Nicola Kriesel
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Culture of cooperation, organisational development
Praise from the cooperative
I have just become part of a founding group of people who want to build something together. Like many others, the group eventually came to the point where the usual legal form options didn't quite fit: the GmbH felt too much like a corporation. The association felt like a voluntary organisation. The gGmbH requires a charitable purpose, which is not [...]
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Resilience
Survey: Internal stabilisation during disruption
Aktuell sehen wir, dass durch politische Entscheidungen jahrelanger Arbeit der Boden entzogen werden soll. Aus unserer Erfahrung wissen wir: Finanzielle Absicherung und Netzwerkerhalt sind nur dort möglich, wo die ???????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? gelingt. Wenn das Vertrauen im Team bricht, wird es schwer für die Organisation.Wir wollen euch ????????????????- ???????????? ????????????????????????????ä???????????? anbieten, um in dieser Disruption psychologische Sicherheit zurückzugewinnen und […]
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Organisational development
Advise or accompany?
When organisations, SMEs or start-ups undergo change processes, the question often arises: Do we need consulting or support? Both approaches aim to successfully shape transformations and there are significant differences in their approach. Consulting: specialist expertise and strategy development Consulting focuses on supporting organisations with specialist knowledge and structured methods. [...]
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Story & Roots
Developments
Development is our passion. Our own organisation - SOCIUS - is also developing, of course! But we are usually quite cautious with big steps, trying to sense the organic. The big step we are about to take is one that has been in the pipeline for the last few years: Rudi, who founded SOCIUS in 1998, is looking for another [...]
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Story & Roots
Dr Rudi Piwko
"If, through dialogue, everyone involved understands how the current situation came about, then the desired development will also be collaborative and successful." Professional Over twenty years ago, my plan was to found SOCIUS Organisationsberatung gGmbH to provide consulting support primarily to non-profit organisations. That's exactly what I've been doing ever since - still with enthusiasm. But [...]
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Story & Roots
Enjoyable organisational development
Katrin Schrader: I had been made aware of Socius by a friend, had looked at the website and tried to understand what is meant by organisational development, until a sentence in the „Socius Knowledge“ section literally startled me: „It is not possible not to develop yourself or an organisation.“ I wanted to know how Socius helps non-profit organisations to [...]
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