Winfried Hagenhoff

Could a thought process help you get started? Get started with your train of thought!

"Gedankengang" - physically in nature as a long walk or hike - captures the mental train of thought for problem solving and self-reflection.

Sustainable success is not achieved by following the mainstream, but by critically questioning different scenarios. Hypes come and go, but success remains elusive!

In day-to-day business, this necessary reflection not only affects the organizational structure and, above all, the process organization, but to a critical extent the work of managers: do they live leadership? In order to evaluate the work of managers at the various levels, they should regularly seek feedback from their employees, peer group colleagues and superiors, but also reflect on their own leadership behavior in a very structured way.

With his consultancy IUDICO, our AAA Advisor Klaus Hofmann focuses on supporting managers in this self-reflection and giving the process both space and a systematic structure.

But how does Klaus Hofmann measure a successful manager?

  1. - Of course - sustainably increasing the value of the company (results-oriented) and
  2. - not always a matter of course! - recognizing the potential of employees, challenging and encouraging them (employee-oriented).

To this end, he uses the physical means of "trains of thought", thought processes. On the road in nature, on a long walk or a hike, he supports you with questions based on his experience so that his clients can reflect on themselves, question behaviors and processes, discover new paths and find solutions. Very intensive discussions on the go, structured but not trapped in a corset. Follow-up at home and recording the "mentaltrains of thought ” gained in this way concludes his work. Because the best way to learn what a breath of fresh air feels like is outside.

Subsequent implementation? A matter for management, but Klaus Hofmann and the AAA Advisors are on hand to help if required.

 

Personal details: in his 20 years as CEO, CTO and COO in two international companies, Klaus Hofmann has had global responsibility and successfully led teams in Europe, America and Asia. Despite the different cultures, his basis for evaluating a person, a product or operations were the measurable figures appropriate to the situation.

 

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Klaus H. Hofmann

From his management functions in the industrial environment of mechanical engineering, Klaus H. Hofmann knows precisely which adjustments need to be made in the complex market environment in order to achieve sustainable positive results and increase the value of the company. The diverse experience gained from these responsibilities has given Klaus Hofmann the ability to challenge, encourage and develop managers, enabling them to achieve sustainable success.
His typical COO expertise is characterized by his ability to assess, lead and develop operations. His work was not only based on “figures, data and facts”, but also on an entrepreneurial flair for what could be successfully implemented.
This has led him to his core expertise: Building a company with the right people in the right place and developing it sustainably in a global environment.

About the author
Winfried Hagenhoff

Winfried - formerly at Lufthansa, TNS and WPP’s Kantar- is an experienced Senior Executive Advisor. He loves to advise on innovative products and services based on empirical data, and to transform advice into strategy for brands and customer experience. As a former CTO/COO, he is passionate about tech-driven innovations, especially regarding mobility (Auto, Travel, Transport, Sharing), communication, health, public services, and production.

Beside his activities as a Board Member (Verwaltungsrat) in the Swiss based  Bochmann Consulting AG, he has been for some years -and still is- supporting young tech firms and helped social institutions with pro-bono advice.