From time to time, CEOs lose their composure when they don’t think modernization is progressing quickly enough. Popular target of resentment: middle management.
As Peter Loescher (65) Siemensboss from 2007 to 2013, he spoke of the “layer of clay” that robs the technology group of mobility. Jürgen Schrempp (78), for ten years Daimlerboss until 2005, spoke of the “bullshit castle” to qualify what he believes his managers at corporate headquarters fabricate.
The verdict of the Lufhansa boss still sounds comparatively commod: “It’s not them Lufthansa, which I want,” Carsten Spohr (56) rumbled internally recently. Nevertheless, the lawsuit marks a turning point: the man is usually well tempered and has endured the peculiarities of the German flagship airline for years quietly and largely without complaint. But now, against At the end of his corporate career, he wants to take courageous countermeasures.
In this podcast, Michael Machatschke, the editor’s aviation expert, talks to Sven Clausen about how Lufthansa has become an almost ungovernable group, what Carsten Spohr plans to do and what role the dreaded middle management plays in this.
In the “Das Thema” podcast, the editor-in-chief of manager magazin provides information every week about the internal research status on a relevant current and at the same time promising economic topic. You can watch the podcast via manager magazin as well as on Spotify
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