Experiences made with ProgressMaker®
Customer Voices
“Matthias Kolbusa puts his finger in the wound when it comes to implementation weaknesses. His ‘recipes’ are sometimes uncomfortable, but always effective.”
Richard Lutz, CEO, Deutsche Bahn AG
“The ProgressMaker® approach consistently brings the entire team into a stronger focus on results and progress.”
Prof. Dr. Carsten Intra, Chairman of the Management Board, Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge
“The implementation philosophy of the ProgressMaker® has convinced us. The focus on results and implementation performance is noticeably increasing.“
Udo Wilcsek, Member of Management Board, ALH Gruppe
“ProgressMaker® is currently probably the best tool for managing complex transformations based on OKR and transforming dependencies between projects into synergies. It is not just the individual project, but the positive interaction between them that makes the difference.“
Dr.-Ing. Carsten Sürig, Managing Director (CFO & CPO), Techem GmbH
“The ProgressMaker® is to us the single source of truth for the strategy implementation.”
Bernhard Osburg, CEO, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG
“The strength of the ProgressMaker® is not so much in the functionalities, but in the power to lead the whole organization noticeably to a result and progress orientation. This is and remains challenging, but it is really moving us forward.”
Björn Schniederkötter, Managing Director, HOYER GmbH Internationale Fachspedition
“Kolbusa is one of the few who not only knows how agile strategy implementation works, but also achieves results in practice.”
Markus Reithwiesner, former CEO, Haufe Gruppe, Entrepreneur of the Year, Partner HG Capital
“Kolbusa is definitely one of the most knowledgeable consultants in the field of strategy and change. Thank you for the always valuable cooperation!”
Sebastian Jurczyk, Chairman of the Management Board, Stadtwerke Münster
“With the support of ProgressMaker®, we are able to close the gap between our strategy and the OKRs and projects even better. The additional transparency and clear target orientation make us more coordinated and effective across all levels.”
Wolfgang Neubauer, CEO, ProSiebenSat.1 Tech Solutions GmbH
“It’s amazing how Mr. Kolbusa masters complexities and makes them discussable. This is how real management commitment is created.
Dr. Jörg Ritter, Management Board, BTC AG
“The OKR method with its consistent focus on objectives has helped us to advance our growth topics across departments. Tracking the OKRs in ProgressMaker® was simple and very transparent.”
Heike Niehues, CEO, Customized Solutions Webasto Group
“As part of the realignment of QSC AG, Mr. Kolbusa helped us to gain massive competitive strength. In terms of content as well as in relation to the management team itself.”
Jürgen Hermann, CEO, QSC AG
“Transparency and commitment are very important to us. ProgressMaker® promotes this in the prioritization and implementation of our transformation projects.”
Dr. Sören Trebst, Chairman of the Management Board (CEO), 1&1 Versatel GmbH
“Speed of implementation becomes a competitive advantage in itself. Matthias Kolbusa shows how this competitive competence can be developed.”
Achim Berg, former CEO Arvato AG and CEO Microsoft Deutschland, act. Operating Partner General Atlantic and President BITKOM e.V.
“ProgressMaker® is a great help in managing complex programs with many players in a transparent, networked and, above all, results-oriented manner.”
Carsten Evers, CFO, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG
