{"id":1798,"date":"2026-03-31T15:43:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sunita-mitter.de\/?p=1798"},"modified":"2026-07-02T15:44:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T14:44:49","slug":"lots-of-new-and-exciting-experiences-in-the-first-quarter-of-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunita-mitter.de\/en\/lots-of-new-and-exciting-experiences-in-the-first-quarter-of-2026\/1798\/","title":{"rendered":"Lots of new and exciting experiences in the first quarter of 2026!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first quarter of 2026 had plenty of new things in store for me: my assignment at HAW Kiel<\/a><\/strong> came to a successful conclusion in February, and I took the time to make new connections, gain fresh insights, and meet with long-time contacts in person.<\/p>\n

1. Highlight:
\n30 January brought a new format for me: DisruptHRHamburg<\/a><\/strong>: Disrupting Work. Evolving Leadership! This event is open to people in all roles within organisations. The concept: 7 speakers present their specialist contributions in a maximum of 5 minutes, followed by a panel discussion in small groups and networking. A wealth of input and personal exchange packed into a single morning. Many thanks to Kuehne Logistics University<\/a><\/strong> for an inspiring morning!<\/p>\n

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\nOn 12 March, as a guest of the VdU Hamburg\/Schleswig-Holstein<\/a><\/strong> regional association, I had the opportunity to visit Dr\u00e4ger<\/a> <\/strong>in L\u00fcbeck and learn about the measures the HR team at Dr\u00e4ger<\/a><\/strong> is implementing to bring more women into leadership roles. I found the low-threshold approach of the mentoring programme particularly noteworthy.<\/p>\n

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Over dinner, I had the opportunity to meet many interesting and successful female entrepreneurs. Many thanks to the VdU Hamburg\/Schleswig-Holstein<\/a><\/strong> Regional Association and Dr\u00e4ger for the insights and inspiration!<\/p>\n

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\nOn 18 March, Hays<\/a> <\/strong>hosted a deep dive into the HR Report 2026 \u2013 \u201cPromoting performance; not just demanding it\u201d. Once again, it became clear that managers and processes have a very strong influence on a company\u2019s performance culture.<\/p>\n

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In a nutshell: modern and forward-looking performance measurement must be a combination of traditional tools, such as the Balanced Scorecard, and motivation-focused processes and structures. Thank you very much for the incredibly fascinating deep dive, Hays<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nOn 25 March, #ZPN 2026<\/a><\/strong> opened its doors, with the event entirely focused on people and AI. Here, too, there were plenty of new insights on topics such as leadership in the age of AI, mental health in the age of AI, HR software in the age of AI, and more…<\/p>\n

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And, of course, meeting up in person with people I haven\u2019t seen face-to-face for a long time: Thank you, dear Jassmin<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span>, and thank you, dear Katrin<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span>, for seeing you again and for the interesting chat!<\/p>\n

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In April, I\u2019m looking forward to the #FutureLeaderSummit 2026<\/a><\/strong> in Hamburg, the Labour Law Day with Amadeus Fire<\/a><\/strong> in Hamburg, the AI workshop at KITZ \u2013 the Kiel Innovation and Technology Centre<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 and, of course, Digital Week Kiel<\/a><\/strong> in May!<\/p>\n

Who else is coming? I\u2019d love to hear from you and perhaps meet up in person…<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The first quarter of 2026 had plenty of new things in store for me: my assignment at HAW Kiel came to a successful conclusion in February, and I took the time to make new connections, gain fresh insights, and meet with long-time contacts in person.… Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1773,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allgemein-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunita-mitter.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunita-mitter.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunita-mitter.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunita-mitter.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunita-mitter.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1798"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/sunita-mitter.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1807,"href":"https:\/\/sunita-mitter.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798\/revisions\/1807"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunita-mitter.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunita-mitter.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunita-mitter.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunita-mitter.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}