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Nicole Schuler will take up her new position as Chief Human Resources Officer at Mann + Hummel (proper spelling MANN+HUMMEL) on June 1, 2026. Schuler is moving up from Group Vice President Global Business & Technical Solutions, which she has been at Mann + Hummel since 2023, to head of human resources. The previous CHRO, Helena Hofer, will become CFO in the company. She has held this role on an interim basis since February 2026. She was CHRO at Mann + Hummel for around three and a half years. Schuler comes from the finance sector Schuler studied economics at Steinbeis…
This Monday, Carlos Garaikoetxea Urriza, who was the first Basque lehendakari after the approval of the Statute of Gernika in 1979, died at the age of 87. Garaikoetxea presided over the PNV from 1977 to 1980, when he was elected lehendakari of the first Executive to emerge from the polls after the recovery of democratic freedoms and Basque autonomy. Previously he had directed the Basque General Council, the pre-autonomous entity, in which he succeeded the socialist Ramón Rubial.Continue reading
Travel restrictions for Vladimir Putin, strict bans on employees: According to an intelligence report, the Kremlin boss is increasingly shielded. This is intended to prevent a coup. Even a possible opponent is mentioned.
Does artificial intelligence in companies lead to job cuts or a greater focus on employees? The current study “AI at Work” by the Nuremberg Institute for Market Decisions (NIM) and the St. Gallen Symposium (a platform for generational dialogue) clearly shows what managers prefer: They want to design jobs and roles in the future in such a way that people have more independence and can learn with AI. At the same time, people in the future working world should have tasks for which they need skills in which they are superior to AI. Only a few would like to see…
During his statement before the Supreme Court, José Luis Ábalos expressed his surprise at his ex-partner Jésica Rodríguez’s refusal to have met the commission agent Víctor de Aldama. The former minister has suggested that it could be an agreement between the two. “I would like to clarify, since I am here, if this person has been coerced. I assure you that I know him and I find no reason for him to deny that he knows Mr. Aldama, unless there is some matter that they have settled,” he noted. Previously, Ábalos has spoken about his relationship with his former advisor…
Where is it more productive to work – in the office or from home? Mixture and personality are crucial, say researchers. What the perfect formula for hybrid working is and what it means for highly sensitive people or people with ADHD.
The National Court is secretly investigating whether there are civil guards involved in the second drug tunnel that was found in Ceuta at the beginning of April, as investigation sources have confirmed to EL PAÍS. The case keeps Ángel Albarracín, a retired civil guard, in provisional prison who, as the summary of the operation details, had two faces. He himself goes so far as to say in the recordings “I am not corrupt, I am a trafficker”, “they leave me near a puddle and I put whatever I can”, but before the judge he defended that if he was related…
A stable, maintenance-proof HR basis before strategic, data-driven issues – this is the roadmap for transformation in many companies. A lot of potential remains unused. A column by Sandra Preiser, Head of SAP HXM at Nagarro, about the success factors of strategy, change management and partnership at eye level using the example of an implementation project of a government organization. Executive Summary Strategically managing HR transformation: Why technology alone is not enough The challenge: Many companies drive their HR transformation primarily through technology and stable system landscapes. Strategic, data-driven topics often take a back seat. The result: Transformations remain operationally…
The first thing Álvaro García Ortiz did on November 20, when the State Attorney’s Office informed him that the Supreme Court was condemning him for revealing secrets to two years of disqualification, was call his wife, also a prosecutor. “There was a moment of silence until he told me: ‘I can’t believe it,’” says the former state attorney general in the first interview granted after his conviction, which was broadcast this Sunday night on the program About Évole of La Sexta. Continue reading
For him, the USA remains his most important partner in NATO. Despite this, Friedrich Merz repeats his criticism of Trump’s Iran strategy on Caren Miosga’s talk show – and tries to gain control of the discussion on other controversial topics as well.