Who are we?
At Garuda, creating balance between people is an ingrained part of our DNA. We started doing this back in 1982 when Finn Havaleschka (1947-2023) founded Garuda.
The background was that the personality tests that became part of job interviews from the 1970s onwards had been taken from psychology and moved into the business world.
Without being changed.
The tests, which screened for certain mental illnesses, were used to assess whether the employee was suitable for the job or not.
Finn Havaleschka found this problematic.
With his social science background, he set out to develop an open conversation tool aimed solely at the business world that would help both employer and applicant learn more about each other – and themselves.
The result was the first version of the Competence Profile.
Conversation tools create balance between people
Since then, many other HR solutions have emerged.
What they have in common is that they are HR and interview tools, not tests.
They don’t give right or wrong answers, but assess whether an employee or manager is in harmony with the content of their job.
The idea of creating a harmonious workplace is at the heart of everything we do at Garuda.
In all our tools, we aim to create a balance between people.
In practice, this means that the personality must match the job we do and the colleagues we surround ourselves with.
If not, it can lead to stress, lack of motivation and ultimately termination.
We believe that successful leadership is based on empathy, trust and credibility.
And that it’s easier to fit the job to the personality than the personality to the job.
At least if we want to create balance between people.
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We offer unique tools and resources to help organizations optimize their HR strategies and achieve remarkable results.
Candidates use our solutions every year.
People are trained in our people profiles.
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