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Performance is back on the economic agenda. Due to the economic crisis, the pressure is growing in many companies to specifically strengthen productivity and evaluate performance more precisely. At Yunex Traffic, a global provider of intelligent traffic systems, there was no question of a deficit in employee performance. But the company wanted to answer the question: How can performance, potential and development prospects be recorded more systematically and transparently?“We wanted to know where our top people were and needed a system for this,” says Dr. Kirsten Weerda, globally responsible for human resources management at Yunex Traffic. “We asked ourselves whether…

Social Affairs Minister Bärbel Bas is clearly distancing herself from the Federal Chancellor, who sees the statutory pension as “basic security”. At “Maischberger” she reports on a clarifying conversation with Friedrich Merz, in which he qualified his statement.

This Wednesday, the PP reached an agreement with its former government partner, Vox, to reissue the coalition in Aragon with three ministries under its charge. Both forces have agreed on a 13-section document, with a special focus on immigration, as they already did in Extremadura, with the popular ones responding to a good part of the demands and arguments of the extreme right on this point. The new Executive intends, among other objectives, to return unaccompanied migrant minors to their countries of origin, give priority to nationals in access to social housing and limit other benefits and social aid for…

Jez Rose was, for many years, the person that forward-thinking companies and organisations called upon when they wanted more than a conventional speaker — when they needed someone who could genuinely shift perspective and inspire lasting change. A number one bestselling author and a keynote speaker of international standing, he built a name that was synonymous with high-impact work on leadership, behaviour and performance. At the pinnacle of that career, he had made his home in America, acquired a farm and was crossing the world on a near-permanent basis, addressing audiences that could run into the thousands. His clients read…

The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, received this Wednesday at the presidential palace in kyiv the Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, with whom he held a meeting on military cooperation between both countries and addressing the war situation in the country. In a message in English and Spanish spread on social networks, the Ukrainian leader has assured that he has informed Robles “about the situation on the front” of the war with the Russian forces, which invaded Ukraine in February 2022. At the meeting, both also addressed the expansion of the SAFE program, the acronym in English of the financial…

In Ukraine they are discussing renaming a part of Donbass “Donnyland” for Trump. Pistorius presents the Bundeswehr’s first military strategy. And with the new Frankfurt airport terminal, no joke, a major German construction project will be completed on time. This is the situation on Wednesday evening.

Frauke von Polier, former Chief People Officer of the Viessmann Generations Group (VGG), has taken on a new strategic role in the company on April 1, 2026. As the company has now announced, she is now responsible for the company-wide AI transformation as well as the “anchoring of future-oriented leadership models” in VGG, its portfolio companies and across the group’s entire ecosystem. She is thereby handing over her functions as CPO and member of the Executive Board, which she has held since March 2021. Despite her retirement as CPO, she remains part of VGG’s top management. She continues to be…

The New Retail Culture, the international event promoted by Fashion Link Milano —the  platform bringing together the leading trade shows of the fashion system. The gathering  marked a high-level opportunity to analyze emerging global retail scenarios, bringing  together international buyers, industry professionals, media, and stakeholders for a direct  exchange on the evolving dynamics of consumer behavior and distribution strategies.  At the heart of the discussion was the transformation of retail from a mere point of sale into  a contemporary cultural platform, where product, technology, processes, and lifestyle  converge to create increasingly complex and meaningful experiences. In this context, the  role…

Feijóo reproaches the lack of investment and Sánchez responds: “You finance yourself in B and you want workers in B”The leader of the PP had registered, as usual, a generic question addressed to the President of the Government: “Do you think that the Government makes Spain work?” However, his question has focused on investment in infrastructure: “You have had a record of increasing taxes and public debt, but Spain is at the bottom of the European Union in investment in infrastructure in terms of gross domestic product. Look, where are the 500,000 million euros that has increased the public debt…

– Advertisement -Artificial intelligence has long been strategically implemented – but in practice implementation has stalled. Employees are unsure, managers hesitate, and there is a lack of clear orientation. Till Lohmann, Partner and Workforce Transformation Lead at PwC Germany, shows why AI acceptance is becoming a central challenge – and which six levers companies can use to create movement. Executive Summary AI acceptance among employees: Why implementation is stalling The challenge: In many companies, AI is a strategic priority, but there are blockages in its implementation. Employees are uncertain about the impact on their role, managers act hesitantly and clear…