"I was faced with the task of quickly turning an infrastructure-oriented network operator with traditional structures into a service brand that successfully addresses end customers. Given this situation and the large number of change projects with limited time frames, an Atreum Manager was the fastest, and indeed the only way to achieve our goals."

Markus Schmid, CEO and President of TeleColumbus Group on employing an interim COO and general manager (2009)

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Performance Management

"For lasting success in reorganizations, restructurings and strategic reorientations"

At the latest since the beginning of the financial crisis, performance management to gain control of the situation has now become part of the everyday business of many companies. But the managers themselves aren't yet crisis proof. Studies show that it is largely implementation errors that are responsible for the failure of restructuring concepts. There are many reasons for this: The management underestimates the extent of the crisis and starts its reorganization efforts too late, there is a lack of experience in realizing transformation tasks and no strong second management level. Management and leadership deficits are not eliminated sustainably, and often the need to use all available resources to handle the day-to-day company business makes it difficult to launch and execute a timely turnaround.

In other words: It is the people at the top who make the difference. That is why company owners, management, private equity companies and banks are increasingly choosing to look for management support from outside the company.

In the critical phases of crisis, Atreus helps its clients get back on the road to sustainable success:

We quickly provide one or two interim managers with restructuring experience, who take on total responsibility for their results.
Where required, we also provide additional hand-picked consultants or even entire interim teams that have worked together before, to help the restructuring team.
We use an innovative remuneration model that combines fixed and variable remuneration components.
We always feel responsible to the company we are working for. We understand the interests of the various stakeholders and always strive to find consensus solutions that benefit the company.