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It is not a heroic deed to found a company that deals with learning and development. On the contrary, what could be more obvious than to engage in human resources and organizational development in an enlightened Europe, in a liberal democracy with all its opportunities to learn and develop? But is it really so obvious? The tendency to polarize, develop enemy images and irreconcilably ...

As our name suggests, there are not too many standards at our company. The CUSS survey is one of the few standardized procedures that we have been using for many years. It gives us valuable input on the most important metric in our company: customer satisfaction. This year, participation in the survey was particularly high, so first of all: many ...

Hello Verena, hello Lea, AC DC - funny name. But it's probably not about rock music? Lea: You're right: rock music is not our topic. The four letters stand for Assessment Center and Development Center. It's about aptitude diagnostics (AC) and potential diagnostics (DC), i.e. questions such as who is suitable for this position? Do the applicants fit in with our ...

Hi Lea, everyone is currently talking about "new work" - you are now talking about "healthy companies". What do you mean by that? A holistic approach. We don't focus on either the company or the employees, but quite clearly on both perspectives. A company with excellent processes and structures but without motivated employees will be just as unsuccessful as a highly qualified employee without ...

Hello Nadine, hello Filiz, you are responsible for the product "culture development". Is it even possible to develop culture? And doesn't it also develop without off-standards? Nadine: Sure, culture is constantly evolving, it never stands still. From our point of view, "culture development" is one of the most important success factors of all. However, we also see that this factor is very underestimated by many companies because it is not as ...

When you talk about "internal academies," what do you mean? Basically, an internal academy is a targeted corporate investment in employee learning and development. Many people think of it first and foremost as a kind of training catalog offered to the employees of that company to teach certain skills, abilities and behaviors. We take this ...

To which question of a potential customer does your product provide the answer? Even though change is part of the daily routine in most companies, there is still surprisingly little change competence among managers and employees. Perhaps this is also a consequence of the standardization and perfection of processes. Deviations and changes then quickly lead to helplessness and excessive demands. This is exactly where we ...

"Feedback" seems to be a core element of the offstandards offering. Why is that so? Nadine: That's right. "Feedback formats" are a kind of "primordial soup" at offstandards. Many other offerings, such as team development or coaching, contain feedback elements. However, at offstandards, we are both responsible for specific feedback formats that are used in cultural development projects, for example. We will come to that later. Maybe you can ...