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Feared losing power
Interview with Nadja Fiodorova, Project manager at Unomedical, Minsk, Belarus. The project manager learned how to sell her ideas and projects to the other managers in the group – that is managers with no prospect of getting their share of..
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Gained the courage to let go of the system
Interview with Yury Panov,  Logistics Manager at Unomedical, Minsk, Belarus. The logistics manager had for many years found confidence in the system, but the system didn’t work. He took no responsibility, but figured that the system took responsibility for him...
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Lukashenko paid a visit
Interview with Irina Molochko, Quality manager at Unomedical, Unomedical, Minsk in Belarus. Bureaucracy and inflexible working practices were replaced by a more flexible cooperation where the results of the quality department suddenly gained strategic importance. The quality manager had..
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Sales increased by 35 percent
Interview with Peter Grønlund, Chairman and CEO at Weco Travel International A/S. Two managers were close to leaving. Managing a company at a long distance was difficult. The spreadsheet had given a false sense of security. A new sales..
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Sales increased by 21 percent
Interview with Carsten Rothmann, Sales development manager at Alm. Brand. Lack of ambition and a ton of explanations and excuses were replaced by concrete plans that made sales more efficient. Respect for cultural differences in different parts of the..
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Sold 50 percent more than planned
Interview med Morten Bach, Marketing manager at Alm. Brand Insurance and Pension, Randers. It is a myth that efficiency improvement leads to lower employee satisfaction.The efficiency improvement process lead to the best environment survey – ever. – We moved..
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The analyses became reality
Interview with Sanne Hentze, Vice President, ConvaTec. A number of plans and analyses were transformed into specific results and improvements. The strategies became effective in an absolute global organization – with up to 14 hours of time difference between..
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The group’s black sheep became a prime example
Interview with Helle Høst-Madsen, Plant manager at Unomedical, Minsk, Belarus. Conventional old communist thinking stood in the way of innovation and the ambition that the head office had. Many years of fierce efforts to mobilize managers and employees had..
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When the manager is in the way
Interview with Peter Pribl, CEO at Weco Travel International, Czech Republic. Market conditions were difficult. Weco Travel had lost both revenue and market shares. Still, they managed to increase sales by 29 percent in one year. An autocratic manager..
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When time is crucial
Interview with Niels Frost, Plant Director at ConvaTec in Michalovce, Slovakiet. The engineering plans were plenty, but they suffered under the amount of space between tasks. A new way of looking at the plans resulted in a much quicker..
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Work efficiency increased by 102 percent
Interview with Andrey Rutman, Production Manager at Unomedical, Minsk, Belarus. The anonymous production manager was responsible for the biggest performance improvement they had ever experienced at the plant in Minsk. He ended up being a charismatic manager with the..
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Workflows were turned upside down
Interview with Lars Lind, Marketing manager at Alm. Brand Insurance and Pension, Glostrup and Elsinorer. The managers and employees had become accustomed to taking an isolated view on their revenue instead of selling the right quantities in the right..
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