Consulting for banks

Services that deliver.
Not concepts that gather dust.

Three service areas – clearly defined, ready to deploy. Plus a way in through a facilitated day. For organisations in Austria, Germany and Switzerland that need leadership, pace and the capacity to execute.

Interim Management

When a leadership position has to be filled – immediately, without a long induction, with full commitment. I take on operational responsibility for a defined period: as managing director, head of division or programme lead.
With the experience of a senior manager and the independence of an entrepreneur.

Frequently asked questions on interim management →

What does an interim manager cost? →

Self-assessment: Project check →

Analysis: The most expensive pile of paper in the company →

Analysis: Getting into action faster →

Interim management – a temporary steel support beneath a historic stone arch

What you gain

Leadership continuity without recruitment risk. Immediate impact from day one.

Full operational responsibility from day one.
No induction period – no learning curve at your expense
Clean handover once the assignment is complete
Transformation & change – a new steel staircase in a historic columned hall

What you gain

Transformations that are actually completed – not just started.

Structured programme governance with clear milestones
Change management that brings employees along
Experience from complex restructurings in banking

Sparring & Advisory

Sometimes you do not need a consultant to write a concept – you need someone who asks uncomfortable questions. I am a sparring partner for board members, managing directors and senior managers who want to sharpen their decisions. Confidential, direct, no agenda.
Where it becomes more personal, I continue in one-to-one coaching – as part of an assignment or on its own.

Frequently asked questions on sparring & advisory →

For business owners: sparring for managing directors →

For boards: transformation on the supervisory board →

All self-assessments at a glance →

Analysis: Why the smart business owner no longer decides alone →

Analysis: Who wants the ball? →

All analyses in Insights →

Sparring & advisory – two concrete slabs at the same height with a narrow gap of light between them

What you gain

A sparring partner on equal terms – who says what he thinks.

Strategic reflection without internal politics
A second opinion from someone who has done it himself
Flexible – single session, retainer or project basis
One-to-one coaching for executives in key positions
Facilitation & workshops – tiered seating in the round around a lit circle at the centre

What you gain

A day that ends with decisions – not moods.

A written record of decisions within the same week
Actions with names and dates – prioritised, not just collected
An honest assessment – for your eyes only, if you wish

A way in through one day

Facilitation & Workshops

Whoever makes the decisions cannot facilitate at the same time. I run the day – strategy off-site, target-state workshop, clarification between two divisions or the reset of a stalled initiative. You take part, rather than being host and facilitator at once.
Not a fourth service area, but a service in its own right, charged at a fixed price per off-site day.

All about facilitation & workshops →

What does a strategy off-site cost? →

Fees & terms →

Transformation off-site day →

An outside view for your strategy off-site →

Self-assessment: Mandate check →

Analysis: Leadership that builds trust →

Approach

The Slotta method.

Four stages, the same in every mandate: situation, straight talk, execution, result. I work as transformation lead: I set the course corrections and see the implementation through – the decision stays with you.

After each stage you know where you stand and what the next step will cost.

01

Situation

I look at what is actually happening – not what the organisation chart says. What I find is measured and recorded before the start.

02

Straight talk

Then we agree together what should be different at the end: measurable, with dates and named owners. A direction the board can state in one sentence.

03

Execution

This is where advice and impact part ways. Knowledge, training and leadership come before the target. I stay on site, lead the implementation with your people and take responsibility where no one else would.

04

Result

Results are measured against the baseline, with a fixed checkpoint after 90 days. In the end, what counts is whether the change holds without me – that is why I hand over to named people and state what is still open.

The Slotta method in detail →

How I work: six commitments in detail →

No standard package: the scope is decided in the diagnosis. Whether it becomes interim management, transformation & change or sparring & advisory is something we clarify beforehand – not afterwards.

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How others see it

With his considered, very well-structured and direct manner, Markus knows how to “reach the finish line” – and, with the realistic view of things that is often needed, never loses focus on what matters.

Michael Senn

Head of Sales Management
Volksbank Tirol

LinkedIn recommendation of 2 September 2022 (Translated from German) · view all references →

Which service fits your situation?
We can clarify that in 30 minutes.

Take a self-assessment first

Prefer to read at your own pace first? The Service overview 2026/27, 14 pages, also as a PDF.

Markus Slotta
Markus Slotta, MBA
You speak to me directly. 30 minutes, confidential, free of charge.

Does this fit your situation?

Slotta Consulting is a consultancy for banks and financial services providers in Austria, Germany and Switzerland – and works equally for companies in other sectors facing the same questions.

If you are not sure which of the three areas fits you: Who I work with sets out six typical starting situations, each with the matching way in. If you work within a banking group, a cooperative or an alliance, the shorter route is the topic page Banking groups & ecosystems.

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