The employment is at a crossroads reached more and more workers are required to compete in a dynamic labor market. Many have been organized out of necessity and a virtue in the new work models. The Defi nition and the future of work is more open than ever. Today, he stands behind the cash register, he previously has made box office. It would be more able, he would only put the right stuff, says Rudolf T. (54) mischievously, "but that was not
, I was not motivated anymore." By 2004, Rudolf T. was working in the field
great insurance deals, for 20 years. This was clearly too much, "he says. have power and numbers to bring it can not bring, or not want. The cancellation was a matter of time and a sign of salvation, for he often woke up in the morning with stomach cramps. "Lucky" Now Rudolf T. attendant is Zuchwil. His work is manageable, "the gas station my pension." The change, he regretted for a second. "I've been lucky," he recalls, he ran the gas station is practically across the road, or was it vice versa? Quickly decide he had to use pension fund, create business plans, and all that, "although I'm not the type of risk-taking."
vote today far more than power and numbers. "I am happy every morning, the shop
catch up," says Rudolf T., "well, that I have decided so." And - did the cash register, "much less it's not." Daily decision
It is a daily decision, how and where we want to work. Rudolf T.
was receptive to change. He was willing to pay the price for independence,
the fi nancial risk to take to slow the decline in quality of life. Rudolf T.
is not a prime example of the professional transfer is not possible for us all, but sometimes
there is no alternative because of the suffering in us kicks all the doors. We know that
output of the power optimized work then as burnout, bullying
or sabbatical. If we feel we are Professional Background I am at a dead end, we should take
something and start moving. Most people prefer security
, which may be in certain situations a rational decision. But they should be made aware. G is it so frequent that we have no choice, the fate of the government takes over. Then we will notice, illness, bankruptcy forced a rethink. In every crisis lies an opportunity we know, dreams, needs and visions
to promote the light of day. Some stood against the suffering until they drop dead suddenly, warns management trainer Sabine Asgodom. Recently, they have an IT manager in the U.S. wants to contact. By phone she was told that the man had died,
38 years old. In another case, a senior executive had fallen dead from the wheel. Heart failure, it was mid-40s Sabine Asgodom experiencing "cynicism and heartlessness
in the companies that make me afraid." Responsible for this is a war between employees and shareholders. "The reparations paid by employees," emphasizes the counselor. She said she knew of a pioneer company that an absence rate of 30 per cent passes. No wonder, who is engaged in over three years of pioneering work, eventually burned out, "says Sabine Asgodom. 85 People & Work
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work till you drop
Thomas K. (45) knows this feeling. While
years he has focused only on the work
, subliminal alarm signals
quickly disappears. Even tried
physical symptoms such as digestive problems, vomiting
advance of meetings to ignore it
. More and more energy cost to
to hide at work its constitution
to deadlock: I "When jogging
I experienced a blackout. From exhaustion
I settled on a bench.
What happened then I do not know. In any case, I'm
some time later elsewhere
come back to me. "Four months
It required to return to work was Thomas K.
. On part-time and by
completed at the beginning only "light duties"
slowly came back the joy of life. The journalist
upbraideth. He must
have maneuvered themselves into this situation, he himself had
herausnavigieren
. I helped him write a book
, originally intended as a guide
for the partner so that they
could better understand what was going on inside him.
Today he is independent, stand on two legs,
leading book publishing and communications agency.
deformation reinterpret
At Alpine Symposium, Dr. Gertrud Hoehler,
literature professor and consultant in
Economics and Policy, the proposal made
mental strain in the
reinterpret work simply: "Whether
addiction, depression, burnout or professional tgier,
since fall seems more and more people in
this category could we
some but eventually all that
this condition is normal "This approach has two advantages
.
first No one has to hide his shortcomings
, this energy could be used for
actual tasks.
second Acceptance of non-functioning perfectly
people contributes to a better working environment
.
opportunists
But still we are of this type of acceptance
away. In the boardroom
govern Neo-conservatism, distrust cultures
paired with streamline upward
in which external values
ubiquitous, almost omnipotent
are intrinsic values and are played down as unrealistic
. Ultimately, managers are
just cogs of a system based on privilege
system based on fear
and we all have ourselves created
. Gertrud Hoehler called this species
the yes-men, the "chorus of the prisoners,
because of the prevailing belief that the Adjusted
was the key to success."
The sociologist Ulrich Beck sees the evil in
others in the emasculation of political
creative power by economic interests:
"Those whom we have elected sitting
powerless and helpless in the public gallery,
while those we have elected not
,
make key decisions that determine our life and survival.
"we believe investigations
(IBM survey in the U.S.), after which the
based Professional Background ichen success is only around ten percent
of performance, the rest
composed of tactics, lobbying, presenting
should seriously the idea
be examined the leadership of large companies
to be elected by the workforce
. Many consultants know that the most use to managers working
securing their position. They need
an army of employees, the loyalty
assure them and anchor them hierarchically.
For the author and founder of a virtual
Intelligence Agency, Holm Friebe, who counts himself
to digital Boheme, the Employee
is already an anachronism, "The
shown by the fact that not a labor,
but the physical presence
is bought for a certain time, "he said in an interview
(GDI-pulse "Work"). On
work there often room for creativity,
the best ideas would arise but
on the beer mat, while walking
or cappuccino on the terrace.
work at intervals
Rudolf T. and K. Thomas are not isolated cases.
Many people have set out to create new models
, constellations of self-determined
working conditions.
For most it is only partly a voluntary departure
been more of a balancing act between basic needs of burdened
and self-realization. Biotopes occur anywhere
new employment,
is full of working nomads, between
various activities, employment forms and matters of the heart
commute back and forth. Beck calls it the Brasilianisierung
society. Future
CVs read as follows,
believes Sabine Asgodom to two years of temporary
project, three years independently
in a pool of service providers,
to employees stellenlos in a virtual international
project, a year after
60-percent-time employees and to 40 percent
freelancer. "The magic word of future
called self-management," says the
consultant. It was necessary for survival, already
salaried status its own business plan
have. Each will become a "life entrepreneurs
his Employbility" what
means so much to worry how constantly for
to remain attractive to the labor market. Familiar with
Employbility is
Emilio Schlaepfer. "The employee develops
becoming a co-entrepreneur in the dynamic
labor market," says Schlaepfer, the
investigated as a professional coach transfer with
jobseekers for suitable connection solutions
. In this case, many would
adjust to a longer-lasting process of change
. "Mobility, Innovation
and the willingness to always being open to new
, We call on
to adopt the old ways of thinking eternally CV
or the charter of the academic
statements, "notes
Schläpfer. Here one must already
start with the graduates and they agree
time to their individual talents and skills, and the new requirements
.
work in new economy
The philosopher Frithjof Bergmann trod
early as 1984, unconventional way of division of labor.
Together with General Motors
he founded the first Center for New Work
(New Work). The trigger for this measure were
upcoming mass layoffs.
Bergmann struck before - rather than dismiss the
a half and the other stock up
overtime - to employ the workers in exchange
six months.
the rest of the time they were not free, but
visited a center for New
work. In this they were given the chance
herauszufi be, what their true talents and desires
. Bergmann
floats the division of paid work in three equal before
major parts: dependent employment relationship,
meaningful, satisfying work
and a self-supply concept
at a high technical level that goes beyond their own
vegetables.
As already working example
he refers to the production of printed materials
with computer and printer. Soon we will also
other daily
life on its own can produce
predicts Bergmann.
the straightforward career, CV without
corners and edges, the job for life
are discontinued models. Full employment, job security
and probably soon the acquisition
society as we know it today,
are remnants of an economic miracle
mentality that was constantly on
growth. The new working models
offer less security, the individual
is required to state and the economy are relieved
. In this context
appear again and again demands after
state basic security, such
as a regular citizen's income to
maintenance of subsistence or the
minimum pension for everyone over 18, instead of social benefits,
whether paid work
is pursued or not.
The discourse on new working models
has only just begun. No one knows how to take
example, the demographic opment
A-fl ow is. No one can foresee
, have the communication tools we
in 10 to 20 years. No one can predict
how
relationship and family structures the tension between work and private life
make in the future. The fact that the classical
working models of the industrial and service economy in transition
are
Nobody doubts anymore.
conclusion is perhaps also by the idea that we are
earn more than the sum of our efforts
money. "Those who
ned only over the business defined, was badly off," said Bob Geldof
once in a charity event.
And Bill Gates touted
one should move closer to a network of opportunities
, as in a defined job
paralyze. When the two talk good
or do they know? In any case
it can not hurt with more heart's content,
appeal and individuality through
(professional) life to walk - even if we all make
less money?
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Jörn Freudenberg is employed to 50 percent as a consultant and coach in the health
and 50 percent as a freelance journalist and consultant
reorientation active.
questions
Jörn Freudenberg
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Tel 032 661 20 30
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