Executive Consulting

Optimising top management resources is a key issue for leading corporations – whether it’s looking to acquire talent or to retain, manage and develop talent in line with the organisation’s strategic evolution. Neumann Executive Consulting can draw on 35 years of experience consulting with top level management. We identify gaps in talent in the client organisation and work with organisations to ensure they have management teams finely tuned and able to meet the challenges of the future.

We use a holistic approach to assess the management capabilities within client organisations and make sure the right people are doing the right jobs in the right places with the right support. The future success of organisations depends on how effectively they meet new challenges and react to “constant change”. Neumann Executive Consulting combines industry know how with human resources expertise to help develop high performing leaders and organisations.

Our broad range of solution-oriented methods are designed to maximise clients' success in pursuing their corporate strategies, and the efficiency of top executives. Mergers, acquisitions and change of management are everyday occurrences in today’s business world and are delicate tasks that call for the experience, expertise and discretion of the Neumann Executive Consulting team. The Executive Consulting team uses management and leadership evaluation tools to provide our clients with a detailed assessment of their top management and leadership team. An in-depth analysis is undertaken to identify the strengths and development areas of leadership teams as well as to assess the opportunities and threats posed by each individual’s attitudes and behavioural patterns, and their impact on the company. We benchmark participating leadership teams against potential candidates in the market at local and international level in order to more accurately measure potential within a leadership team and define ongoing development objectives for individuals and organisations. Neumann International provides companies with neutrality, openness and vision in their evaluation of individual potential and solutions to reshape management teams.

Neumann Executive Consulting encompasses three main approaches:

1. Management Coaching
2. Management Evaluation
3. Management Audit
   

Each project strategy is developed in partnership with the client based on the company's objectives and needs and requirements.

MANAGEMENT COACHING

Management Coaching provides each participating manager with a new approach to their career through:

• an in-depth review of past achievements
• analysis of past and current learning curve activity and progression
• helping managers understand management and corporate challenges
• offering a neutral and interactive sounding board on managerial issues faced by the participating manager
• supporting the manager develop strategies for facing challenges

Management Coaching is a tool which improves the individual's capacity to operate as a highly skilled manager for his own and the organisation's benefit.

MANAGEMENT EVALUATION

Management Evaluation offers an in-depth appraisal of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of each respective senior manager and executive participating in the process and examines what impact these may have on the capacity of the corporation to achieve its objectives and success.

Evaluation is also conducted at a team level to overview both individuals and teams. At the conclusion of the process, clients are provided with a thorough and comprehensive report on results and suggested strategies and solutions to address issues.

MANAGEMENT AUDIT

Management Audit offers a broad solution to organisations by:

• assessing the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the management team and of each of its individual components, in order to better allocate the resources and structure and develop the management team
• benchmarking participants against the local (and international ) potential candidate market
• understanding the team dynamics, professional synergies or oppositions in order to better design successful teams
• understanding the drivers and values of the management team and of its individuals in order to motivate and manage individual members of the team and ensure their drivers and values are in harmony with the organisation’s
• accompanying organisations during the structure design, organization charting and staffing of the company’s entities
• coaching participants on changes to support clients during the implementation phase
• transferring the acquired knowledge to the client for supporting future Human Resources management efforts, using state-of-the-art I.T. tools.

Alfredo Brisac is Partner and Managing Director of Neumann International Spain specialized in Executive Search and Executive Consulting. Additionally he is the leader of the Professional Services International Sector Practice group.

Previous Experience

Prior to joining Neumann International, Alfredo was a Vice President with AT Kearney. He has over 18 years of consulting experience in corporate and operations strategy. His work has been performed in a variety of industries, with specialist focus in automotive, consumer goods, process manufacturing, electronics, construction and financial services. He has undertaken professional work in Europe, USA, South America and Far East. He started his career as Total Quality Manager at Thornton Associates (a manufacturer of industrial control systems for the semiconductor industry, associated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in Massachusetts, U.S.

Education

Alfredo Brisac is Industrial Engineer from the North Eastern University (MSc) and Master in Business Administration from Bentley College. He attended the Advanced Management Program of the Japanese Industry Ministry (MITI).