pillar in Berg’s management philoso-
phy is the importance of “diversity of
skills”. “When I was asked to trans-
form the team it was clear to me
that we need to have leaders with
completely heterogeneous skill sets.”
I needed something different in all
four areas of the organization.” She
set about finding the right leaders
for each department, all with different
focus: analytical, structured, business
demand-focused, customer oriented.
“I’m really proud and inspired by how
all my people have been grown into
self-organized teams” she concludes.—
Nicole Berg,
VP & Head of Spend and
Workforce IT Solutions, SAP“ There’s a nice saying from
Kennedy. He says that crisis
is about opportunity and
danger, but if you leverage
the opportunity, you can go
on to be even stronger”232
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