themselves. With us, this thinking becomes a strategic process of reflection
Dr. Claudia Nagel
| NAGEL & COMPANY acts as a consultant and sounding board for CEOs when it comes to issues which they can very rarely, if ever, discuss with qualified people. The CEO’s task is to deal with an unforeseeable future and ambivalence with regard to the decisions to be made, coupled with the unavoidable loneliness and a certain degree of isolation from the basis of the company. Alongside with the need to act quickly and make strategic decisions, it is similarly important that the CEO takes the time to think about the company’s business psychology. | This also includes reflecting on team dynamics within the management team, the psychological aspects of the organisation and culture within the company and his/her own personality and its effect on the company as a whole. These challenging psychological issues can only be addressed with a specially trained outsider, as it is important to maintain absolute confidentiality regarding these highly sensitive matters. This is the only way in which the CEO can gain new insights and perspectives. |
A CEO moves to Germany from an organisation in another company and finds that the management team initially mistrusts him/her and fails to co-operate with him/her. By establishing psychological and organisational connections in an individual discussion, he/she can identify where he/she can take action in order to convince the management team of his/her skills and personality and gain their trust. Workshops and team meetings also allow him/her to establish sustainable working alliances deep within the company, which are of great help to him/her when implementing the upcoming changes.
When working with his/her top management team, a CEO is perceived as frustrated and resigned when it comes to the enforceability of his/her decisions and ideas. Individual discussions can identify the personal and organisational backgrounds and issues in order to visibly and clearly reduce his/her frustration and increase his/her managerial effectiveness.
A Senior Manager of a finance company had a seemingly unresolvable conflict with a colleague as a result of a management error. By intensively examining himself and his own history, he gains new insights into his personality structure, enabling him to formulate effective strategies to deal with this difficult situation, which enabled him to solve the problem and improve his own performance.