Neta stared at the colored lamps on the ceiling. Her friends had invited her to a prestigious restaurant for her birthday, but this time, unlike the previous years, she wasn’t able to enjoy the food nor the company; her thoughts wandered elsewhere. There had been cases in the past where she had ‘taken work home’, but not to the level of the last couple of weeks. Though she is only
Two months into the new position and he is again eating cold food while in a work meeting Unbelievable! A total of two months have passed in this new position, but he is again eating cold food while in a work meeting. He promised himself this would not happen again, considering what the emergency room doctor told him during his last unexpected visit. This is neither his first nor his
Ziv was appointed as Tokido’s R&D manager just around three months ago. He is responsible for 12 developers but in the process of hiring more employees. In his previous position, he managed a development team of 15 people in an advanced startup, which he joined immediately after he had left the famous military unit. For years he had wanted to advance, to become an R&D manager and then perhaps establish
During the period between the 9th of Av, when the fast commemorating the destruction of the Temple takes place, and the 16th of Av, Israeli Valentine’s Day, I was reminded of the time when I was an entrepreneur and beginner CEO of a startup company. Manic depression – fast transitions from euphoria to difficulties Different memories arose; from fast transitions and a lack of separation between euphoria and success, to
Ahithophel. To this day, this word conveys negative connotations to me (apparently something actually did enter my head in the long elementary school Bible classes). The Bible did poor public relations for the institution of the consultant There’s no doubt that it was not the intention of Bible to do public relations for the institution of the consultant. Though, who among us remembers how Ahithophel is described as a talented
Mergers & Acquisitions
Let’s start from the end – most merger processes do not achieve the desired result. In order to combat these statistics, experience and a deep understanding of the visible and hidden processes inherent in the process are required. And in this case, no one is wiser than someone with experience… Both parties need to bring to the drawing board not only their high IQ but also a developed EQ. The integration process includes strategic decisions on the integration of products, changes in organizational structures, adjustment of processes and at the same time logistics of connecting IT systems in order to start enabling joint work.
We were already there starting from the process of choosing the purchase options to managing the integration process itself – in Israeli and international companies.
Special Missions
Almost always, the wording goes, “your mission, if you choose to accept it, is…,” except here, the recording tape does not destroy itself. In recent years, we have carried out dozens of such tasks.
People come to us when they have urgent, strategic tasks that require broad skills, and none of the appropriate people in their organization are available to handle them Among other things, we have conducted negotiations with the FCC for techno-business thinking in regard to the compliance of a complex communication system, KPI and minimizing fine payments to the government of South America, assisted in international arbitration between two companies on disputed clauses in their M&A agreement, and have expose problems in various work processes and development structures, customer support, and more.
These are always fascinating tasks, and they are always of real value to the organization. I In all of them, we have first thought, why did they contact us? We may have had no experience or understanding on their specific issue, but the customers thought otherwise (and the customer is always right).
In most of these tasks, part of the challenge is to distinguish between what the customer requests and what it is that they really need, and then to find the right way to adapt the task definition to the needs. Do you have an impossible task to challenge us with?
Senior Executive Recruitment
When a CEO is looking to replace his R&D manager, it is a complex and usually discreet task that only he and the HR manager can lead.
We assist in refining the job description, screening candidates and conducting initial interviews – so the CEO can focus only on the short-listed candidates.
Even when an R&D manager is looking to recruit or replace a member of the development management, this is a challenging and discreet task. Added to this is sometimes the pressure of internal candidates who apply for the position. We help in the management of the situation as well as in the job definitions, screening and initial interviews.
The need or in many cases, the pressure to expand development by establishing a remote development group comes from the CEO or the board who are trying to do more but with less money. In recent years, this has also been a good solution to the difficulty in recruiting talent in Israel at reasonable prices.
The process starts with mapping the needs, what are you trying to achieve during it? What part of the development will move abroad and what will remain in the country? With the answers to these questions, and decisions on the important parameters for the organization during – location, language, time zone, self-management of the development group or use of an external company, and more, we set out to examine alternatives.
We are also involved in the next steps, training the team in Israel for the expected change, updating the development management methods and follow-up, the ramp up process of the new developers and even accompanying the legal/procurement department on the required contract. It’s a shame to reinvent the wheel and make the mistakes we’ve already made – let us save you time and frustration.
