Ep 56 - Dr. Gunnar Binnewies - Supercharged Hiring: How to Acquire Teams of Consultants and Integrate Them With Your Company

LEADERS IN CONSULTING

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 to consider acquiring a team of consultants and when to hire individually
2. How to identify senior consultants and convince them to join your company
3. How direct outreach via LinkedIn can help you land face-to-face meetings with senior talent
4. How to integrate a new team of consultants with your company culture
5. What Gunnar looks for in new hires and how he finds them
About Gunnar:
Dr. Gunnar Binnewies is a partner at goetzpartners in Munich. He is Head of Restructuring and Turnaround with a focus on Workforce Transformation and Head of the Healthcare Industry Group. He has extensive experience in management consulting and specializes in restructuring, especially workforce transformation programs. In these, he often acts as a mediator between the employer and the employees, with the aim of making the organization as a whole, with its locations, skills, and processes, fit for the future. Dr. Gunnar Binnewies studied business administration and economics at the University of Bayreuth, the ESC Rouen (France), and the University of Hanover and received his doctorate from the University of Bayreuth.
Find Gunnar on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gunnar-binnewies/
Gunnar's business book recommendation:
The Power of a Positive No: How to Say No and Still Get to Yes - William Ury https://tinyurl.com/7mzeerp4
Gunnar's favorite podcast:
Der Phrasenmäher mit Henning Feindt: Fußball-Podcast von BILD - https://www.bild.de/phrasenmaeher
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About goetzpartners:
goetzpartners offers independent consulting for the core issues of entrepreneurial action: strategy, M&A, and transformation. With more than 250 consultants in 12 offices and 9 countries, they advise executives in all key industries.
Website: https://www.goetzpartners.com
Industry: Business Consulting and Services
Company size: 201-500
Headquarters: Munich
Founded: 1991
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About the host Sammy:
Sammy and SAWOO offer a B2B community-building service that establishes you as a thought leader in your industry and helps you build genuine, human-to-human relationships with your dream clients.
Get in touch with Sammy here on LinkedIn.
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Past guests on the LEADERS IN CONSULTING Podcast include: Friederich von Hurter, Melanie Tobler, Tilman Au, and many more!