HR Diagnostics – Identifying Leadership and Talent
Management Audits, Assessments & Executive Coaching – personality-based diagnostics with impact
Anyone filling key positions, setting strategic direction, or managing succession needs more than gut instinct – it takes solid facts. Our HR diagnostics deliver exactly that: scientifically grounded insights into competencies, potential, and areas for development at the management and C-level. You receive clear decision-making support and reliable insights that make leadership measurable and pave the way for sustainable growth.
Since the 1980s, InterSearch has been one of the pioneers of HR diagnostics in Germany. We’ve played a key role in shaping the development of management audits, leadership assessment centers, and executive coaching – and have continuously refined our approach. Our goal has always been to truly understand the person behind the position.
This combination of experience, empathy, and analytical precision is what makes our work so effective – and strengthens your HR strategy for the long term.
Your contact in the field of HR diagnostics
Experienced HR diagnostics from a single source: our consultants support you in the informed selection and development of managers with a clear eye for potential.
Management Audits & Diagnostics – Precisely Analyzing Leadership Quality
Our methods include:
- Structured in-depth interviews – to assess leadership style, mindset, and decision-making patterns
- Personality tests – for an objective analysis of strengths motives, and potential
- Practical simulations and case exercises – to observe behavior in realistic scenarios
Every management audit is customized to your organization – mandate-driven, discreet, and embedded in management diagnostics that focus on cultural alignment and sustainable effectiveness.
HR Diagnostics Overview – A Quick Look at Our Approach
We analyze
Management, personality, and development potential at the executive and C-level – nuanced, objective, and guided by strategic foresight.
We stand for
Transparency, methodological depth, and the highest quality standards – for diagnostics that are traceable, build trust, and make cultural fit visible.
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What You Can Expect from Our Leadership Audit
A management audit provides a solid foundation for your strategic workforce planning. Our experienced consultants assess individual strengths, development areas, and potential – with one clear goal: to give you decision-making confidence in matters of responsibility, succession planning, or complex leadership appointments.
In a confidential setting and using scientifically grounded methods, our leadership diagnostics generate insights that are both precise and practical – highlighting the future direction of your leadership structures.
Especially in the context of our executive search for SMEs and the industrial sector search, as well as in our executive search for the public sector and the energy industry, it becomes clear how critical nuanced HR diagnostics are for sustainable growth.
Over the course of a three- to five-hour process, guided by one or two InterSearch consultants, our audits provide you with:
- Objectivity and transparency – for clear, valid personnel decisions
- Assurance in succession planning and organizational restructuring
- Comparability between internal and external candidates
- Direction for targeted development initiatives
- Clear insight into potential, leadership style, and cultural alignment
The results are consolidated in a detailed report – featuring clear recommendations and strategic implications for your organization. This turns analysis into real decision quality – and leadership into a measurable strength
Assessment Center for High Potentials – Identifying Talent Through Structure
When business decisions need to be based on valid insights, our management assessment provides a precise and practical foundation. It is a core element of modern HR diagnostics, combining analytical depth with realistic exercises – ideal for identifying and developing C-level candidates, high potentials, and emerging leaders in a targeted way.
At the core is a clearly structured HR assessment process: group exercises, interviews, personality and leadership assessments, and individual presentations form the foundation for a differentiated overall picture of potential, performance, and personal impact.
If you’re looking for a well-balanced view of professional competence, decision-making behavior, and leadership quality, this form of diagnostics offers comparability and transparency – and proves just as effective in selection processes as in targeted leadership development.
The management audit for executives typically takes less than a day and is conducted by experienced InterSearch consultants together with representatives from your organization.
Your benefits at a glance:
- Objective results and clear assessments for complex selection processes
- Precise competency and personality profiles
- Cultural fit and development potential in direct comparison
- Long-term insights for strategic talent development and succession planning
In dynamic markets – such as in executive search for logistics and FMCG – the strength of this format becomes clear:
Our management audits reveal who can take responsibility, drive change, and lead teams successfully in demanding environments.
Executive & Management Coaching – Leadership Development with Real Impact
In addition to the analysis and selection of leadership personalities, targeted development forms the third pillar of our holistic HR diagnostics.
Our executive and management coaching is designed for experienced leaders and decision-makers who want to deepen their impact, communication skills, and strategic presence through executive leadership development. The focus is not on a standardized process, but on a customized development framework that aligns personality, goals, and organizational context.
Coaching often follows a management audit – when potential has been identified and needs to be developed in a targeted way. Together, we reflect on behavior patterns, broaden perspectives, and strengthen the ability to lead with intention and impact in daily business. It’s not about methods – it’s about mindset: the connection between self-reflection, decisiveness, and authentic communication.
On this basis, we support you with leadership development and executive coaching that intelligently combines reflection and practice – discreet, individualized, and strategically grounded.
Our focus areas:
- Personal career coaching and goal clarification – gaining clarity for your next step
- Communication and impact training – strengthening leadership presence with intention
- Management coaching during reorganization and change – building confidence in new leadership roles
- Leadership development – identifying potential and shaping effective leadership behavior
This makes executive coaching an integral part of HR diagnostics – not as a standalone tool, but as a sustainable form of support for individual and organizational development. The result: leaders who shape their role with intention, live responsibility with conviction, and create strategic impact.
Questions & Answers about InterSearch PB HR Diagnostics
We answer the most common questions that companies and executives have about HR diagnostics.
We work across industries – wherever management quality, leadership competence, and cultural alignment are essential to business success – and tailor our approach to your structures, markets, and company culture. We operate in highly regulated sectors – such as executive search for the medical technology or pharmaceutical industries – as well as in highly specialized fields like defense executive search or the IT sector.
A management audit is particularly well suited when key positions are being filled, leadership structures are under review, or succession solutions are being planned. Unlike traditional evaluation tools, it provides an objective, in-depth analysis of competencies, potential, and cultural fit. Our experts advise you on when and how a management audit can be used most effectively as part of your HR diagnostics strategy.
HR diagnostics broadens the perspective: it doesn’t just measure performance, but evaluates suitability, development potential, and leadership capability in a strategic context. Unlike conventional selection methods that tend to look backward, our HR diagnostics focuses on future potential – on what people are capable of delivering and shaping in complex positions. As an international executive search firm, we’re ideally positioned to support you in cross-border expansions, global team structures, and international placements – with diagnostics that account for cultural differences while ensuring globally comparable standards. The result for your company: lower hiring risk, stronger developmental support, and a clear basis for sustainable decisions.
Methodical, Transparent, Effective – How Holistic HR Diagnostics Create Impact Across Five Phases
Our HR diagnostics follow a precise process that builds transparency and fosters trust. Each phase is designed to deliver insights with business relevance – ensuring not only accurate results but also strong acceptance among all participants.
Your advantage: You lay the groundwork to develop leadership in a targeted way, minimize hiring risks, and secure personnel decisions for the long term.
- Project briefing – definition of goals, position, and requirements profile
- Planning – selection and customization of diagnostic tools
- Execution – interviews, tests, and practical exercises
- Evaluation & report – evaluation and personalized presentation
- Feedback & integration – discussion of results and definition of targeted development measures
InterSearch – Your Partner for HR Diagnostics and Leadership Decisions
As an executive search firm, we combine precise HR diagnostics with experience, market insight, and a sharp understanding of people in key leadership roles.
From our offices in Bremen, Düsseldorf, and Frankfurt – and through a network spanning more than 50 countries – we support you remotely in developing leadership and making forward-looking decisions.
If you’re planning the next step in your talent strategy or looking to strengthen your leadership teams, feel free to reach out. Let’s discuss your needs and explore how our HR diagnostics can support you – openly, collaboratively, and with a clear focus on long-term impact. We look forward to speaking with you.
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