The KeyPlayer Principle – Highest Recommendation Quality Guaranteed

When success should not be a coincidence.

Staffing can quickly become a strategic success factor if expectations are not met, wrong decisions are made or planned targets are missed.

Our promise and positioning is the recommendation-proof filling of key positions (interim and permanent) and key projects. With the KEYPLAYER PRINCIPLE, we have consistently aligned our organization, structures, incentives, values and team to this positioning and to the fulfillment of our brand promise. The consistent implementation of the individual building blocks and anchoring of the principles and philosophy of the KEYPLAYER PRINCIPLE in our corporate DNA have led us to strong performance and referral-based growth, awards and, above all, certainty of results for our clients in successfully filling their key positions and projects in recent years. Recommendation reliability and recommendation quality are always the measure of all things for us when filling key positions; both were the motivation for founding KEYPLAYER and both are goals of the KEYPLAYER PRINCIPLE.

Our practical approach, which allows us to adopt the practical perspective in the manager's assessment. Our Senior Advisor Board provides additional and selective support.
Our practical guarantors and reference network, because first-hand recommendations are the safest recommendations and good managers attract good managers. Our Senior Advisor Board also provides additional and selective support.
We assume financial responsibility for our recommendations with our performance guarantee, which is unique in Europe, especially in executive search. KEYPLAYER pursues a rigorous focus on quality rather than transactions, consistently underpins its positioning for the highest referral security and quality and thus sets new standards in personnel consulting and recruitment.
Our value compass and our values are the firm foundation of our performance culture and quality orientation. Binding values are our basis for trusting cooperation and long-term joint success. Values such as honesty for transparency in differentiated recommendations, performance and passion to do our homework thoroughly before making a recommendation and to take responsibility for our recommendations in order to achieve reliability in our manager recommendations.
Certification and testing of your KEYPLAYER: Successful accreditation by us including reference checks as a minimum requirement before we recommend a manager up to our exclusive KEYPLAYER rating by our colleagues with practical experience. Our Senior Advisor Board also provides additional and selective support.

Our proximity to practice, which gives us access to exclusive practice networks in addition to our manager pool. Our Senior Advisor Board provides additional and selective support.
Our Active Search Executive Relations Team, which continuously, permanently and actively identifies KEYPLAYERS in a structured manner, even if not project-related.
Our innovative internal AI and AI applications, which help us to identify potential KEYPLAYERS worldwide before they are included in our accreditation process by our Executive Relations Team.
Our reference network in which relevant reference providers and practice guarantors make relevant and reliable recommendations.
Our KEYPLAYER App (launch in 2024), which provides technological support in recommending KEYPLAYERS from practice networks.

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Our KeyTeam for you

The key
to success.

KEYPLAYER –
an effective
building block for your
business success.

Staffing can quickly become a strategic success factor if expectations are not met, wrong decisions are made or planned targets are missed. Thanks to our practical experience and expertise in the respective tasks and positions, we quickly recognize the success factors in your situation and who the right KEYPLAYER is for you. Our integral consulting approach and our personal first-hand recommendation network, some of whom are exclusive managers, guarantee you the highest quality of recommendation and therefore reliable results for your projects - and not just when it counts. This is what we stand for with our name and our unique performance guarantee.

Our KEYPLAYERS are experienced and proven experts, masters of their trade - real guarantors of success who keep their promises and deliver exactly what you expect from them: “High performance at its best”. Genuine team players with leadership qualities who can inspire, convince and motivate. In addition to their expertise, a strong personality and pronounced social skills, they are characterized by their unconditional commitment, real passion and the inner conviction that they always want to complete their mission successfully - this is how the big points are made. This is what makes them so unique and at the same time so valuable for your company.

Our
Performance-
guarantee

We have deep confidence in our accuracy and know about the special qualities and reliability of our recommended KEYPLAYERs to manage and master even the most complex tasks to your satisfaction. This allows us to offer you this exclusive service.

We take responsibility and stand by our brand promise to always provide you with the right high performer, precisely and reliably. That's why you pay our commission mainly depending on your satisfaction with our KEYPLAYER, in the spirit of fair cooperation based on partnership. We would be happy to inform you personally about this topic.

We take responsibility and stand by our brand promise to always provide you with the right high performer, precisely and reliably. If, contrary to expectations, you are not completely satisfied with our KEYPLAYER during the trial period, we will make suggestions for a replacement free of charge and will also pay you back half of our commission. We will be happy to inform you personally on this subject.

Our integral consulting process
for filling key positions
in 6 phases

01

Identification of success factors from a practicalperspective

Creation of a 360° hard & soft fact requirements profile
02

Search and interview rounds to create a suitable longlist

Additional use of our exclusive practice recommendation network with Active Network Research
03

Creation of a shortlist of suitable candidates

360° screening & matching as well as quality assurance through the six-eyes principle in our Senior Advisor Board
04

Presentation of the candidates
05

KEYPLAYER Mandating with full service around the mandate
06

Pursuing the agreed goals and expectations

Advice from a practical perspective

We advise you on how to fill key positions and key projects with responsibility for results and provide you with the managers who can effectively and successfully master your business challenges and thus make a measurable contribution to your company's success - your KEYPLAYERS.

Thanks to our practical experience and expertise in the respective tasks and positions, we quickly recognize the success factors in your situation and who the right KEYPLAYER is for you. Our integral consulting approach and our personal, first-hand recommendation network with managers, some of whom are exclusive, guarantee you the highest level of certainty of results for your projects and key functions - and not just when it counts. This is what we stand for with our name and our unique performance guarantee.

What our clients say:

Thanks to KEYPLAYER's support, we were able to fill an interim management position in logistics quickly and with outstanding quality. The manager who was placed excelled with a very strong operational performance and made a significant contribution to stabilizing our business during the peak season with his in-depth professional expertise.

FRANK ALBERS
CFO UND CEO
ROTKÄPPCHEN-MUMM SEKTKELLEREIEN GMBH
KEYPLAYER has become a reliable partner for me in filling key positions for our national and international portfolio companies, both for interim mandates and permanent appointments. The managers recommended by KEYPLAYER for permanent positions and critical interim mandates have also proven to be perfect hits in practice. What I appreciate about KEYPLAYER is the reliability and quality of the recommendations based on the practical perspective of the people involved.

Lena An der Lan
Head of Human Resources
Mutares SE & Co. KGaA
KEYPLAYER more than exceeded our expectations in successfully filling our interim CEO position. We were impressed not only by the speed and accuracy of fit, but also by the manager who convinced everyone 100% in practice. This is our idea of effective cooperation.

Annette Stocker
HR Director
Liberta Partners
For critical interim and permanent positions, we trust the quality of KEYPLAYER's recommendations.

Cecilia Hummel
Head of HR
Aurelius
KEYPLAYER succeeded in identifying three top candidates for the role of interim COO within just a few days. All three could have been considered for this responsible position, but one candidate particularly impressed us in the preliminary interviews. And he delivered what he promised: excellent expertise, communication skills and character; he was also a real team player who I could rely on right up to the last day of his appointment. Since this extraordinary experience, I have come to see KEYPLAYER as a partner on an equal footing who I can count on when it really matters: when filling critical (interim) key positions. KEYPLAYER delivers what its name promises.

Felix Schwabedal
CEO
Cycle Union
I have known Mr. Bretag for more than fifteen years from working together in various constellations and I greatly appreciate his professional and even more his human qualifications. He is characterized by the passion, dedication and professionalism of a former competitive athlete and the highest quality standards of a turnaround manager, shaped by Struktur Management Partner, with which he reliably delivers the best and most sustainable solutions for his clients. In particular, his understanding of the respective company situation from his own practical experience and his demand for tailor-made placements with a high degree of certainty of results make the difference.

Georgiy Michailov
Managing Partner
Struktur Management Partner
KEYPLAYER is a reliable partner in executive search that I rely on for accurate and successful appointments to key positions. I can recommend the KEYPLAYER team personally and professionally without reservation based on the positive experience of various mandates. I greatly appreciate the cooperation with KEYPLAYER, which also reflects the many years of practical experience of the contact persons, who also pursue a pragmatic, goal-oriented and down-to-earth consulting approach.

Stefan Hauer
Managing Director
Palero Capital GmbH
With KEYPLAYER we were able to fill a CEO position quickly and accurately with an absolute top candidate. The competence, professionalism of the KEYPLAYER team and the quality of the candidates presented convinced us in a very pleasant and efficient recruitment process, so that we can recommend KEYPLAYER without reservation.

Annika Sunnanväder
CEO
LS medcap GmbH
We asked KEYPLAYER to support us with the recruitment of a Senior Advisor for one of our German Portfolio Company in the Healthcare Sector. They identified very high profiles within a short period of times. We are very happy with the placement and the very professional support from KEYPLAYER.

Athanasios Zoulovits
Partner
InfraVia Capital Partners, Paris
Very pleasant and personal cooperation at eye level. The team quickly delivers candidate profiles of very good quality. A clear recommendation!

Christin Bresler
Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition
Schaltbau GmbH
What I particularly appreciate about KEYPLAYER, apart from their tailor-made recommendations for difficult management tasks, is their integrity, professionalism and practical experience in working together.

Bernd Eckel
Managing Partner
Quadriga Capital

Our value compass

Our values compass is both an orientation and a requirement for our team and plays an important role in our open and direct feedback culture. We believe in values and their importance for a functioning society and for fair and sustainable business relationships. The starting point and orientation for all our actions is our code of values with our eight core values.

Honesty

Transparent and honest, open interaction with one another

Performance

KEYPLAYER are high performers and effective. That is our claim and our promise. To achieve this, we also live a performance culture internally.

Respect

Respect for and appreciation of the people involved in every situation and position.

Integrity

Authenticity and consistent adherence to values and personal principles.

Trust

Trust is the basis for every successful relationship. Trust is our greatest asset and the result of our work, because recommendations for critical key positions are a matter of trust.

Responsibility

Take 100% responsibility for our own actions. We are aware of the responsibility for the consequences of our recommendations and do our homework before we make a recommendation.

Liability

We deliver what we promise and do not promise what we cannot deliver.

Passion

Passion as the driving force behind performance, taking people with us and writing success stories together.

Keyplayer is an official partner of the Werte-Stiftung foundation

The Values Foundation advocates living values in society, promoting performance, the obligation to give back and social cohesion in Germany. We see the consolidation of a consensus of values oriented towards the common good as the key to this. We believe that values are the skeleton of every society; they provide stability and are a basic prerequisite for positive development. Together with the Werte-Stiftung and Deutsche Sporthilfe, we support and accompany value-oriented competitive athletes in their careers after sport as a personal concern and from personal experience.

Certification & testing
Your key players

Our interim managers, executive managers and supervisory board members are all genuine KEYPLAYERS. An incomparable, in some cases exclusive, first-hand personal core network as well as transparent references and reviews by practitioners create a high level of recommendation security.

We take a lot of time to get to know our managers from the extended network personally, from the initial accreditation to the quality award with our KEYPLAYER rating.

Our key segments

In these segments and industries, we can score points for you

We expect our managers (both interim and permanent) to be effective immediately. Therefore, in addition to functional and thematic expertise, deep industry experience is often essential for our managers. We ensure this in our pre-selection process through our senior and industry advisors.