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Würth insists on executives wearing ties: "Small subtleties that inspire respect" 

2022-12-01T16:31:43.288Z


Würth insists on executives wearing ties: "Small subtleties that inspire respect"  Created: 12/01/2022 17:26 By: Sina Alonso Garcia 87-year-old Reinhold Würth has had an unparalleled entrepreneurial career. The company patriarch still shapes the values ​​of the screw manufacturer from Künzelsau. Managers, for example, still have to wear ties - a sign of respect for Würth. Künzelsau - When he t


Würth insists on executives wearing ties: "Small subtleties that inspire respect" 

Created: 12/01/2022 17:26

By: Sina Alonso Garcia

87-year-old Reinhold Würth has had an unparalleled entrepreneurial career.

The company patriarch still shapes the values ​​of the screw manufacturer from Künzelsau.

Managers, for example, still have to wear ties - a sign of respect for Würth.

Künzelsau - When he took over the Würth company from his father in 1954, Reinhold Würth was just 19 years old.

Today, the now 87-year-old is considered a model entrepreneur who built the screw manufacturer from Künzelsau into the world market leader.

More than 84,000 employees in over 80 countries work for the Würth Group.

Although Reinhold Würth withdrew from the operative business a few years ago, his values ​​still characterize the company.

Arrogance is a knockout criterion for him.

Instead, he focuses on down-to-earthness and likes it traditional.

As the company patriarch revealed in an interview with the

OMR podcast

, executives at Würth must wear a tie - as a sign of respect.

"Of course, our company is more traditionally oriented," says Würth.

"It's important to me that senior executives wear ties at conferences." The entrepreneur is well aware that this sets the screw manufacturer apart from modern companies.

"Of course, something like this would be unthinkable for Google or Amazon."

When you talk to suppliers or authorities, he finds it "disrespectful" to appear in a "casual look".

A "labbriges Hemmet" (Swabian for: a loose shirt, editor's

note.

) is not appropriate.

"If the head of a global company marches to a meeting with Ms. Merkel without a tie, then I find that improper and almost see it as an insult to the person I'm talking to."

Reinhold Würth: What the next group management decides is not in his hands

Würth says in the podcast that he doesn't know whether the obligation to wear a tie will still be an issue in the company in ten years' time.

"Not for me anyway, because I'm 87 now.

It is logical that my career is coming to an end - quite automatically.

But it should go beyond that.” What the new management then does is in their hands.

"If they say: Now we'll cut off the old braid and tip the obligation to wear a tie - they can do that at carnival," jokes Würth.

His tie always fits perfectly: Reinhold Würth.

(Archive photo) © Sebastian Gollnow/dpa

As can be read on Würth's corporate website, Reinhold Würth shaped a corporate culture from the start that is based on respect for employees and their achievements.

As Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Würth Group, he is still closely associated with the company, while his daughter Bettina Würth continues his tradition as Chairman of the Advisory Board and the Executive Board.

Wolfgang Grupp also values ​​the dress code

Entrepreneur Wolfgang Grupp (80), head of the textile company Trigema from Burladingen in Swabia, has a similar attitude to the screw legend Würth.

He also always appears in a suit with a tie and handkerchief and attaches great importance to appropriate clothing.

"Anyone who wears sweatpants does not value their counterpart," is the clear statement from the Trigema boss.

Source: merkur

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