Mindset
Whenever things get serious, or when something is meant seriously, our approximately 100 consultants are there for our clients. And they set successful standards for effective transformation, successful restructuring, digital performance, resilience, and growth-based turnarounds. To achieve this, we follow a uniquely different leadership and compensation model.
When does consulting become truly good consulting? We are convinced: when it's different. Different in its objective and different in the consulting service provided. That's why we took a bold step and followed the guiding principle "Profit follows value." For us, consulting means prioritizing customer value over our own revenue. We align all our thinking and actions accordingly. Consistently. Differently. Successfully.
Customer-focused consulting requires the right environment.
And 5 values that make this consulting possible.
We have no sales targets. No individual bonuses. No profit centers. No rigid job postings for promotions. Instead, we focus on cross-team participation in success. And on an open knowledge culture without cutthroat competition.
We prioritize customer value over our own revenue. As a result, almost all of our customers recommend us and entrust us with implementing their concepts. This means you see the impact of your work and feel tremendous appreciation – from us and our customers.
With us, you'll work on 2-3(+) projects per year: from analysis to implementation in rotating teams. This way, you'll quickly learn how successful business management works. That's why 80% of our senior alumni now work as managing directors in medium-sized companies.
At our company, performance is what matters. That's why our employees are promoted to Project Manager on average after 3 years and to Senior Manager after 6-7 years. Incidentally, almost all of our partners started with us as interns or consultants. At SMP, promotion is based on performance, not a predetermined plan – no "up or out" mentality.
High workloads are part of the job for us too. But we make sure they don't become a permanent state. That's why we offer part-time models (90% from Senior Consultant, 80% from Project Manager) that create a balance: Demanding and intensive? Yes. But without the rat race.
Our goal is to create value – for our clients as well as for our employees. We focus on cultivating strengths and quickly identifying and effectively leveraging value drivers. With a success rate of over 90%, even in complex transformations, we help companies in challenging situations achieve rapid and sustainable success – a measurable return on investment is typically achieved within twelve weeks.
We believe that truly lasting improvements don't come from tweaking individual components, but from a clear view of the big picture: the business model. That's why we guide transformations purposefully toward operational and strategic excellence. As business consultants, we combine methodological expertise with management experience. Therefore, every project is personally overseen by two partners. This allows us to remain leaders as turnaround pioneers, performance managers, and digitalization experts, because we constantly benchmark ourselves against the best and never become complacent.
Our clients trust us because they sense that we understand consulting as an attitude. And that's precisely why almost all of them recommend us.
We take a holistic approach to everything we do, not just our projects. For us, taking responsibility means paying attention to ecological and social values in our own actions and conduct.
This is a matter of mindset for us.
That's why Struktur Management Partner has been committed to social projects for over 25 years. In recent years, we have supported initiatives in the areas of emergency medical care, hunger and disaster relief, and especially aid for needy and seriously ill children, with nearly half a million euros. Regarding sustainability, we commissioned a carbon footprint analysis for our company. Based on this analysis, we offset our CO2 emissions and have been completely climate-neutral since 2019.
(Dietmar Buchfink)
(Marc-René Faerber)
(Konrad Fröhlich)
(Georgiy Michailov)
The SMP-Team
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