Press releases 2008

November 17, 2008

Top German managers rely on coaching

95 % the German top managers feel coaching is effective. But only 9 % of companies offer it as a permanent element in their staff development programmes.

November 2, 2008

Top managers endorse salary cap for bank managers

Kudos to the German government: 57 % of German top managers welcome the proposed law, which would cap the management salaries at ailing banks at 500,000 EUR per year.

September 5, 2008

LAB & Company Personnel Consulting acquires financial services specialist

LAB Lachner Aden Beyer & Company GmbH has acquired MZ Consulting, a leading Frankfurt-based corporate and personnel consulting for banks and financial services providers, with effect from 1 September 2008. (M.).

May 19, 2008

Top managers benefit particularly from increase in bonuses

51 % of German executives received higher bonus payments for fiscal 2007 than for the previous year - but only one-fifth received a bonus exceeding 20 percent.

May 14, 2008

TU Munich President to chair LAB advisory board

Wolfgang A. Herrmann (60), a professor of chemistry and President of the Technical University of Munich (TUM), was appointed chairman of the advisory board of the international personnel consulting LAB Lachner Aden Beyer & Company at the board's constitutive meeting on 14 May 2008.

May 12, 2008

German managers are actively looking for jobs

37 percent of Germany's top managers would love to change their job. And a similar number (38 %) plan to change jobs in the medium term

February 18, 2008

Top managers regard membership in powerful elites as a career booster

For 69 % the German top managers, membership in powerful elites plays an important role in promotion decisions at work.

February 18, 2008

Zumwinkel affair confirms the rotten reputation of German top managers

The CEOs and managing directors at major corporations in Germany lack a sense of social responsibility.

January 20, 2008

German managers have their problems with business etiquette abroad

In times of globalisation, a detailed knowledge of international etiquette is becoming more and more crucial.

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