Excellent Workshops - Intercultural Conference
Excellent Workshops - Intercultural Conference
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Eberhard Weiblen<br />
states that intercultural change management is basic for success in communication<br />
Eberhard Weiblen<br />
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Porsche Consulting<br />
GmbH<br />
“Change successfully in different cultures – examples<br />
from real life”<br />
Flexibility is a vital competitive factor worldwide in<br />
business life. Reasons can be found in increasing<br />
business fluctuations and new customer requirements.<br />
Successful entrepreneurs therefore continuously<br />
check and adapt their business models. There<br />
is one aspect, though, that is generally overlooked,<br />
especially in international business: changes require<br />
a way of communicating that reaches every employee<br />
and, more importantly, is convincing. Rigid central<br />
instructions are not goal-oriented. An acute awareness<br />
for cultural differences is essential for a sensitive dialogue<br />
in a global-acting company.<br />
2012<br />
9 th <strong>Intercultural</strong> <strong>Conference</strong><br />
Eberhard Weiblen has overseen many profound changes<br />
in different international companies and organisations.<br />
He often observes reactions of the people at their places<br />
of work. Weiblen therefore reports from real life and is<br />
convinced that those who are able to carefully combine<br />
the strengths of different cultures will have better results.<br />
Eberhard Weiblen has been head of the management<br />
consulting company Porsche Consulting GmbH since<br />
1998. The company specializes in lean and non-wasteful<br />
processes and is a 100 percent subsidiary of the Porsche<br />
AG. Its revenue in the fiscal year 2011 was 70 million<br />
Euro.<br />
Under the leadership of Eberhard Weiblen, Porsche<br />
has become one of the top 25 management consulting<br />
companies in Germany. World-wide more than 300<br />
employees are carrying the concept of a lean enterprise<br />
from the automobile industry into a whole range of other<br />
industries. With its head-office in Bietigheim-Bissingen<br />
near Stuttgart and three international offices in Milan<br />
(Italy), São Paulo (Brasil) and Atlanta (GA, USA), Porsche<br />
Consulting provides management consulting services<br />
for approximately 200 hundred enterprises and mediumsized<br />
companies a year.<br />
Eberhard Weiblen studied technically-orientated business<br />
administration at the University of Stuttgart, focusing on<br />
the core subjects of controlling, marketing, and production<br />
engineering. He started out as an assistant at a<br />
sporting goods manufacturer in New York and worked<br />
as a senior adviser for Arthur Andersen LLP from 1992<br />
till 1994 before joining Porsche Consulting as a project<br />
manager.<br />
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