Challenge Management (englische Ausgabe)

Welcome"If we make willpower an integral part of our attitude, then we can master any challenge!" That is the experience and the maxim that influenced me the most in my long-standing collaboration with Dr. Wladimir Klitschko.It has been a great honor to work side by side with this exceptional sportsman. Every day with him allows us the chance to grow. He does not lecture; he does not instruct. Instead, he shares his know-how and his ideas with those around him as a matter of course and in a likeable, believable, and empathetic way.With this book he is aiming to show you how a boxer's attitude can be applied to the challenges of everyday (business) life. He shares solutions that got him to where he is today: Dr. Wladimir Klitschko is one of the most respected sporting icons in the world as well as a successful businessman in charge of an international network of companies.I hope you enjoy reading this book and wish you lots of willpower in accepting and mastering your challenges.Tatjana KielManaging Director of KLITSCHKO Ventures GmbHt.kiel@klitschko-ventures.comForewordFight, Fall, and RiseThere are some people in this world who simply are fantastic role models. They are people who are consistent and have great power of persuasion; people who are persistent and become successful because of this.This is the kind of person I consider Wladimir Klitschko to be. I have to say I am very proud to know him. This is a man who is characterized by a big heart, extraordinary passion, and strong integrity. He is also a wonderful friend.In our lives so far there have been a number of similarities that connect us. We are both modest and know our roots. Both our lives were strongly shaped by our parents. He grew up in the former Soviet Union, whereas I lived in the working-class town of Amityville in New York State. Both of us are hungry for success. Already during our teenage years we knew that we wanted more from life. Wladimir was demonstrating his talent in the boxing ring

ContentWelcome, Tatjana Kiel 7Foreword, Bill McDermott: Fight, Fall, and Rise 9What a Fight! 13Part IChallenges Are the Air that We Breathe1. How It All Began 172. Ergo sum: I Know Who I Am 313. I Am not a Dummy, I Can Walk by Myself 614. Knowledge Grows if We Share It 78Part IIMy Twelve Ways to Respond to ChallengesWay 1: Enabling and Using Coopetition 95Way 2: Thinking Progressively and Acting Courageously 97Way 3: Learning from Defeats to Create New Potential 99Way 4: Making Use of Your Successes and Letting Others Partake in Them 101Way 5: Planning Long-Term and Continuously Demonstrating Performance 103Way 6: Using Rest Periods to Reflect 105Way 7: Focusing on the Essentials 107Way 8: Trusting Your Own Competences 109Way 9: Identifying Potential and Harnessing It 111Way 10: Explosively Releasing Top Performance 113Way 11: Creating Organizational Structures 115Way 12: Knowing and Using Your Opponent's Strengths and Weaknesses 117Part IIIHow Experts Use Challenge Management PracticallyWay 1: Coopetition, Frank Dopheide 121Way 2: Progressivity, Alyssa Jade McDonald-Bärtl 127Way 3: Defeats, Rolf Schumann 134Way 4: Successes, Ibrahim Evsan 141Way 5: Planning and Performance, Christian Seifert 147Way 6: Reflection, Miriam Goos 154Way 7: Essentials, Jens Schmelzle 160Way 8: Competences, Jean-Remy von Matt 166Way 9: Potential, Leopold Hoesch 172Way 10: Top Performance, Mathias Ulmann 179Way 11: Organizational Structures, Astrid Schulte 185Way 12: Strengths and Weaknesses, Torsten Bittlingmaier 192Epilogue, Arnold Schwarzenegger:Don't Listen to the Naysayers! 199Acknowledgments 203Index 205

Dr. Wladimir Klitschko is a former boxer who achieved worldwide fame as world heavyweight champion, having gained the IBF, IBO, WBO and WBA titles. Having earned a degree in Philosophy and a PhD in sports science, he is a lecturer at the University of St. Gallen as well as a successful entrepreneur. Stefanie Bilen is a journalist and author. She has worked for magazines and newspapers such as Handelsblatt, the Harvard Business Manager and the Wall Street Journal. She holds a degree in Business Studies and studied Business Journalism at the Georg-von-Holtzbrinck School for Business Journalists. She enjoys sailing and running but is yet to try boxing.