Hello, I'm the Nilpard. I represent Timmermann as a “heraldic animal”. My backside is that of a hippo, my front part is that of a cheetah. I stand for “transform stability”. With my agile front and my stable back, I combine two seemingly opposite characteristics. But I am steadfast and yet agile. This means that I am constantly evolving without being fragile or unstable. “Transform stability” is a state that we at Timmermann strive for every day, e.g. B. by being a learning community. We also help our clients to achieve this agile and at the same time stable state. The blue color symbolizes our structured way of thinking, while red represents our open hearts. This duality is also reflected in the “how” of our company: “With bright minds and open hearts”.
Real change takes time, so projects with us are typically between 1.5 and 5 years in duration. You don't have to make a long term commitment right from the start, of course. Get to know us first, and see how satisfied you are with our work. FYI: the intensity of the collaboration in each project will decrease somewhat over time, and we tend to take a more agile approach to projects (to what extent is up to you), and limit long-term planning, as reality usually overtakes long-ranging plans anyway.
Depending on the size of the change and the organization, a project might require up to 50, 200 or even 1,000+ person days. We carefully consider each individual case and discuss our recommendation very openly with you. You can, of course, start low-risk, by getting to know how the cooperation with us works first. See how satisfied you are with us, and what support needs you might identify, on closer inspection.
To achieve optimal impact, we usually assign five roles per project:
- Partner
- Project leader
- Expert (e.g. for Change Communication or New Work Architecture)
- (Senior) Consultant
- Junior Consultant (in our case, this is an intern)
In smaller projects, two roles might be covered by one person, while with larger projects, roles can be occupied by more than one person.
We prefer to design sustainable and long-term change programs with clients who mean business. If we can support you in any other way with our expertise, we will happily do so. You can, of course, start low-risk, by getting to know how the cooperation with us works first. See how satisfied you are with us, and what support needs you might identify, on closer inspection.
There are two main types of management consulting.
Traditional management consultancies are often excellent at providing technical and/or strategic advice. But they are less excellent at implementing their solutions. And in day-to-day business, the value of the solutions gets lost. These kinds of consultancies are not well-versed in how to really change a corporate culture, although they often claim to be change and communication professionals.
Change consultants work with individuals and groups in organizations on soft issues. The term "consulting" can be misleading here, particularly when only training courses, workshops, coaching sessions and other such measures are applied and the management consulting element is left out.
Combining both these worlds and helping companies to develop holistically, i.e. professionally/strategically and culturally, is what we call "Consulting 2.0".
Have a browse through our sample projects to get a better idea of what we mean. Also, why not take a look at our own change management professional training course "Living Change", or simply join us for a workshop or an out-of-the-ordinary team training session, to get a more detailed look and feel of our work?
We do consulting 2.0, which means that we provide strategic advice on content and, at the same time, work with you to ensure that the results are actually put into practice. In this context, change management is just as important as the more classic business consulting approach.
In addition, we provide many non-advisory services, especially in the areas of change communication, new work architecture, change and learning software, and training.
We work successfully with companies from a wide range of industries. We focus on financial services, technical companies, public organizations, and pharmaceutical & chemical industries.
We do not work for the following industries/clients for ethical reasons: armament, animal industry, tobacco, alcohol, oil & gas, coal, nuclear fission, dictators/unjust regimes.
Differences to classic management consultancies:
The best-known consultancies provide primarily technical and strategic advice. Change is, if considered at all, clearly a subordinate topic for them, which does not fit into their own corporate culture. Their projects typically last a few weeks or 3 to 6 months at most. The implementation of their (often excellent) concepts is mostly left up to the clients. We, however...
If there is a couch nearby, you are welcome to sit or lie down on it at any time, if you like :o) However, our methods are not psychoanalysis or therapy and we won't need you to lie down on a couch, either figuratively or physically. That said, change always involves altering the attitudes and behaviors of each individual. This requires you to open up and work on yourself, but only as much as you want to. You are always in control, if you want to be. We are happy to support you in your further development, and also offer coaching. The same principle applies to everything we do: "Open to everyone, obligatory for no one".
In short, there is plenty! For example, we can't (yet) manage climbing routes beyond 8+, we certainly won't win a football match against an professional team, and as we don't have green fingers, it is fortunate we have a gardener for our office garden. Above all, we are not a specialist consultancy. We do not support clients with deep technical detail questions about e.g. controlling, capacitors or IT. However, our sound knowledge of business and technology enables us to connect with and fundamentally understand what is at stake in any given specialist project. And this means we're capable of taking on our specific tasks in the respective project.