{"id":5787,"date":"2025-12-15T12:32:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T11:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adexpartners.com\/?p=5787"},"modified":"2026-07-14T16:27:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T14:27:33","slug":"hidden-champion-consulting-2026-27-four-time-award-winner-adex-partners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adexpartners.com\/en\/services\/hidden-champion-beratung-2026-27-vierfach-ausgezeichnet-adex-partners\/","title":{"rendered":"We did it again! Hidden Champion of Consulting for the fourth time in a row"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>\n\t\t\tAdEx Partners News, Services\t<\/h6>\n\t<h1><strong>We did it again! Hidden Champion of Consulting for the fourth time in a row<\/strong><\/h1>\n\t<p class=\"translation-block\">AdEx Partners has once again been named a <strong>\u201cHidden Champion of Consulting 2026\/27\u201d<\/strong>\u2014an award presented by the Scientific Society for Management and Consulting (WGMB). This marks our <strong>fourth consecutive award<\/strong>, following those in 2019, 2021, and 2023. It is a powerful testament to the impact we are making in <strong>digital transformation consulting<\/strong> as well as in <strong>program and project management<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Hidden Champions of Consulting Award is the oldest and most prestigious consulting seal in Germany. Led by Prof. Dr. Dietmar Fink, the study is considered particularly meaningful because it identifies consultancies that demonstrate exceptional expertise in specific disciplines\u2014often even outperforming the largest strategy consultancies.<\/p>\n                                <img width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adexpartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AdEx_Partners_Hidden_Champion_2026-27_WEBP2-1200x675.webp\" alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adexpartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AdEx_Partners_Hidden_Champion_2026-27_WEBP2-1200x675.webp 1200w, https:\/\/www.adexpartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AdEx_Partners_Hidden_Champion_2026-27_WEBP2-800x450.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.adexpartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AdEx_Partners_Hidden_Champion_2026-27_WEBP2-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.adexpartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AdEx_Partners_Hidden_Champion_2026-27_WEBP2-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.adexpartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AdEx_Partners_Hidden_Champion_2026-27_WEBP2-18x10.webp 18w, https:\/\/www.adexpartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AdEx_Partners_Hidden_Champion_2026-27_WEBP2.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>                            \n\t<h2><strong>Ausgezeichnet in der Kategorie \u201eProgram &amp; Project Management&#8220;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Our customers rated our expertise in the category <strong>Program &amp; Project Management<\/strong> higher than those of McKinsey, BCG and Bain &amp; Company.<\/p>\n<p>The results of WGMB are based entirely on <strong>Customer satisfaction<\/strong> and <strong>perceived service quality<\/strong>, collected in a structured survey of over <strong>1,200 executives<\/strong> from large and medium-sized enterprises.<\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">This award reaffirms our role as <strong>trusted advisors<\/strong> who combine deep transformation expertise with strong implementation capabilities\u2014a combination that is particularly valuable in complex transformation projects.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What characterizes a hidden champion<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>To earn the title of Hidden Champion, consultancies must fulfill three criteria:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"translation-block\"><strong>Low brand awareness<\/strong> in the overall market (unaided awareness &lt; 15 %)<\/li>\n<li class=\"translation-block\"><strong>Direct competition<\/strong> with McKinsey, BCG, and Bain<\/li>\n<li class=\"translation-block\">Perceived as <strong>a serious alternative<\/strong> to these top strategy firms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">In 2025, just 20 major players accounted for about one-third of the German consulting market (\u20ac50.9 billion). Only <strong>30 consulting firms<\/strong> met the WGMB\u2019s strict criteria and were recognized as \u201chidden champions.\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the study, hidden champions are described as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>action-oriented<\/strong>,<\/li>\n<li><strong>team-oriented<\/strong>,<\/li>\n<li class=\"translation-block\">closely aligned with the academic <strong>departments<\/strong>,<\/li>\n<li>with a <strong>attractive price-performance ratio<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">These characteristics reflect the standards we set for ourselves at AdEx Partners: <strong>providing relevant advice, implementing solutions pragmatically<\/strong>, <strong>and making a lasting impact<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tWhy this award matters to our customers\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>The hidden champion title confirms what our clients particularly appreciate about working with AdEx Partners:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Deep know-how for complex digital transformations<\/li>\n<li>Reliable, pragmatic implementation<\/li>\n<li>Zusammenarbeit auf Augenh\u00f6he &#8211; transparent, ehrlich und partnerschaftlich<\/li>\n<li>Sustainable results with measurable business impact<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"translation-block\">In an increasingly digital economy, the ability to effectively integrate <strong>strategy, technology<\/strong>, <strong>and execution<\/strong> is becoming more and more critical. This is exactly where our work comes in.<\/p>\n<p>A heartfelt thank you to our clients who participated in the WGMB survey and confirmed our role as a trusted advisor.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adexpartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/WGMB_HC_2026_PROGRAMM-PROJEKTMANAGEMENT_RGB.jpg\" alt=\"AdEx Partners has once again been named a Hidden Champion of Consulting 2026\/27 in Program &amp; Project Management \u2013 for the fourth time in a row.\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1181\" width=\"709\" title=\"AdEx Partners | Hidden Champion | Program &amp; Project Management\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adexpartners.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bild3.png\" alt=\"Image 3\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"771\" width=\"1210\" title=\"Image 3\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<p>WGMB (2025). Hidden Champions of the Consulting Market, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hidden-champions-of-consulting.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>www.consulting-champions.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AdEx Partners is named Hidden Champion of Consulting 2026\/27 in the area of Program &amp; Project Management \u2013 for the fourth consecutive time, based on feedback from our clients.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5790,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_pipeline_managed":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[42,41],"tags":[314,313,312,315],"class_list":["post-5787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-services","tag-digitale-transformationsberatung","tag-hidden-champion-consulting-2026-27","tag-kundenfeedback-beratung","tag-program-project-management-beratung"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adexpartners.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adexpartners.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adexpartners.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adexpartners.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adexpartners.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5787"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.adexpartners.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5879,"href":"https:\/\/www.adexpartners.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5787\/revisions\/5879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adexpartners.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adexpartners.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adexpartners.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adexpartners.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5787"}],"curies":[{"name":"WP","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}