Practice Statistics and Kudos

Dieckmann & Associates, founded in 1981, continues to believe that the boutique size is the most responsive way to deliver the finer points of superior client service.  We generally commit to approximately 40-50 searches per year.

Searches by Industry
Five Year  Historic - 1997-2001

15%    Financial Services
10%    Healthcare
39%    Insurance
22%    Manufacturing/Distribution
14%    Other (internet, professional
                     services, non-profit,  telecom-
                     munications, etc.)

Clients by Size:  When viewed from its inception 20 years ago, our practice has been very evenly divided among small, medium and large organizations.

Searches by Function
Five Year Historic - 1997-2001

19%     General manager/CEO
21%     Finance
30%     Sales/marketing
30%     Other (human resources, CTO,
            supply chain, manufacturing,
            general counsel, etc.)

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Kudos

In the most recent edition of John Sibbald's book The New Career Makers, both client companies and our search industry peers ranked Ralph Dieckmann and our firm high among the country's executive search leaders.  Some of our specific national rankings, which we share with a strong sense of continuing commitment to quality of deliverables and client service, are:

#1 in the U.S. for the insurance industry
#2 in accounting/consulting searches
#4 in locating executives in manufacturing/operations
#6 nationally in identifying women or minority executives
#9 in finance and accounting executive searches
#14 in locating CEOs and general managers

Crain's Chicago Business has called us "The #1 executive search boutique in Chicago."

Some selected kudos from clients:

Dieckmann & Associates has repeatedly located effective candidates who are compatible with our corporate culture.   $250mm equipment manufacturer     

You do not treat a search as a case number.    National consulting group

This is the perfect size executive search firm to stay in touch with the task at hand.   US$billions insurance group based in Europe

Excellent performance, excellent candidate portfolio, excellent results…no comparison to others I've worked with.  Leading manufacturer of electrical motors


Updated April 2004,      Copyright©2004,     DIECKMANN & ASSOCIATES, LTD.