The demands made by companies on their top executives in various branches of business could hardly be more different. For example, a manager with a financial services company should have different personality traits from his colleague working for a consumer goods manufacturer. Even if an experienced, generally-oriented executive can perhaps adapt quickly, one branch of business will demand more operational orientation than one where the focus is on strategy. Corporate cultures in companies in the same business branch are frequently different. This is because companies gradually emphasize their individuality when competing for customers with the result that they complement each other.

Particularly when recruiting new managers, it is vital that the Top Executive Assessment not only takes the company-related demands and the existing corporate culture into account but also contrasts and evaluates the specific requirements of the branch with the candidate’s skills and personality characteristics. Hüffer AG has an above-average level of experience in the following business branches

• Financial services
• Consumer goods
• Service providers
• Wholesale and retail trade
• Industry
• Technology
• Financial investors

and can thus include its expertise in certain specific branches alongside its specialization in top executives.