Increasing globalization means more flexibility, market independence, economic and trade freedom in terms of deciding where to produce and where to sell. In order to be able to deliver all the goods from A to B and thus also maintain our usual standard of living, enormous logistics services and trouble-free supply chains are required. Should there be disruptions within the supply chain, these will lead to an interruption and thus to supply bottlenecks at national and international level. Such disturbances can have different sources: Natural disasters (e.g., volcanic eruption on Iceland in 2006. Civil and goods air traffic was interrupted for days, which led to various supply bottlenecks). Biological – epidemics, pandemics such as Ebola or Covid 19 (closings of national borders, branches of industry, production plants that led to the interruption of entire supply chains). Political – changes regarding various interests or trade agreements (e.g., USA vs. Europe, USA…

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Numerous experts have dealt with the topic of “bad leadership” or “bad boss” and written about it in countless articles. How many opinions were only presented theoretically and how many were actually experienced in practice is difficult to prove. Many leaders change fundamentally once they have reached the throne at the career level. – They are no longer open to criticism. – They hardly communicate with their subordinates. – They “NEVER” make a wrong decision. – They make the final decision because no one should question them. – They don‘t need a team longer,because no one could be better than themselves. This attitude of the managing director, alienated from his previous companions, will create counter-currents within the company that can have fatal effects on the company’s future. The boss is simply boycotted! Important signs of dissatisfaction with the boss are expressed in forms such as: High Fluctuation Rate Dissatisfied or…

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