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Interim Planning
Interim managers are increasingly being seen as a strong alternative to management consultants. In this feature we examine the benefits of using an Interim and how to achieve full value from the interim manager and the intermediary.
When should organizations use interim managers – and how do they differ from management consultants?
These are some of the many questions specialist interim executive providers or – “Headrenters” – are asked by clients. Clients typically approach a headrenter when their organisation is going through transition, change, uncertainty or crisis and a senior executive is required within the company to help them pull through the change. A permanent role may be unnecessary or there may be insufficient time to make a permanent appointment due to pressure on the business to change quickly. Internally, there may not be anybody suitable or available to take up the challenge. Whatever the reason, a headrenter could prove invaluable.
A headrenter is in the business of quickly providing companies with a proven and known heavyweight executive for a short-term assignment to help the organisation undergo change or transition as effectively as possible.
Sourcing your Interim
Interim executives are an elite group, a rare breed. Typically, interims are committed to an independent career. In addition interims must be immediately credible and successful in adding value quickly and effectively.
Finding the right interim executive, who is available to take on a new placement within days, is not easy without considerable knowledge of the UK pool of interim talent and therefore having the right headrenter in place is essential.
Just as headhunting emerged some 25 years ago to satisfy professional standards of permanent senior recruitment, the specialist headrenter has emerged in more recent times to maximise top-level interim appointments. Whether identifying a group Board Director of a major Plc or a Sales Manager of a small family business, the best way to ensure that an assignment is successful is to carefully select the right interim provider in a field of aspiring new ones, especially as add-ons to recruitment companies, spring up almost daily.
Benefits
An interim can be in place within days as opposed to weeks, which is essential when time constraints are paramount. Interims will also have past experience of similar challenges to the ones they are about to face. Unencumbered by any previous involvement in company processes or staff relationships, interim executives can also provide a fresh perspective and are free to concentrate on what’s best for the business. In addition, rather than taking a purely advisory role – as a management consultant does – interim executives are responsible and accountable line managers who will implement and manage a business or project in their own right.
By Martin Wood, Managing Director, BIE Interim Executive Ltd
The HR Director - Feb 2004
To discuss your interim management requirements with BIE call +44(0)20 7222 1010