One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team. – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – The team spirit described by the basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar also plays an important role for German sports club VTB Wilnsdorf e.V.. With sports like trampoline jumping, jazz dance, Nordic Walking or fit for …
Operating different devices that all use different hotkeys can be rather nerve-wrecking. There’s nothing else for it but to memorise them, right? Not so fast! The simple solution: CrossDisplay-Switching. The function lets you switch between computers by mouse. By moving the cursor from one monitor to another, keyboard and mouse automatically switch to the computer …
To achieve the impossible we must attempt the possible again and again. (Hermann Hesse) Surely you are familiar with the following scenario: It’s Monday morning (again!), the alarm goes off, you look out of the window and it’s dark, cold and rainy. Your motivation? Hidden under the bed! In these situations, we often lack the …
Do you remember the way you felt on your first working day? The excitement, but also the insecurity? All the new things ahead of you? But what about people who change their jobs? How do they feel? And what are their expectations in the new company? Many questions our new colleagues try to answer in …
It’s common knowledge that IT devices like computers play a huge role in our everyday life. But a thing almost no one knows is that IT devices emit radiations containing data. And that’s also the reason why you cannot apply any devices in critical areas such as the military. When it comes to transmitting sensitive …
This year, G&D again celebrated one of their legendary summer parties. Fantastic weather, good food and cold drinks left nothing to be desired…to the moment at which four Segways made an appearance. After knight’s meals at the Castle Homburg, a hike along the Rothaarsteig or a tasting at a local distillery, this year’s summer party …
In an earlier blog post we’ve already talked about G&D’s training system. And in this post we announced that we wanted to let our apprentices share their opinions. So here they are: our apprentices Daniel and Julian. Hi you two. Why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourselves? Daniel: Hi, I’m Daniel, 18 …
It’s no longer a secret that Germany chronically lacks skilled workers – a fact, many companies realized way too late or didn’t take too seriously. Now there’s a large gap companies slowly become aware of. But we think we’ve found a way strengthen our team from within the company: Our apprentices of today are the …
We were all delighted when we found out that our sales colleague, Oliver Bender (age 35), reached the finish line at this year’s Frankfurt Ironman after a time of 11:03:02 hrs. The Frankfurt Ironman is a triathlon commanding everybody’s respect consisting of a 3,86km swimming event, 180,2km of cycling and 42,19km of running. That sounds …
A little while ago, the 9th Company Running Heat took place in Siegen. Almost 8.500 participants represented their companies, and this time I was one of them. I’m Wingman Sully, nice to meet you. My task as Wingman? Ambassador of cheerfulness Some of you already know me – I am Wingman Sully, the G&D mascot …