CEO Today Management Consulting Awards 2021

GERMANY

CEO TODAY MANAGEMENT CONSULTING AWARDS 2021

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Burkhard Block Managing Partner Delta Management Consultants GmbH

ABOUT BURKHARD BLOCK

Right from the start we worked on the principle of adhering to certain ethical standards and living out a culture of entrepreneurship. Professional discipline, precision and always meeting the agreed deadlines are the foundations on which our consulting services are built. We are in constant contact with our clients and actively foster face-to-face communication – Deltaʼs genuine client focus. In recent years we have been able to add many highly qualified young consultants to our team, thus successfully preparing the next generation to take over the reins when the time comes. Today more than ever, placing the right people in managerial positions will determine a companyʼs success or failure in the market. There are many reasons for this: Demographic change is having a palpable impact, and the search for suitable candidates is becoming increasingly complex while the digital revolution is transforming business models and calling for flexibility and innovation. In these times of dynamic market development and growing competition top executives hold the key to a sustainable competitive advantage.

BurkhardBlock holds a degree inEconomics fromtheUniversity of Bochum, Germany, and subsequently earned a Ph.D. on executive selection at the Universityʼs Institute for Managerial Science. Burkhard Block has worked in executive search since 1981. He has been an executive search consultant and a Managing Director for various companies, including A.T. Kearney, where he spent ten years within the companyʼs executive search group as Managing Director for Germany and was also Account Manager for the consultancyʼs lateral hires in Europe. He joined Delta Management Consultants in 2000. Burkhard Block has many yearsʼ experience in filling a diverse range of positions in many different industries across Europe, and specializes additionally in professional services. He is Head of the Professional Services Practice Group and Head of Utilities. FIRMPROFILE DeltaManagement Consultants GmbH is one of Germanyʼs largest independent and entrepreneurial executive search companies. Our corporate structure is our key success factor: Our Managing Partners hold equal stakes in the company. With our joint business responsibility we are a partnership in the true sense of the word. CORPORATE PHILOSOPHY Genuine client focus – More than 30 years of Delta Management Consultants GmbH Delta Management Consultants GmbH was founded in 1983 and has been one of Germanyʼs leading executive search consultancies since the mid-1980s. Our consulting assignments focus on filling top management and senior executive positions. Following our guiding principle of genuine client focus, we assist our clients with their executive search needs worldwide.

Executive search is without a doubt the most successful way of filling management positions with qualified candidates.

We start by meeting with our client to thoroughly discuss the assignment. We then produce a detailed profile of requirements: What specific requirements does the position demand – both now and into the future? What are the companyʼs objectives? How is the company positioned in the market? On this basis we identify potential candidates and make direct contact with them to assess their suitability and their interest in the position.

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