Business Chief Europe Magazine February 2021 | Page 196

SAP SE

“ 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 ”

— Nicole Berg , VP & Head of Spend and Workforce IT Solutions , SAP
196 pillar in Berg ’ s management philosophy is the importance of “ diversity of skills ”. “ When I was asked to transform 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 . FEBRUARY 2021