ACTIVITY:
Making change possible
Hubert Strokosch is an entrepreneurial leader, manager and consultant with strong competencies in business transformation, change and digitalisation. His agenda includes strategic and operational realignment as well as increasing the efficiency of organisations and areas with a focus on marketing, sales, customer care as well as process and IT project management for technology innovations.
Kompetenzen:
My Core Topics
- Business Transformation:
Operational Excellence, Value Creation - Change:
Strategic & organizational alignment, Program Management, Cultural & Structural Change - Digitalization:
Customer Excellence, Business Process Re-Engineering & Automation, Artificial Intelligence
Optimization in the Context of Complex Technical Products
- Customer Excellence
- Processes
- Structures
- Methods
- Business Models
- Product/Service Portfolio
Business Development & Value Enhancement
- Business development to increase profitability and growth by considering and applying new technologies/digitalization
- Performance management and value enhancement in the private equity (PE) domain
LEADING:
Mastering change through dialogue
Being a role model as a leader – Strokosch leads the way, involves people and takes them along. He relies on active communication that creates transparency and keeps all stakeholders informed.
He finds quick access to people and technologies – this makes him a recognised expert and interlocutor. He has proven expertise in the telco/IT industry – and here especially through numerous global assignments in Europe, Asia, North and South America. There he has built up and led intercultural teams.
Only together can success be achieved: that is why Strokosch sees a decisive factor of his performance in organising and developing cooperation, bringing people together, integrating and promoting competences. Communication is an essential success factor for showing employees new ways and mastering changes together.
WORKING:
Initiate, accompany, lead and implement change
Strokosch assumes various key roles as dictated by the situation, being flexible in his approach. He serves as a moderator, challenger, supporter, and doer, leading by example as a leader. Strokosch combines strategic foresight, thinking holistically and across boundaries, ensuring sustainable success. With his management experience, he sees himself as a bridge builder between the customer and technology, marketing/sales and IT, program and line, as well as between subsidiary and parent company.
His goal is to initiate and enable sustainable changes. Particularly in challenging and complex situations, he leverages his extensive experience, saying, “Count on me – you can rely on me to make the project a success.” His focus is always on initiating, planning, guiding, and implementing changes, as well as collaboratively and sustainably embedding them within the organization together with employees and leaders.
WORKING:
Initiate, accompany, lead and implement change
Strokosch assumes various key roles as dictated by the situation, being flexible in his approach. He serves as a moderator, challenger, supporter, and doer, leading by example as a leader. Strokosch combines strategic foresight, thinking interconnectedly and across different areas, thus ensuring sustainable success. With his management experience, he sees himself as a bridge builder between the customer and technology, marketing/sales and IT, program and line, as well as between subsidiary and parent company.
His goal is to initiate and enable sustainable changes. Especially in challenging and complex situations, he draws upon his extensive experience, saying, “Count on me – you can rely on me to make the project a success.” His focus is always on initiating, planning, guiding, and implementing changes, and on collaboratively embedding them within the organization together with employees and executives in a sustainable manner.
References:
“The collaboration with Hubert was very pleasant. In particular, we appreciated his commitment and quick ideas for solving challenges.
In close collaboration with the HR organization, he provided crucial impetus for the necessary cultural transformation of our company. His suggestions regarding mindset, work approach, culture, and training for digital transformation complemented and greatly enriched ongoing change management initiatives.
As a leader, Hubert demonstrated a remarkable ‘Servant Leadership’ mentality. His open communication style and commitment to actively involve stakeholders created a very positive working atmosphere.
His ability to effectively lead interdisciplinary teams with diverse backgrounds strengthened our collaboration across departmental and country borders. Notably, his excellent communication skills in both English and German facilitated seamless coordination and understanding.
Professionally and personally, we very much enjoyed working with Hubert.”
Mayleen Geissler
Global Director Human Resources at UTA UNION TANK Eckstein GmbH & Co. KG / Fleet & Mobility EMEA Division, Edenred SE
“Mr. Strokosch is a dynamic, innovative, and implementation-oriented leader who excels in successfully navigating complex challenges and demanding stakeholder structures, delivering excellent results. Thanks to his communicative style, strong leadership qualities, and highly results-oriented approach, he has successfully and sustainably advanced our program management.”
Stephan Kneipp
Chief Technology Officer, UTA UNION TANK Eckstein GmbH & Co. KG / Mobility EMEA Division, Edenred SE
“Hubert Strokosch has impressed us with his intense willingness to learn, dedication, and rapid and effective integration into a complex organization and technology landscape. With his analytical and focused approach, he structures problematic situations, derives clear objectives, and communicates them sustainably.
He acted with clarity, goal- and results-oriented, with unwavering conviction and a strong will for success. Through cross-functional thinking, his extensive wealth of experience, and consistent project management, he mobilized the program for the digitization and cloud transformation of the HR system landscape, which was under time pressure, high complexity, and difficulty, and led it to the first critical delivery deadline.
Thanks to his directness, focus, calmness, and structured approach, but also positive attitude in challenging situations, he promoted successful collaboration between business and IT departments as well as external partners. Thank you for your valuable contributions and outstanding collaboration, dear Hubert.”
Bernd Christoph Meisheit
Managing Director, Sana change it! GmbH
“You have a strong influence on the performance and social behavior of your employees. You lead with vigor, meaning you have high performance expectations and prioritize high utilization. You make demands and are willing to overcome resistance (readiness for conflict). Results need to be generated now, not next week.”
Wilko Kilian
Senior Experte Management Kundenprojekte, Kundenprojektmanagement, Telekom Deutschland GmbH, Bonn
“I sincerely thank you for your tremendous support throughout these months. Your calming nature and, above all, your determination to challenge and question the validity of requirements, and if necessary, divert them – it was an incredible relief for us.”
Kathleen Ebner
Telefónica Deutschland Holding AG, München
“I would like to take this opportunity to express my heartfelt gratitude to you. I found it extremely enlightening to work with you. Your structured and goal-oriented approach, your sense of humor, your skill in conducting conversations – I simply found it fantastic.”
Christian Boll
Senior Campaign Manager Base Management, Sunrise Communications AG, Zürich, Schweiz
“You act with clear goals and results in mind, with an unwavering determination to succeed. You are clearly a strong leader with firm principles that you consistently live by and communicate. Your ability to think holistically and proactively, combined with structured action, a wealth of experience, broad expertise, and high social competence, distinguishes you.”
Michael Saffenreuter
Senior Vice President, Anforderungs- und Prozessmanagement, Deutsche Telekom AG, Bonn
“… It was an immensely great pleasure for me to work with you – on one hand, it was enjoyable to work with you as a person, and on the other hand, to receive your support from BC for this matter. …”
Ivan Allemann
Senior Legal Counsel Data Privacy, Information Security & Compliance, Sunrise Communications AG, Zürich, Schweiz
“… I would like to sincerely thank you for your dedication, expertise, and knowledge. It was a great experience for me to work with you, and it has certainly had a significant impact on me. It is not always easy to find individuals who challenge you (in a positive sense) – but you are one of those. …”
»I enjoyed working with you and could see the highest quality professional work delivered.«
Gaspar da Silva
Business Partner Manager, Project Management Infrastructure Services, Sunrise Communications AG, Zürich, Schweiz