Methodology

Performance and satisfaction arise when the profile and potential have been optimally aligned with the company's existing or intended leadership position and goals.

The LSG rating provides the basis for a systematic and qualified selection of personnel. LSG &Langanke AG combines different scientifically sound assessment methods. The primary goal is always to objectify the assessment of candidates with measurable standards. As a key success factor, a special emphasis is placed on the combination of the professional and personal suitability of a candidate.
•    Our consulting approach is based on the following concept:
•    Personality characteristics are collected through psychological testing.
•    We track previous career success through targeted questioning in interviews.

Past patterns of behavior are determined by the personal addressing of qualified reference providers.
All impressions are recorded centrally in our LSG rating and evaluated according to a standardized system using a coefficient. Here, the subjective impressions of the consultant are transparently contrasted with the reference impressions and the results of the psychological test procedure.
Consequently, we generate the following advantages:
•    optimal recording of professional and personal candidate characteristics,
•    objective assessment of the candidates,
•    Measurability and optimal comparability of candidate quality.

As an accompanying element, the evaluated contents are forwarded to all involved persons in the course of a 360-degree feedback. We thus create a sustainable added value for the candidate. Furthermore, we generate an objective and transparent presentation of the candidate for our client.
 

Supervisory Board / Advisory Board / Board of Directors

At a time when supervisory board members are increasingly coming under public and shareholder scrutiny, requirements governing the search for suitable personalities to replace incumbent board members are becoming more and more stringent.

Our “Supervisory board / advisory board / governing board” division creates a platform for encounters, exchanges and the appointment of supervisory / advisory / governing board members for the optimum benefit of both parties.

With the advent of new expectations in terms of quality, the division is undergoing change. It is gradually becoming less common for people to be appointed to supervisory boards via the personal network, move up through the ranks of the managing board or be nominated to ensure maximum public representation, as the focus turns to the necessity of professional qualifications and the true function of this body: to supervise and advise the management board.

Independence and experience, integrity and a sense of responsibility, skill at keeping managing board salaries and bonuses within socially acceptable limits, recognising and preventing decisions which may appear profitable in the short term but may damage the company in the long term, and the resulting ability to plan in a far-sighted and sustained fashion beyond quarterly performance – these are the hallmarks of the modern supervisory/advisory board.

We act as a professional platform for all these requirements, working with a hand-picked network that enjoys optimum support and has grown over many years. We either know or can find the right members of these bodies – competently, discreetly and reliably.