LEADERS IN CONSULTING

Send us Fan Mail The consulting industry has enjoyed a lucrative run over the last decade, but what will happen when that inevitable downturn strikes? In this interview, General Manager at STAR® Nicolai Stickel explains why a mix of strategy, project work, and implementation support are critical for the long-term viability of your consultancy, and how a balance of winning new projects and selling...

Send us Fan Mail Die msg-Gruppe hat sich in der deutschen IT-Landschaft einen festen Platz in den Top 10 erarbeitet – und das nicht ohne Grund! Mit Innovationskraft und wegweisenden Lösungen hat das Unternehmen nicht nur seinen Erfolg gefestigt, sondern auch eine Vorreiterrolle in der Branche eingenommen. Recardo Jackson , Executive Vice President und Managing Director bei msg, gibt in dieser Epis...

Send us Fan Mail Marco Lichtfous is an expert in joining consultancies and building up new business lines or regions. He has successfully built new business lines or regions for companies such as Deloitte and KPMG, and now he's doing it again, for the third time, at PMP Strategy . In this episode, you'll learn: 1. What it takes to develop a new business line at a large consultancy 2. Key...

Send us Fan Mail When digital consultancy Futurice experienced growing pains at 70 employees, it was down to Gian Casanova and the Leadership team to redesign the organization and create a sustainable growth strategy. In this episode, Gian shares how he and his team spurred the company's growth from 12 to 140 employees during his 10 years as Managing Director, and how he tackled issues such a...

Send us Fan Mail Manchmal braucht es im Business den Mut zur Veränderung. Tiba hat diesen Schritt gewagt und eine beeindruckende Strategieänderung vollzogen. Dr. Reinhard Wagner , Managing Director bei der Tiba Group Services GmbH & Tiba Managementberatung , zeigt im Interview den Weg der Tiba heraus aus der Ecke der Commodity und hin zu einer Umsatzsteigerung von 20 auf sagenhafte 30 Millione...

Send us Fan Mail Most growing consultancies share the same challenge: winning talent. In this episode, Dr. Gunnar Binnewies , Partner at goetzpartners , shares his expertise on growing a workforce, acquiring consultancy teams, assessing for cultural fit, and integrating them with an existing team. He also shares what he looks for in new employees and how he finds them. You'll learn: 1. When t...

Send us Fan Mail With thriving offices in Germany, the USA, Brazil, China, and Portugal, it's certainly not luck that drove Pixida's successful international expansion. In this special interview from the 2023 LEADERS IN CONSULTING Conference , Pixida Managing Directors Iota Dimou & Johann Neubauer share their proven strategy for finding projects, recruiting talent, and maintaining co...

Send us Fan Mail Können Beratungen mit dem rasanten Tempo der Digitalisierung Schritt halten? Das Zeitalter des ständigen Wandels stellt Unternehmen vor enorme Herausforderungen, für die die Beraterbranche Lösungen finden muss. Unser heutiger Podcast-Gast Dr. Jan Wehinger , Partner bei MHP , gibt Einblicke, mit welchen Strategien MHP in der digitalen Revolution erfolgreich ist. Das erwartet Dich:...

Send us Fan Mail Christoph Hagmann is a consultancy veteran with over 25 years of experience working at major companies like Accenture, Booz & Company, Infosys, PWC, and EY. In this special episode, he joins Sammy on stage at the LEADERS IN CONSULTING Conference to talk about how EY partners with and purchases other service providers to bridge skill gaps, unlock new opportunities, and drive gr...

Send us Fan Mail With plans to triple their team size to 500+ employees, AdEx Partners are on their way to becoming one of the top digital transformation service providers in Europe. But can it be done without disrupting the company culture and losing employees? In this episode, you'll discover the strategies and experiences of Ferdinand Weiss , Co-Founder & Co-CEO of AdEx Partners , as h...

Send us Fan Mail What should you do in your first 60 days as the new Managing Partner of a boutique consultancy? Tune into this episode with Dr. Gerhard Nowak , Managing Partner of IFP Consulting , as he discusses the keys to successful consulting leadership, the importance of understanding organizational culture, and the value of building trust with clients and teams. He also delves into the stra...

Send us Fan Mail Are you ready to revolutionize your HR approach? Then this episode is a must-listen. In a world where the war for talent rages on, the fusion of people, culture, and innovation has become paramount to a company's triumph in today’s competitive business landscape. Digital consultancy OMMAX purposefully employs the term People & Culture instead of Human Resources, emphasizi...

Send us Fan Mail Some clients think that 'standardization' is a synonym for 'copy & paste'. What they don't realize, however, is that consultancies with standardized services bring more knowledge to projects and get the job done much faster than fully bespoke solutions. In this episode, CINTELLIC Consulting Group CEO Jörg Reinnarth shares why he believes standardizing...

Send us Fan Mail Growing a consultancy is a fine art. Expand too fast, and you'll run into long turnaround times and disgruntled clients. Go too slow and you'll risk losing market share. So what's the magic formula—if there is one? In this episode, C-P-S Group Executive Partner Matthäus Esterházy shares his thoughts on strategically growing a consultancy. You'll learn: 1. The i...

Send us Fan Mail Most consultancies depend on the networks of their founders for survival. But at Strategic Decisions Group, every consultant is given the power to build and maintain their network. In this episode, Deepak Veeraraghavan , Partner at Strategic Decisions Group , shares how they enable their employees to nurture client relationships and win projects for the company. What's in it...

Send us Fan Mail Junge Informatiker sind auf dem Markt hart umkämpft. Wie schafft es die mindsquare AG, diese begehrten Fachkräfte für sich zu gewinnen? Im Gespräch mit Sammy erklärt Alexander Johannes Troost , Partner bei der mindsquare AG , welche Rolle ihr Trainee-Programm und Kooperationen mit Hochschulen für HR spielen. Das erwartet Dich: 1. Wie mindsquare vom ersten Semester an Informatikstu...

Send us Fan Mail Currently, 13 % of BearingPoint's partners are women. By 2025, this number has the ambition to rise to 20 %, and the total number of female client-facing staff (excluding partners) to reach 40 %. In this episode, Sammy talks with Melanie Tobler , Partner at BearingPoint and leader of the firm's diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, about how she's spea...

Send us Fan Mail Implement Consulting Group —one of Scandinavia's leading consulting firms—grows 20% year-on-year and now employs 1,400 employees in currently 11 offices across 6 countries. Their recent expansion to Germany, co-led by Nina Möller , Managing Director at Implement Germany, has been a huge success, with the team growing from 6 to 60 employees in just 4 years. In this episode, Ni...

Send us Fan Mail What is the power of private equity? For Tilman Au , it enabled him to grow his digital consultancy firm from €35 million to €100+ million in just 6 years, with a year-on-year growth rate of 20 %. In this episode, Tilman teaches why you need to become a big player if you want to win big clients, and how PE can help you achieve this. You'll learn: 1. How to rapidly build and g...

Send us Fan Mail UK-based consultancy Q5 doubled its revenue in just 2-3 years. And their approach has been all but generic. In this episode, Q5 Co-founder and Managing Partner Oliver Purnell shares the innovative methods his company uses to achieve such rapid growth. Here's what's in it for you: 1. How The Transformation Alliance (a group of collaborating consultancies from Europe) help...

Send us Fan Mail As innovation partners, we're perfectly poised to assist our clients with developing new products and internal solutions. In this episode, Dr. Giordano Koch shares his story as the Managing Director of HYVE —a leading innovation enabler that guides its customers in strategic foresight, as well as the user-centric development of products, services and business models. What&apo...

Send us Fan Mail H&Z Management Consulting grew from 100 to 600 employees since 2013. How did they pull it off? Today, Stefan Aichbauer , Managing Partner at the H&Z Management Consulting Group , shares with Sammy , which 3 key factors accelerated H&Z's growth. What's in it for you: 1. How creating the RPC group – a joint venture with BMW – helped H&Z Management Consultin...

Send us Fan Mail No time for a full podcast? Then check out the shortcast of our episode: How to Grow and Leverage Your Network to Win Clients with Florian Dehne In this summary, you will find our top 3 highlights from the episode: 1. How to sell consultancy projects to former colleagues 2. How Florian wins projects more often than others 3. How to expand your network as a consultant About Florian...

Send us Fan Mail diconium strategy was doing €3 million in revenue when Marcus Worbs joined the company in 2016. 6 years and 80+ employees later and the company is now raking in nearly €50 million in revenue. In this episode, Sammy talks to Marcus about how diconium strategy managed to grow so quickly, and why strategy execution is essential in modern-day consulting. What's in it for you: 1....

Send us Fan Mail No time for a full podcast? Then check our shortcast of our episode: How TOWA Reached 10 Million in Revenue Without Marketing and Sales with Florian Wassel In this summary, you will find our top 3 highlights from the episode: 1. How TOWA uses events and good content to grow their business 2. The biggest factor driving growth at TOWA 3. What to avoid to maximize growth About Floria...