Simply better, faster - actively shaping the new world of work.
Erfolgsucher is aimed at motivated people and organizations who are actively striving for Success and want to grow continuously – true to the motto ‘Why not’ instead of ‘Yes, but’.
We provide essential tools, signposts and assistance to help teams achieve ambitious success goals effectively and securely.
Participants benefit from structured Success Paths, good practices of excellent organizations, understandable language, playful learning and appreciation for their contributions to success.
The technology provides creative inspiration and does all the hard work.
The founders: Robert Knop and Christian Forstner
Robert Knop
Dr., MBA, Dipl. Kfm.
Robert Knop is an expert in digital transformation with the special ability to intuitively and playfully integrate principles of business excellence into digital tools.
Robert Knop has three excellent degrees in business administration. He learned the consulting trade as a strategy manager at the world’s largest management consultancy: Accenture. He deepened his knowledge of corporate management through various management roles in the investment sector, including as CIO, CFO and CMO in SME investments, as well as CEO of a listed company. As Consulting Director of the Swiss company Zühlke Engineering AG, he built up the “Digital Transformation” business area. In total, he can look back on hundreds of successful projects.
Robert is now an international assessor for business excellence, a member of the foundation board of ESPRIX Excellence Suisse, a certified coach for the German Federal Employment Agency (“Agil in die Zukunft”, INQA) and a passionate AI developer.
With Erfolgsucher, he has found his calling, in which he can use all his talents together with Dr. Christian Forstner.
Christian Forstner
Dr. sc. nat. (ETH)
Christian Forstner is a top international expert in business excellence.
Christian Forstner is not only an expert in the construction of nuclear power plants.
He became an entrepreneur during his 25 years in management at Siemens.
As an independent business excellence coach, consultant and analyst, he has been supporting organizations of all sizes worldwide – from international corporations to small businesses – in various industries and cultures for more than 20 years.
His precise powers of observation led to the discovery of a “recipe for success” that always leads to success in a natural way.
This led to the development of the “Success-Thread”, the basis for all offers from Erfolgsucher.
Together with Dr. Robert Knop, Christian is bringing his life’s work into the Digital World.
Robert Knop
Dr., MBA, Dipl. Kfm.
Robert Knop is an expert in digital transformation with the special ability to intuitively and playfully integrate principles of business excellence into digital tools.
Robert Knop has three excellent degrees in business administration. He learned the consulting trade as a strategy manager at Accenture. He deepened his knowledge of corporate management through various management roles in the private equity sector, including as CIO, CFO and CMO in SME investments, as well as CEO of a listed company. As Consulting Director of the Swiss company Zühlke Engineering AG, he built up the “Digital Transformation” business area.
Robert is now an international assessor for business excellence, a member of the foundation board of ESPRIX Excellence Suisse, a certified coach for the German Federal Employment Agency (“Agil in die Zukunft”, INQA) and a passionate AI developer.
With Erfolgsucher, he has found his calling, in which he can use all his talents together with Christian.
Christian Forstner
Dr. sc. nat. (ETH)
Christian Forstner is a top international expert in business excellence.
Christian Forstner founded his company CFyouradvantage.com during his 25 years of management work at Siemens. As an independent business excellence coach, consultant and analyst, he has made countless organizations in many industries and cultures around the world successful since 2000, from international corporations to small businesses.
His scientific powers of observation helped him to discover a simple recipe for success that has always led to success. This gave rise to the Success-Thread (5-STEPS-to-Excellence), the basis for all offers in Erfolgsucher.
Together with Robert, Christian is transferring his life’s work to the digital world.
What drives us?
We enable organizations to master their challenges three times more effectively by systematically unleashing the hidden potential of their employees.
A lack of skilled workers and a lack of expertise in artificial intelligence (AI) are currently the biggest obstacles to companies’ future development.
This is where Erfolgsucher comes in: We offer an innovative fusion of digital, AI-powered Success Paths. The focus is on the employees, who are encouraged together with the management to exploit their hidden potential. In doing so, they apply the practices of excellent organizational development in a low-threshold manner.
This powerful synergy enables a completely new dimension of innovation and efficiency.
Why are there Erfolgsuchers?
Small and medium-sized enterprises, or“SMEs” for short, share many strategic and cultural challenges with large companies. The difference: you have significantly less time, resources and money.
Erfolgsucher offers an innovative solution here. solution. With the help of structured, digital Success Paths, all employees can now contribute to success. And without any prior knowledge or academic gobbledygook. And also at off-peak times, when there’s not much going on or when you’re somewhere else.
This makes Business Excellence accessible to organizations of all sizes for the first time. From car garages to international corporations.
What could be better for a manager than when the team trains itself, plans systematically, acts independently and takes responsibility for the results?
Das Konzept hinter Erfolgsucher - und die Idee hinter der "Neuen Arbeitswelt"
What makes us unique?
Erfolgsucher is suitable for motivated people and organizations who are actively seeking success and want to continuously develop. So“Why not?” instead of “Yes, but”.
We bring the adventure back to the office. We use state-of-the-art technology such as AI and data analytics, understandable language, simple procedures, gamification and lots of appreciation.
Our guiding values by which we measure ourselves
coherent approach
The key to success is good, comprehensible decisions and meaningful actions. Your paths to success should be coherent!
Success must be rewarding and attractive. It should motivate you and Arouse emotions. Your success should be juicy!
Strong development
Those who master challenges and success is growing. And dares to do more and more. Your success should encourage you!
Your benefit is that, in addition to success in the cause, you also develop your skills and your team culture along the way. This in turn strengthens your attractiveness as an employer and makes you more appealing to new specialists .
Who is behind Erfolgsucher?
Erfolgsucher is backed by a strategic network of renowned partners and experts.
In order to create an effective experience of success, we cooperate with topic experts(success helpers), associations, excellence organizations and technology companies(partners).
This provides our customers with a huge range of expertise and support.