New customer vote: Karl Albert Bebber, 
Manager Solution and Application Services

"The coaching with oezpa is like an oasis, where I can always place important questions. For me the coaching has been very helpful and I was able to relax very well."
Karl-Alber Bebber, Manager Solution and Application Services, Bayer Business Services, Leverkusen, August 2008

Generation CEO

Hüseyin Özdemir coaches as a senior coach participants of the coaching program "Generation CEO" in 2008: The initiative of Financial Times Germany and Capital offers the way for 20 managers per year into the top floor by single coachings and networking activities. "Generation CEO" is in particular financed by Bertelsmann, Haniel, Henkel, Mercedes Car Group, Otto Group, Siemens and Trumpf, which spend in total one million Euro for the program.

Interview with Hüseyin Özdemir, Senior Coach DBVC

Dr. Karsten Roth interviewed on behalf of the oezpa publishing institute Hüseyin Özdemir about his coaching experiences with Chinese managers. The Interview was published in the Septembers release of "ManagerSeminare". Read more...

Employment of an organisational development training participant in OD-project in Shanghai

The practice-oriented, advanced training in organisational development is a intesive learning chance for participant Mrs. Alexandra Cristobal. oezpa gives her the chance to hospitate in a Chinese OD-project in July 2008. In one week Mrs. Cristobal gets an inside view of the substantial aspects of international OD and meets the special challenges of consulting work in China. oezpa also gives participants of the next training the chance to participate and learn in concrete international projects.

"The possibility to have watch Mr. Oezdemir, an experienced consultant, pleased me very well. Thus I could see by training learned theory applied in practice. That gives security and makes a lot of fun!" 
Alexandra Cristobal, August 2008.

Change Management short-workshop as start of an OD-project

oezpa supports the strategic conversion project of a chemical company in June 2008 with the help of a Change Management short-workshop. Participants of the workshop are the speaker of the steering committee, the direction of the project and 10 project managers. The future of the location is to be secured and developed by the project, thereby the conversion of the location strategy will help. oezpa shows the substantial success factors of such organisational change processes in an experiencable and activating way. A reflection at beginning helps to discuss openly the view of the high-carat project managers with the steering committee speaker. A sensitisation of all for the challenges takes place. It is agreed upon to company the change management in the further course of the project.

Leadership training in Shanghai

In May 2008 oezpa trains Chinese and international managers of a German-Chinese enterprise in Shanghai. The focus of the training is situational Leadership.

6th ORGLAB Group Relation conference (Tavistock)

oezpa convenes the staff of the 6th oezpa group relation conference in 2009. The conference will be led by Hüseyin Özdemir. The role of the deputy director will be taken over by Dr. Friedrich Wilhelm Lindemann. Info (German): Broshure ORGLAB

China Management Consultation

oezpa conducts a 360 degree feedback process with 35 Chinese and international managers in China in June 2008. The feedback process is embedded in an organisational development process and a Leadership development program, both led by oezpa.

Two open space conferences in the production area

oezpa conducts in Wuxi and Chouzchou a two-day open space conference with 90 coworkers at a time in May 2008. The goal is, to observe, evaluate and generate new ideas for improving the production processes of the visited enterprise. The innovative Format open space is linked through oezpa with an audit dramaturgy. Overall 150 ideas were developed at a time, which were partially converted by the present factory and production bosses immediately.

Three-day open space conference in historical town hall

Barbara Lagler Özdemir and Hüseyin Özdemir direct an open space conference in Germany. The topic of the conference is the further increase of the efficiency of the entire location. The conference, wich is participated by 200 coworkers and high-level personnel, takes place in the historical twon hall in Giengen. Manager and coworkers from all over the world (Germany, Brazil, Turkey, Greece, Spain, China etc.) take part on the Open Space conference. The historical Atmosphere (the town hall was in earlier time a market hall) inspired the participants and contributed thereby also to the success of the total meeting.

oezpa on the SIETAR Podium

SIETAR Germany invited Mr. Özdemir in March 2008 to the final podium discussion of its this year's conference. Topic of the podium discussion: "Authority need of participants in change processes. Further participants on the discussion were: Professor Dr. A. Moosmüller (Ludwig Maximilians university Munich, Institut for intercultural communication), K. Glatzel (Management Center Witten), Dr. M. Otten (University of Koblenz Landau), H. Jarmai (Consultant Group Neuwaldegg), K. Deiters and R. Gibson (Siemens AG). Read more...

"The oezpa team deals in depth with the problems of organisation and management systems with the objective to establish self learning systems."
"In collaboration with the oezpa team we appreciated the intercultural competence and analytical skill of organisations, which are in change or are confronted with large structural changes." "The smooth fluctuation between analysis, confrontation and coaching in the right moment together with changing the proceedings to not lose sight of the project objectives were the key factors of success in the collaboration with oezpa."
"The implementation of the method "Open Space Technology" for large groups, accompanied by the oezpa team, with the aspiration to realign the development organisations while involving all development employees created a moment of success."
Dr. Carsten Stelzer, Leader Production branch Dishwasher, BSH Bosch Siemens

SIETAR Workshop international organisational development

Hüseyin Özdemir directs together with Professor Dr. Raymond Saner (professor for organisation and international management, University of Basel) a workshop to the topic "International organisational development" in March 2008. The overall topic of the conference is "Realities, Challenges and Chances for Change Processes of internationally active Organisations".

Future search conference in Istanbul

Barbara Lagler Özdemir and Hüseyin Özdemir direct a future search conference in Istanbul in February 2008.

oezpa implements a competencies model for managers in a multinational company in China since February 2008. The model is based on four areas of competence. These are again divided into several single competencies. oezpa adapts this model to the interests of the Chinese subsidiary and to the Chinese culture. The implementation focuses among others on the transformation of the basis competencies to functional and managerialen positions, on the recruitment process, on the 360 degree feedback model as well as on the qualification and training concept. In a next step, after a learning phase, the model will be extended on the boni calculation and on the career process.

oezpa exhibition stand on SIETAR conference

oezpa takes part as a intercultural institute at the SIETAR Germany conference 2008 in Bonn with its own exhibition stand.

2nd future search conference in China

oezpa conducts the 2nd future search conference in China in January 2008. The first one was conducted by the founders of the future search method Marvin Weisboard and Sandra Janoff. Mr. Hüseyin Özdemir and Mr. Martin Schulte work within an organisation with their different stakeholders (groups of interests). Chinese collaborateurs show very high Interest and commitment in the format. Differently than in Europa the maangers are more directive and lead their coworkers through the conference. Everybody who took part in this conference was trained in strategic thinking and working.

oezpa completes successfully the one year development program for managers of an international company in Poland in January 2008. 25 German and Polish managers were certified, among them three factory managers, the total location manager and the personnel manager. It was a modular program. Beside modern leadership theories and -methods the organizational development of the location was the focus of the qualification. Thus everybody had the opportunity to refurbish his/her leadership competencies as well as to work together as a leadershp team on questions of the organization of the location. Simultneously the teambuilding of the leadership circle and ntercultural cooperation were promoted. The program was conducted by Mr Martin Schulte, Dr. Karsten Roth, Mrs Lagler Özdemir and Mr. Özdemir.