"As the manager of an engineering unit, I don't have to be the best engineer in the unit. On the contrary, too much detailed knowledge often obscures the big picture. What is crucial is that I am the best in those areas that are relevant to a manager's success. Our most successful poet J. W. von Goethe gives us the crucial hint: 'The prerequisite for success is clear goals and the burning desire to achieve them'. Goals and motivation - so that has to be above everything, with myself and with my team. But that's not enough by a long shot. As a manager, I have to be a role model in terms of discipline and behavior. I need strategies, organizational structures, processes that are suitable for achieving the goals. I have to be able to communicate all this convincingly, I have to be able to generate enthusiasm for it.
Developing a target scenario, deriving strategies from it, optimizing processes and organizational structures, communicating - you learn all this fastest and best in management consulting. There is a reason why so many key executives have a history in management consulting.
That's why I prefer to bring top talent into management consulting."
