Krauthammer

Infobox_Company
company_name = Krauthammer | company_
company_type = Private
foundation = 1971
company_slogan = "Living Performance"
location = Brussels, Belgium
key_people = Ronald Meijers, Thierry Stéphan, Executive Board
services = Consultancy-based training and coaching, company surveys, performance management
homepage = [http://www.krauthammer.com/ www.krauthammer.com]
industry = Professional services
num_employees = 290

Krauthammer (also known as Krauthammer International) is an international professional services company, whose main expertise is consultancy-based coaching and training. Krauthammer is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium and has 25 offices in 16 countries. [ [http://www.krauthammer.com/content.cfm?media=1&id=695 Krauthammer offices worldwide] Official Krauthammer website; retrieved 2 February, 2008 ]

History

Krauthammer International was founded by Eric Krauthammer in 1971 in Switzerland. [Krauthammer RFP FAQ booklet, Krauthammer Central Services. September, 2007] In this decade, Krauthammer’s activities were mainly focused on the Swiss market, but towards the end of the decade offices were opened in France and Belgium.In the 1980s Krauthammer expanded into the Netherlands, Germany, England, and Spain.In 1994, Eric Krauthammer sold his shares to Wolters Kluwer, a leading Dutch publishing group active in 30 countries. A proportion of the stock remained the property of Krauthammer senior management.

An employee buyout in 2000 created financial and psychological ownership and the possibility to operate and innovate independently. Wolters Kluwer reached an agreement to sell Krauthammer International, part of Wolters Kluwer Professional Training, to the company's key personnel and NIB Capital Private Equity N.V. [ [http://www.wolterskluwer.com/WK/Press/Corporate+Press+Releases/2000/PR-17-10-2000-T1200CET.htm Wolters Kluwer sells Professional Training companies Krauthammer International, IEC, and HQ Group] www.wolterskluwer.com; retrieved 28 January, 2008]

Krauthammer Consulting started its operation in 2002 and has offices in the Netherlands, UK and France. This division delivers sustainable change programmes to major clients such as Shell.

Services and clientele

Krauthammer offers ready-made, customized and newly-created training programs as well as coaching for a wide range of client needs. Target audiences consist of leaders and managers, salespeople and negotiators, internal trainers and coaches, and support staff. The most typical clients come from the so-called 'SMIFH' sectors, namely services, manufacturing, IT, finances and health.

Methodology

The uniqueness of the Krauthammer training and coaching approach lies in that, in terms of "logical levels" (Gregory Bateson and Robert Dilts), unlike many other approaches, it deals mostly with concrete behavioural and strategy levels that, within time and sequential follow-ups, will bring evolution of the beliefs and identity levels. In short: "new behaviour skills breed new attitudes" [Krauthammer RFP FAQ booklet, Krauthammer Central Services. September, 2007] , namely that behavioural training impacts cognitive processes through the reduction of cognitive dissonance. This specific methodology finds its origins in a broad version of the Palo Alto school of communication (Mental Research Institute and Paul Watzlawick). It was first synthetised in the sixties by Gustav Käser, then continuously developed by the Krauthammer research and development team. Among the main modern influences of Krauthammer, we find the systems approach and methodologies, and theorists like Fons Trompenaars, Marshall Rosenberg and Peter Senge.

Research

Krauthammer has originated models, concepts and scales, such as the Human Capital Development (HCD) Model [ [http://www.krauthammer.com/content.cfm?media=1&id=590 The Human Capital Development (HCD) Model] Official Krauthammer website; retrieved 30 January, 2008] , the 4LS Evaluation, the Double Helix model, the Culture Iceberg, the Development Wheel and the Infinite 8 model. [ [http://www.portfolio.com/resources/company-profiles/106491 Krauthammer company profile] www.portfolio.com; retrieved 30 January, 2008] Krauthammer original research findings on management and leadership are furthered by Economist Intelligence Unit [ [http://www.viewswire.com/search.asp?action=quick&mode=quick&sService=eb&sText=krauthammer&sServiceId=965257896&x=26&y=5 Krauthammer research at Economist Intelligence Unit] www.viewswire.com; retrieved 27 January, 2008] and other industry related sites [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4779/is_200212/ai_n17374752 What do leaders lack?] www.findarticles.com; retrieved 31 January, 2008 ] [ [http://www.trainingpressreleases.com/newsstory.asp?NewsID=3227 Only 42% of employees believe their organisations to be trustworthy] www.trainingpressreleases.com; retrieved 29 January, 2008 ] [ [http://www.workforce.com/section/quick_takes/48859_2.html Employees to Managers: Shut Up and Listen] www.workforce.com; retrieved 30 January, 2008 ] .

References

Literature

Watzlawick, P., Bavelas, J. B., Jackson, D. D., "Pragmatics of Human Communication". W.W. Norton & Company, New York, 1967.