BUSINESS ROZHOVOR

Mayr-Melnhof Holz group. Thanks to these regulations the

volume of produced sawn wood increased by 9.5 %.

You told us that you are going to retire by the end of

summer. What advices do you give to your successor

now?

I have introduced him to all the agendas I am responsible for.

These are finance, HR, logistics and expedition, legal matters,

public relationships, IT, controlling round log purchasing and

overall management of the company. I have also given him all

my knowledge and experience gained during my time here

related to the wood processing industry, as my successor will

be also coming from another field.

What would be your general advice for young people

who would like to have a management position in

a large, important company (not only a production

company)? What is the thing they should not forget and

what rules should they follow?

I would recommend them to be generally inquiring and

curious. To read a lot, which will teach them to absorb

a lot of information and evaluate it better. They should

not be afraid to make their own opinions about things or

to ask themselves the question ‘why?’. In my opinion, it

is also not a very good process in education to dismiss

or reject findings that might seem useless for the future

profession at the moment. It is the other way around -I found out that practical life is a mosaic and its pieces

you manage to put together better or worse, fast or

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slowly. When you have the pieces and you find them

in your memory at the right time and use them, that is

the thing. In other words, proper education is the basis

for everything; you cannot cheat on that. This goes, of

course, with good knowledge of at least one foreign

language, two is even better. Pure, good relationships

with people are also very important. And cultivate

your life energy, because the person who wants to lead

people needs it not only for himself, but he also needs to

share it with his surroundings.

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What advices

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Let us lighten the interview with the final question.

What place in the Moravian-Silesian Region would you

recommend and what is your favourite regional food?

I love the part of the Moravian-Silesian Region on the borders

of Slovakia, specifically the part of the Beskids bordering with

Kysuce, Hrčava, etc. My favourite regional food is roasted

duck, but that probably isn‘t the typical regional food. Maybe

you could consider potato fritters a regional food -- the ones

made from shredded potatoes, almost without any flour,

baked in lard and spread with garlic (laughing).

Mrs Wagnerová, thank you for the interview.