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📜 We are excited to be presenting our new White Paper: ‘Collaboration in Virtual Places: the Metalocal Mindset’! 📜 Ever since the invention and use of drums and smoke signals up to video conferencing people have exchanged information and cooperated across distances. Now the next step is imminent: the emerging immersive collaboration technologies (VR, AR) will likely soon go mainstream and largely replace video conferencing. What does this mean for organizations regarding 👉 Mindset: What type of mindset needs to be present throughout the organization? 👉 Culture: How is the identity of a dispersed, highly diverse organization defined? 👉 Technology: How is the technology landscape evolving? Our White Paper explores these questions and offers recommendations. Link for downloading the White Paper: https://lnkd.in/euDW3zDY Many thanks for their support to Prof. Dr. Ingo Stolz, Prof. Nathaly Tschanz, Prof. Dr. Oliver T. Gilbert, Dr. Moana Monnier, Rea Haldemann and Martina Suter of the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, whose academic expertise have been integral to the development of the concepts presented in this paper! #innovation #leadership #immersive

Very interesting research that shows that WFH can help strengthen team bonds, because it helps blend different life domains more naturally. This may seem counter intuitive if you haven't experienced it. But having worked in a remote team for many years I feel it confirms what my team and I have experienced. These findings are yet another argument in favor of hybrid models - in addition to talent attraction & retention, diversity, inclusivity, innovation, cost savings, increased profits and last not least reducing carbon footprint. ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ I am Helena, a physicist turned consultant-sparring-partner and fractional power provider. My team and I work with ambitious entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial decision makers. We help them focus their entire team on success, and work in a boundaryless way! Follow me for content about how to build a winning boundaryless team! ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ #hybrid #remote #teamcohesion

Do you feel that belonging drives performance? For yourself? In general? 💡 I am sharing my personal perspective in this excerpt from our latest LinkedIn Live episode 💡 I think that it is natural for us as humans to be more passionate about the success of a group that we consider 'our tribe'. Also onstage our guest Dirk Coetzee, entrepreneur and academic researcher, and my co-host Myrto Zehnder 🦅of Pleinert & Partner Link to the full recording in the comments, and view the results of our exploratory research there ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ I am Helena, a physicist turned consultant-sparring-partner and fractional power provider. My team and I work with ambitious entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial decision makers. We help them focus their entire team on success, and work in a boundaryless way! Follow me for content about how to build a winning team! ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ #belonging #highperformance

Are belonging and performance closely tied? 💡 Listen to our LinkedIn Live guest Dr. Dirk Coetzee, entrepreneur and academic researcher, argue that they are, and discuss how performance is not only an individual process, but also collective. 💡 You can see me nodding energetically 🙂 I agree with Dirk that belonging is not just - in my words - some soft fluff, but tends to be a requisite. Also onstage my co-host Myrto Zehnder 🦅of Pleinert & Partner Link to the full recording in the comments, and view the results of our exploratory research there ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ I am Helena, a physicist turned consultant-sparring-partner and fractional power provider. My team and I work with ambitious entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial decision makers. We help them focus their entire team on success, and work in a boundaryless way! Follow me for content about how to build a winning team ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ #belonging #highperformance

In our latest issue of our Boundaryless Entrepreneurship Newsletter we present our new organizational assessment tool that evaluates hybrid leadership in an organization! The tool is based on a scientifically validated model based on eight hybrid leadership skills. We summarize the model and take you behind the scenes of how the model and tool were created in the framework of our cooperation with the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts and was funded by Innosuisse. This issue also contains Helena's editorial about scaling boundaryless business and Myrto's leadership column, this time about Florence Nightingale, hybrid leader. ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Link to subscribing in the header - for more about new work leadership and how to build a winning boundaryless organization! ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ #hybrid #leadership

Do you feel that belonging in an organization is a strategic enabler? 💡 Listen to our LinkedIn Live guest Dr. Dirk Coetzee, entrepreneur and academic researcher, argue that it is, and discuss some of the evolution of the concept of belonging. 💡 Personally I agree with him very strongly. I think that it is natural for us as humans to put more effort in for the success of a group that we consider 'our tribe'. Also onstage my co-host Myrto Z.of Pleinert & Partner Link to the full recording in the comments, and view the results of our exploratory research there ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ I am Helena, a physicist turned consultant-sparring-partner and fractional power provider. My team and I work with ambitious entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial decision makers. We help them focus their entire team on success, and work in a boundaryless way! Follow me for content about how to build a winning team ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ #belonging #highperformance

Does a culture of belonging enhance or inhibit high performance? This is the tricky topic that hosts Dr. Helena Pleinert and Myrto Z. will be discussing with our guest Dr. Dirk Coetzee in our upcoming LinkedIn Live episode! #highperformance #belonging

Recently I had the privilege of working together with a team of brilliant young minds: Anna H., Clarisse Iradukunda (MBA), Florentine Boog and Miro Ivanović I had been given the opportunity to formulate a difficult challenge for this team because we worked together in the framework of the HSLU Innovation Accelerator for Young People Management and Organisation Experts - many thanks to Stephanie Kaudela-Baum, Prof. Dr. for inviting Pleinert & Partner to join the program as a partner company! So I formulated a challenge for the team and warned them: this is one of the most difficult things to achieve. I asked them to create a concept of a workshop that would provide a fast track replicating a journey that could otherwise take years. A fast track -      to thinking like those who have been part of virtual communities and have practiced distributed work since years or decades. -      designed for decision makers who wish to take advantage of the advantages of boundaryless hybrid work for competitive advantage -      with an added bonus of fun & team building 😊 They came up with a wild, mind opening journey of a few intense sessions, using among other the superhero theme, where participants can experience social presence independently of physical presence, build a virtual space and create shared memories. This concept will be integrated into our upcoming hybrid work optimization toolbox that we have been developing together with our academic partners from the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Art – Ingo Stolz, Moana Monnier, Rea Haldemann, Martina Suter Sutter, Nathaly Tschanz and Oliver T. Gilbert Gibert, and with the support of the Swiss Innovation Agency Innosuisse. Let me know if you are interested in a sneak peak! _________________________ PS: Why hybrid? This has been discussed by me and many others in many places and shown by many studies, so I will list only keywords here: Competitive talent retention / improved engagement / broader diversity / improved problem solving and innovation potential / reduced costs, increased profits / last not least inclusivity and reduced carbon footprint! In a nutshell: doing the right thing for your organization and doing the right thing period. _________________________ I am Helena, a physicist turned consultant-sparring-partner and fractional power provider. My team and I work with ambitious entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial decision makers. We help them focus their entire team on success, and work in a boundaryless way! 🚀 Follow me for content about how to build a winning team 🚀 🚀 DM me if there is something I can support you with 🚀 #innovation #hybrid #highperformance

🦅 What if your team could thrive without you constantly steering the wheel? Right now, you’re probably in the middle of everything—approving every decision, solving every issue, and checking every box. But that’s not sustainable. What if you could empower your team to make decisions, solve problems, and drive growth—without you needing to be in every room? Here’s the shift: Your role as a leader isn’t to micromanage, it’s to build an empowered team that operates independently while staying aligned with your vision. That’s how you unlock growth, not just for the business, but for you too. I’ve worked with CEOs who were overwhelmed with the day-to-day, and together we created systems that gave them their time and energy back. Their teams became more engaged, more productive, and more capable of driving the business forward without constant oversight. Ready to lead a team that grows alongside your business? Let’s talk about building an empowered, self-sustaining team. #EmpoweredTeams #Leadership #GrowthStrategy #CEO

Interesting article by Brian Doubles, President and CEO of Synchrony! He starts by saying: 'In 2021, while the business world was largely working from home, I told my company’s employees that we were never going back to the old way of working.' About this decision: 'Moving to a hybrid work model was one of the best business decisions I’ve ever made.' The results: 'More than three years later, this way of working has empowered our company to focus even more intently on building a performance culture. We’re seeing higher employee engagement and greater productivity; we’re meeting commitments to our customers and partners; and we’re driving strong business results.' He goes on to list how Synchrony has made their hybrid model successful and better than the old way of working. And there is the point! Hybrid must be approached intentionally, and in a way that is customized to your organization in order to capitalize on the superior performance that it can deliver. This is something that my team and I have been researching together with our academic partners from the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. If you are looking for your optimal hybrid way, we are happy to support with our scientifically validated model - DM if you would like to discuss! 🚀Follow me for content about how to build a winning boundaryless business 🚀 #hybrid #highperformance