8 Perspectives on a transformation
Katharina: The consultant on site
Katharina is an agile coach and external consultant for the company. You can learn her perspective on agile transformation in Chapter 1 know.
Profile
Name: Katharina
Age: Early 30s
Profession: Change Facilitator, Agile Coach and Systemic Organizational Developer as well as Trainer for Agile Change Management
Situation: Deals intensively with the topics of #change, #agility, #leadership and #self-management. Loves to develop people and organizations with passion and vision
Characteristics: Empathic, proactive, strategic thinker, communicative, assertive, creative, socially engaged, can be brash when needed
Hobbies: Movies and series, reading, traveling, English comedy Communication channels: Personal conversations, LinkedIn, my wibas
Typical statements:
- "One step at a time"
- "Consider and incorporate dependencies and consequences"
- "We should focus on what we can influence"
- "I think it's important to base our decisions on data and facts"
- "Let's look at things from a different perspective and generate new ideas"
- "The decision must be good enough to start with"
- "I think we should not only focus on the symptoms, but also identify the underlying causes in order to achieve sustainable improvement."
The change facilitator who recognizes the potential in everyone
Katharina is a real change driver. As a change facilitator, agile coach and systemic organizational developer, she has made it her mission to develop people and organizations with passion and vision. Her goal is to bring out the best in everyone and bring about positive change;
Empathetic and proactive, with a strategic mindset and great communication skills, Katharina has just the right combination of skills to successfully master the agile transformation. And she is committed to taking the entire logistics data team with her on this journey;
"Whether you're a seasoned expert like Richard or a newcomer to the world of agile, I want to help you realize your full potential," says Katharina. "Decisions and next steps should be good enough to start with. Let's look at things from a different perspective and generate new ideas."
Katharina firmly believes that data and facts should be the basis for well-founded decisions. But she also knows that the human aspect is just as important. "We should not only focus on the symptoms, but also identify the underlying causes in order to achieve sustainable change," she says.
Join Katharina on her mission to lead the MUH2000 team through the agile transformation. Will she be able to unite the different personalities in the team and get them all on the same path? Or is the cause and therefore the solution to many challenges not hidden in the players themselves, but on a completely different level? And how will their systemic view of the transformation help to ensure that the change succeeds in the long term?
Discover it in our series "8 angles of a transformation". Follow Katharina and the team on their journey, which is characterized by challenges and resistance, but also by learning, growth and the pursuit of change. Stay tuned
Chapter 1
Put yourself in the shoes of Katharina, an experienced change facilitator and systemic organizational developer. Katharina is also a trainer for change management trainings and she is led into her latest challenge by a former training participant.
Chapter 2
Put yourself in Manfred's shoes. He is the product owner of the teams, who is just moving into his new role as division manager. Experience the same events as in chapter 1, this time not from Katharina's point of view, but from Manfred's.
Immerse yourself in history
Transformations are complex undertakings. Organizations that want to change sustainably and effectively in line with a target vision need to make more than just one isolated adjustment. It is therefore worth embarking on such a journey with the help of different perspectives.
Manfred: The determined division manager
Manfred is the division manager and former product owner of the company and leads it through a restructuring with his dry sense of humor. You will initially get to know his view of the events in chapter 1.