Transformation and Digitization of Businesses 

'Take your strategy to execution otherwise it was not worth spending the time writing it', Dieter Weisshaar

Dieter Weisshaar 
Advisor & Board Member High Tech Industry

I'm Dieter Weisshaar, an Executive in the High Tech Industry for 30 years. My key competences are leadership, digitization and transformation. I have worked for large Blue Chip Companies and transformed businesses for investors and shareholders in the past years. Transformations could focus on turnaround, growth, internationalization or digitization. Value drivers of such transformation advisory are leadership team building, coaching, digital marketing & growth strategies and strategy execution. 

My belief is that the combination of experience and expertise can create real value fast.
You can visit my social footprint with a click on the buttons right here. I hope you enjoy my blog. I am always happy to start a good dialogue on leadership and transformation topics.  
Most important from my point of view is that we take strategy to execution to create real value and having fun in doing what we do.

Opinions are mine. This website is for private purposes only.

Inside the Boardroom

The Growth ambition
By Dieter Weisshaar July 23, 2023
Growing the business is on the agenda of almost very board room. Expectations are high, a business plan can be created quickly but achieving growth isn't as easy. To gain market share your company needs to beat market growth but how can this be done.
Take projects to execution to create impact
By Dieter Weisshaar July 3, 2023
On our famous online book store you find far over 60.000 books on strategy but only a good 4.000 on strategy execution or implementation. There are far more universities that offer marketing and only a few on sales as a major. Creating the ambition, the project goals, the strategy is a cool thing and requires great thinkers. Taking the things to daily execution requires an additional skill which is rare, may be perceived as boring but is the key success factor for every company.
Get to the bottom of the topic you want to solve
By Dieter Weisshaar May 19, 2023
You receive a new project and on the first view it looks complex and you need to get your arms around it. How can you structure a complex situation to discover various perspectives and approaches. At C-Level you may not even have all the information or expertise to resolve it on your own. Some ideas that worked for me.
Is the IT Market crashing?
By Dieter Weisshaar May 15, 2023
You may have seen the rise of tech companies at the end of 90th of last century. Web Content, eCommerce and startups were the exciting topics, til the point when the dotcom bubble burst. It was the time when salaries went crazy in this sector, the company evaluations and stock markets were on all time high and venture capital market was overheated.
Brand Building, Lead Generation and Attracting Talent is a marketing job
By Dieter Weisshaar April 13, 2023
Marketing budgets are always a discussion topic. What can a CEO expect if a percentage of revenue is spent for corporate marketing? Have the goals been defined and expectations aligned. Marketing can not meet expectations if the ecosystem is not supportive. Let's have a deeper look in the B2B sector and the dependencies.
How to set the growth path for your business
By Dieter Weißhaar February 22, 2023
Investors and shareholders ask their board members to scale up the business - grow faster than market and create value. That is a fair expectation. Let's have a look on some key success factors and considerations.
How much do I need to spend for Marketing & Sales to reach my target?
By Dieter Weißhaar February 14, 2023
This is probably one of the hardest questions to answer. How much do I need to spend to win a customer and close a deal. This varies highly by market, product, target group, persona - let's have a look at the IT B2B market.
The subscription business model outperforms the license plus support model by far
By Dieter Weisshaar February 13, 2023
Cloud businesses achieve far higher company evaluations than traditional software companies. Rightly so, as their growth capability will out perform traditional software licenses and support business models.
Rechnet sich der Umstieg auf eine Wärmepumpe noch?
By Dieter Weisshaar January 26, 2023
Warum scheitert die Energiewende? Die Politik kann oder will nicht nachrechnen. Es liegt an einer kleinen Zahl um es vereinfacht darzustellen: Der Wirkfaktor (Wirkungsgrad etc.) der Wärmepumpe. Unser Strom ist viel zu teuer.
New Leadership skills are not good enough
By Dieter Weisshaar December 20, 2022
Every single day, when you open Social Media, you got told that there is a New Work and new leadership skills. It is indisputable that leadership has changed from decades ago and that is rightly so. In the light of the new resignation and war for talent, great leadership skills are fundamental for every company. But we should not miss out Expertise as a skill.
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Dieter Weisshaar spricht über Transformation, Digitalisierung, Leadership und Vorstandsthemen in der IT- und Softwareindustrie.
Dieter Weisshaar is talking about transformation, digitization, leadership and boardroom topics in the IT and software industry - easy to consume.

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