Niels published his new book on Beyond Budgeting - now: the Beta Codex (Campus, Germany)
Niels just published his third book, which is again being published by Germany´s Campus. We are happy to announce that the publisher chose to launch the work as one of its main titles in its "business & management" line in the autumn season 2009. The book is available in stores now under the title: "The 12 New Laws of Leadership. The Codex: Why Management is Dispensable"
This book has been conceived to give the Beyond Budgeting model the edge it deserves, about 10 years after its initiation, thus making the model far more understandable and appealing - and to a far wider audience. Be prepared, thus, for a fresh view on Beyond Budgeting and its promise. And for a new name: The Beta Codex.
Now published: Portuguese version of Niels´ award-winning book "Leading with Flexible Targets". Russian and Italian editions forthcoming Aug/2009 and early in 2010
The publication of "Leading with Flexible Targets", winner of the Financial Times Deutschland Best Business Book award, in Russian, Portuguese and Italian languages, is under way. The Portuguese-Brazilian version is available in stores already. If you wish to host a launch event in your city or region in Brazil or Portugal, please get in touch with us. You can read a newspaper article about the book launch in Portuguese »
here. The Russian version will be available at the end of August 2009, the Italian version early in 2010.
BBTN white paper on Performance Management (EN) and open letter "Bye-bye Management" (DE)
The BBTN published its tenth white paper, entitled "Making Performance Management Work", a collection of concepts and slides from the BBTN´s and the BBRT´s work, including material on compensation, relative targests, reporting, and resource mangement. This is an introductory paper on Beyond Budgeting that you might want to share with those not yet familiar with Beyond Budgeting. BBTN Associates Gebhard Borck, Niels Pflaeging and Andreas Zeuch also produced a polemic open letter on the current crises before christmas. It is only available in German, so far.
Innovative BBTN white paper series on cell structure design
Niels is on of the authors of a new and hihgly innovative BBTN white paper, dedicated to organizational design following Beyond Budgeting principles. The paper consists of two parts, one outlining the fundamental concepts of decentralized network organizations, the other presenting two full-fledge case studies from Niels´ consulting practice. We believe this paper marks a BIG step towards creating better organizations worldwide! You will find that decentralized network design is now coming into reach. The papers are entitled "Turn your company outside-in"! (Part 1 and 2)
At the Wirtschaftswandel event in Stuttgart this year, a whopping 90-minute keynote by Niels was taped. The full session is now available on DVD, and a nicely edited, 9-minute excerpt from the keynote can be seen on YouTube. Click below for the excerpt. And if this makes you wanting more, then you can buy the DVD from MetaManagement Group!
During a travelling frenzy in October, November and December 2008, Niels held a series of public seminars and keynotes in Switzerland and Germany, partly together with fellow BBTN Associate, Gebhard Borck. Niels also held seminars in El Salvador (With Harvard Business Review) and Malaysia (with UNI Strategic). For those of you who haven´t attended none of these events, or wish to read more: You can now access the full slide sets from all BBTN seminars and keynotes. The material is available on the BBTN website.
Between March and August, the BBTN has published a first series of white papers on Beyond Budgeting transformation, including two implementation case studies, introductory papers on the "Double Helix Transformation Framework", presentation slides in 4 languages, and papers on on BBTN membership and services.
Beyond Budgeting seminar tour in Latin America continues in 2009
BBTN Associate Niels Pflaeging has facilitated a series of one-day introductory seminars on Beyond Budgeting in Latin America, since 2006. And this series is not about to continue in 2009!
So far, more than 2.000 professionals have attended Niels´ seminars in Latin American cities such as Arequipa, Buenos Aires, Bogotá, Cali, Caracas, Guayaquil, Lima, Medellín, Montevideo, Panama, Quito, San Salvador, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Santiago de Chile and Valencia.
Niels´ seminars in the region, the first of its kind in spanish-speaking Latin America and held entirely in Spanish, were mostly organized by Harvard Business Review Latin America and Alta Gerencia.
Yet more seminars for the region are scheduled for 2009. The next seminar is likely to be held in Guatemala.
Article from "Leading with Flexible Targets" features in "Best of Management" book
Chapter 4 from Niels´ latest book will be featured in the new "Best of Management" anthology ("Erfolgreich mit den Grossen des Managements"), which has been published by Campus in the first half of 2008.
The anthology also contains book excerpts from the likes of Peter Drucker, Reinhard Sprenger, Hermann Simon, Knut Bleicher, and others.
MetaManagement Group presents innovative beyond budgeting change management framework
Developed and tested in client projects throughout 2006 and 2007, the change management concept for beyond budgeting initiative has now been unveiled. The concept was recently dubbed the Double Helix Transformation Framework, DHTF.
The framework was conceived by Gebhard Borck (GBeratung) and Niels Pflaeging, to cater to the necessities of management model transformations and to the profound change that organizations and individiuals must face in the process.
While the BBRT´s research since 1998 has proved that organizations are up for transformation from the "command and control" management model (practiced almost everywhere in firms, public organiazations and NGOs)
to a "decentralized network" model based on a different set of principles, the specific methodology to achieve radical change long remained unclear.
With solid implementation experiences under its belly, the DHTF offers the roadmap. A white paper on the framework can be accessed here. Or get in touch with us to schedule a workshop.
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Niels Pflaeging leaves the BBRT - New Beyond Budgeting network "BBTN" is being founded
After 5 years of pioneering work within the Beyond Budgeting Round Table, the network founded in 1998, Niels Pflaeging is ending his engagement as
BBRT director. This change became effective on 24 March, 2008. Niels is leaving the BBRT three months after Robin Fraser´s departure from the team.
With the end of his mandate, Pflaeging took up another responsibility, becoming director of the new "Beyond Budgeting
Transformation Network" (short: BBTN), an international association which is currently being founded. Together with Gebhard Borck (gberatung), Pflaeging is co-founder of
BBTN, which sets out to broaden the Beyond Budgeting movement, while building upon an "open source" platform.
As Pflaeging and Borck explain, the BBTN "helps organizations to transform their management models from command & control to beyond budgeting,
in order for them to sustain superior competitive success. The BBTN is the most important platform for achieving transformation and improving the model."
For further information about the BBTN, visit www.bbtn.org.
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