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Ongoing support & sparring

A dependable partner at your side, beyond the strategy.

The problems

What is holding
you back today.

  • Good plans stall because in daily life there is no partner pushing them forward.
  • On important decisions there is no honest second opinion from an equal.
  • You carry the responsibility alone, with nobody to ask the uncomfortable questions.
  • External consultants talk a lot but disappear as soon as it comes to implementation.
Our analysis

Understand first,
then build.

First we get to know your plans, your team and your context. Only someone who understands the day-to-day can put decisions in proper perspective. On that basis we become a permanent sparring partner who thinks along with you rather than just presenting.

01

Getting on board

We get to know your plans, your team and your context.

02

Thinking along

Regular exchange: putting decisions in context, naming risks, holding the course.

03

Staying with it

We stay with you to the result, not just to the presentation.

The solution

How we
solve it.

  • One permanent contact

    You always speak to the same person, someone who knows your business and takes responsibility.

  • Regular sparring

    In fixed sessions we put decisions in context, name the risks and hold the course.

  • Honest rather than agreeable

    We say the uncomfortable things too, because you get more from those than from agreement.

  • Beyond the strategy

    We stay with you to the result, not just to the next presentation.

Ongoing support & sparring

Never finished,
always improving.

A system is never finished, because your business keeps developing. As a permanent sparring partner we adjust, extend and restructure alongside you, step by step.

A permanent sparring partner

In fixed sessions we look at your processes together, question decisions and think ideas through before they cost money.

Quick wins first

We start with what brings immediate relief. Quick, visible wins build trust and clear the head for the bigger topics.

Improve in iterations

In short loops we adjust and extend step by step, test in real use and build on what genuinely works. No big bang.

Restructuring

If your business changes fundamentally, we restructure the system with it, so that it follows your new processes rather than the other way round.

The result: You are never left alone with your issues. Your system stays current and grows with your business instead of becoming a millstone over time.
Support that lasts

We stay
at your side.

Here, staying power is not an add-on, it is the core. We stay at your side as long as you need us and step back as soon as your team carries it themselves. You make decisions with more confidence, you stay with them, and you are no longer alone with your issues.

  • A permanent contact who meets you as an equal
  • Regular sparring sessions
  • Honest perspective rather than flattery
  • Support through to a measurable result
Funding

Your consulting may be
eligible for funding.

ibx is a consultant registered with BAFA, the German federal office that runs public funding for business consulting. Whether funding is available for your project, and how much, depends on the individual programme, on your company and on the funds currently available. We check that in the free initial conversation, and we will tell you honestly if nothing fits. This does not create any entitlement to funding. Every application is decided by the granting authority alone.

Common questions

Das werden wir zu Ongoing support & sparring
am häufigsten gefragt.

Beratung endet mit einer Empfehlung, Sparring begleitet die Entscheidung. Wir sind in festen Terminen dabei, ordnen ein, benennen Risiken und stellen die unbequemen Fragen. Sie bekommen keine Präsentation, sondern jemanden, der Ihr Unternehmen kennt und dranbleibt.
Mit einem festen Ansprechpartner, nicht mit wechselnden Projektteams. ibx company ist das Einzelunternehmen von Michel Winkler aus Hannover, Sie reden immer mit demselben Menschen, der Ihren Betrieb kennt.
In einem festen Takt, den wir gemeinsam auf Ihr Vorhaben abstimmen. Wichtiger als die Frequenz ist, dass die Termine stattfinden und dazwischen jemand erreichbar ist, wenn eine Entscheidung nicht warten kann.
So lange, wie Sie sie brauchen. Wir ziehen uns zurück, sobald Ihr Team die Themen selbst trägt, und sagen das auch von uns aus.
It may well be. ibx is a consultant registered with BAFA, the German Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control. Whether a programme fits your project, and how much funding it carries, depends on your company, on the individual programme and on the funds currently available. We check that in the free initial conversation, before you commit to anything. Every application is decided by the granting authority alone, so there is no automatic entitlement.
The result

You make decisions with more confidence, and you stay with them.

In a free first conversation we look at your situation and show you what is actually possible. No obligation, no sales pressure.