World Dog Day 2025
Today we celebrate our fluffy team members! Our office dogs are not only cute to look at, they also play an important role in our everyday working lives: They encourage us to get some exercise and ensure we get fresh air regularly They bring calm when things get stressful (cuddles can work true wonders) And they even create a better working climate – dogs in the workplace can help the [...]
Theory U – Leadership Starts With Listening
Change does not come about through faster reactions, but through deeper understanding. Otto Scharmer's Theory U describes this path from the familiar pattern of “downloading” to conscious perception, genuine listening, and creative action. Four levels of listening 1 Downloading – confirming familiar patterns 2 Factual listening – perceiving differences 3 Empathetic listening – listening with the ears of the other person 3 Generative listening – connecting with what [...]
EQ-I 2.0 – Emotional Intelligence for Effective Leadership
Professional competence alone is not enough in today's working world. Truly successful leadership is achieved where emotional intelligence is practiced, in clear interaction with oneself and in appreciative cooperation with others. What does the EQ-I 2.0 measure? The EQ-i 2.0 is a scientifically based tool for analyzing emotional competencies, the skills that are often crucial in everyday leadership: [...]
International Day Against Food Waste
At hrdiamonds, we are not only concerned with organizations and people, but also with the issue of sustainability. In addition to other initiatives, we have our GreenTaskforce, which regularly develops ideas on how we can act in a more sustainable manner. When it comes to sustainability, the careful use of food also plays an important role for us. Here is an insight into what we are already [...]
PERMA-Lead ® – Living Positive Leadership
For us at hrdiamonds, positive leadership is not a trend, but an attitude. It is an approach that understands leadership not only as the management of processes, but also as the conscious shaping of relationships, meaning, and motivation. This is precisely where the PERMA-Lead ® model comes in, developed by Prof. Dr. Markus Ebner and based on Martin Seligman's positive psychology. The five dimensions of [...]
Family Event 2025
Last Friday, we celebrated our traditional family event in glorious late summer weather – this time, once again, in classic style at a wine tavern in Vienna's beautiful vineyards. As every year, the focus was on one thing: connectedness. Because we know that behind every team member stands a strong support network. Our families and partners play a key role in ensuring that [...]
Resilience Canvas – Pause for a Moment
Stress, time pressure, conflicts – we all know situations that challenge us. But it's not the stressor itself that matters, but how we deal with it. This is exactly where the Resilience Canvas comes in: a simple, practical tool that allows you to visualize your inner resilience in just three steps: 1. Recognize stressors 2. Become aware of resources 3. Discover [...]
Mastering Stressful Times With the Circle of Influence
The leaves are beginning to fall... ...and so do the to-do 's onto our desks. For us, as for many others, fall means a particularly large number of appointments, projects, and tasks that all require our attention at the same time. Especially in this intense phase of the year, it is worth pausing for a moment: What do I really have influence over? Where can I [...]
Practice Meets Publication – hrdiamonds in the Research Sector?!
Over a period of 18 months, we had the privilege of accompanying the University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt (Fachhochschule Wiener Neustadt) in an exciting process: Together with 20 committed employees from various organizational units, we developed a new, participatory career model in ten workshops. The goal: to make diverse, individual career paths visible and to sustainably strengthen the university's attractiveness as an employer. Our role in this? As a [...]
InnoHub 2025
„Everyone wants to be individual, but woe betide anyone who is different.“ This is precisely the tension we addressed last week at InnoHub. Two days that provided space for reflection, further development, pause for thought, and learning. Our focus this year: discrimination, racism, and strengthening civil courage. Together with the fantastic trainers from ZARA Training (civil courage and anti-racism work), we [...]