Interim Management

Through an interim manager your organization gains - at very short notice - a high caliber, experienced, all-in-one project manager, consultant and senior executive working at or near board level. Someone who can act as a mentor, to your management team, bring their years of experience to your situation... and provide practical support.

The growing demand for interim managers is being driven by the need among organizations for extra, experienced, hands-on support during times of challenge or change.

Many turn to interim management when they are planning a merger/acquisition, an MBO/MBI, spinning off an operation. Some need additional business support as they are planning a new launch or targeting an unfamiliar market. Interim managers are often called in to manage specific business critical projects, or to drive through a major change.

Some companies simply need to add extra impetus to a crucial strategy or want to employ extra short-term management muscle whilst they face a corporate crisis. Others use interim managers to plug a short-term, business critical gap created by an unexpected departure or by an unexpected contract win!

Benefits of interim management

• rapid commencement, within a few weeks of deciding to proceed, and with the minimum of recruitment or termination formalities.

• rapid results, interim managers are over qualified for the work and focus on achieving results.

• an interim manager will bring a very experienced external view and will transfer a substantial amount of skill and experience to your team.

• an interim manager will develop much more than just recommendations, he will take full ownership and responsibility for implementation.

• clear definition of key milestones, regular progress reports and measurement of performance.

The recent Sambrook Research Report into the UK interim management market found that end-users expressed a high level of satisfaction with interim managers used in the past (88% were quite/very satisfied) and 92% indicated that they would use interim managers again in the future (if the need arose).

A bridge to overseas markets.

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