NEWS & INSIGHTS
Arms boom instead of car crisis? Berlin’s industrial fantasy shattered by reality
Germany’s industry is caught in a downward spiral: car manufacturers in crisis, crumbling supply chains, thousands of jobs hanging in the balance. But there is also this: full order books at arms manufacturers, because billions from new debts taken on by the federal government are ending up here. So can the special arms programme save the industry from further decline?
The Due Diligence Private Equity Still Gets Wrong: Human Capital
Most due diligences can slice the numbers a thousand ways. Markets, models, margins – all dissected surgical precision. But the one factor that decides whether any of it turns into performance — the people expected to deliver — is still often checked last, or lightly, or not at all.
Here’s the quiet contradiction in private equity: Financial DD predicts potential. Human Capital DD predicts reality. And the gap between the two is where value is most often lost.
The due diligence that private equity still underestimates: human capital
In private equity, financial and commercial due diligence primarily analyse potential. However, whether this potential is realised is decided solely by the organisation that is to implement it. Human capital due diligence reveals whether leadership, roles and culture are actually capable of delivering value enhancement plans – or whether this is precisely where the latest and most expensive loss of value occurs.
MENTAL HEALTH DAY
Why mental health is just as important as physical health. Sensitised leadership is prevention.
HAGER Executive Consulting further expands its consulting expertise
HAGER Executive Consulting is focusing on growth with two new Business Unit Managers. Dr Markus Neumann and Daniel Norpoth will be expanding the team of consultants in the healthcare and automotive sectors from October and will impress with their many years of experience.
The signs are pointing to a storm in the construction and property sector
After the golden years, a storm is brewing over the construction and property sector. It will be violent, but (cleansing). Expo Real is a barometer of the mood.
More than a soccer table
Do you remember? The job market supplements in the national daily newspapers once weighed heavily. Nowadays, access to the Internet facilitates and optimises many things. Thanks to the enormous reach of recruiting, including in the well-known social media networks, companies can reach significantly more suitable managers.
HAGER continues to expand – merger with personnel consultancy Convenio AG
HAGER Executive Consulting GmbH, one of the leading and largest personnel consultancies in the German-speaking world, is expanding its team as of 1 September 2022 by merging with Convenio AG (Siegburg), which specialises in filling positions in the fields of technology and digitalisation.
Dr.-Ing. Thomas B. Haermeyer expands the ‘Automotive, Mobility & High Tech’ business unit
From 1 September, business development and executive consulting specialist Dr.-Ing. Thomas B. Haermeyer will be joining HAGER Executive Search GmbH as a partner at the company’s headquarters in Frankfurt.
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