Consulting Services

The focus of our advice is the fulfillment of the customer’s request. We help with the development of tasks and the creation of adequate requirement profiles in order to then find the right managers and experts for our customers. First, we listen to our customer and ask questions in order to properly understand the requirement profile. Even if industry knowledge is expressly not required in the requirements profile, we check whether this is necessary. Many years of industry knowledge help the interim manager to quickly orientate himself in most tasks. Industry knowledge is also very helpful for the acceptance of our interim managers by our customer’s employees.

After examining the requirement profile and selecting the right top interim manager, we summarize their experience in a manager profile. Here we particularly highlight the skills of the interim manager in relation to the task and the customer’s wishes. Within 72 hours our customer receives a manager profile according to his wishes. We select the top interim managers for our clients who are used to taking on management tasks in a tense company situation and, so to speak, increasing efficiency or achieving the turnaround while the engine is running. With this ability, they are often superior to the permanent incumbent manager. You are used to mastering a complex crisis situation, mastering a real challenge. We select top interim managers for our clients who have proven many times that they can successfully master challenges.

When selecting the interim managers, we make sure that they have knowledge of the methods. One of the most important situations for methods is change management. In most interim management tasks, employees have to learn to work differently. When processes are optimized, this always has an impact on the way employees work. One of the most important factors in change management is communication. We make sure that the top interim manager can explain his measures very well. Many customers use our interim managers to implement measures to increase efficiency. Then managers need to be familiar with key performance indicators (KPIs). When it comes to downsizing, closure and relocation, a structured approach, like project management, is necessary. Therefore, a project management training is helpful. This also applies to the area of business development and the establishment of a new organization (start-up).

Cultural knowledge also includes international experience and language skills. Our top interim managers often work on cross-border projects, either abroad or for a foreign client in Germany. We select those interim managers who have cultural knowledge of the respective country and can easily find their way there.

It is also important to us which leadership style the interim manager uses. This is mainly about the soft skills of the manager. The manager’s way of working must fit the corporate culture of our customer. Good leadership means giving honest feedback on a regular basis, making transparent decisions and handing over responsibility. Active listening through questioning and showing the right amount of empathy. Set up flat hierarchies, every opinion is worth the same. Uncomfortable issues must be brought to the table. There are no power games.