What should you do in your first 60 days as the new Managing Partner of a boutique consultancy? Tune into this episode with Dr. Gerhard Nowak, Managing Partner of IFP Consulting, as he discusses the keys to successful consulting leadership, the importance of understanding organizational culture, and the value of building trust with clients and teams. He also delves into the strategic goals for IFP Consulting, the significance of partnerships in expanding service offerings, and the crucial role of digital capabilities in today's competitive market. You'll learn: 1. Why Gerhard left Bain to become a managing shareholder of the boutique consulting company IFP Consulting 2. What you should do during the first 60 days as the new Managing Partner of a boutique consultancy 3. The importance of trust-building with clients and teams in a people-centric consulting business. 4. How Gerhard positions his boutique consultancy for growth (competition, service offerings, and cooperation) 5. How embracing digital tools and capabilities helps you drive innovation and maintain a competitive advantage. _________ About Dr. Gerhard Nowak: Dr. Gerhard Nowak is Managing Partner at IFP consulting, based in Munich. Gerhard brings more than 25 years of international industry and consulting experience. He is a leading practitioner in operations strategy and (digital) operations excellence improvement, and has a particularly strong spike within Automotive, Manufacturing and Electronics. Gerhard has spearheaded multiple projects in Europe, the U.S. and Asia. Off work, Gerhard is passionate about restoring oldtimer trucks – a far less automated and digital project, but still equally challenging. Find Gerhard on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerhard-nowak/ _________ About IFP Consulting: IFP Consulting was founded in 1986 as a spin-off of the iwb at the Technical University of Munich by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joachim Milberg. With the aim of putting ideas from research into practice, an established consultancy for production and logistics has emerged over the years. Main activities are factory planning, production and logistics planning, supply chain and operations excellence. With ifp analytics there is also a strong spike for digital challenges. ifp consulting is serving clients from big corporates to midsize companies with a focus on the European market, but with the ability to provide project support also on a global level. Website: https://www.ifpconsulting.de/ Industry: Construction, Consulting, Project Management Company size: 30 Headquarters: Garching, Germany Founded: 1986 _________ 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. __________ Past guests on the LEADERS IN CONSULTING Podcast include: Dr. Stefan Sambol, Dr. Andreas Baader and Rainer Majcen, Friederich von Hurter, Peter Feldmeier, Alexander Kainer, and many more.