Interim Managers

Occasionally a business may benefit from bringing in senior, specialist skills, for a short period of time. Interim management refers to the rapid provision of executives for a fixed term.

Interim managers often have a proven track record of achievement and of adding tangible value to the bottom line of the organisation. They generally have pertinent experience within their sector and are accustomed to rolling up their sleeves and getting on with the job at hand.

The use of interim managers is increasingly popular in UK businesses as it is felt that they can be independent and objective, and bring a new perspective to the assignment. They are free to focus specifically on the assignment, available immediately and leave when no longer required.

Typical assignments undertaken by interim managers can include:

• Bridging gaps in management skill and resource
• Managing projects and programmes
• Implementing business or project turn-arounds
• Managing crisis

Specialist interim management agencies offer significant added value for an organisation seeking an interim manager. This is not only in terms of candidate choice, quality and speed of supply but by providing additional safeguards for managing the assignment through to a successful conclusion.

With the increasingly complex contractual, legislative and tax implications of employing temporary staff, they also help manage the risk by ensuring that the assignment is compliant.

The Interim Management Association is the professional body representing the UK’s leading providers of interim management services.

Association members are bound by its Code of Professional Practice and Good Conduct, which sets the industry benchmark for standards of professional service. IMA is a specialist sector group of REC. For further information about the IMA and its members, please visit http://www.interimmanagement.uk.com/