The who, what, why, when guide to Tenon Interim Management
Who?
Professional interim managers are senior executives who have a significant track record of over achievement and have made a conscious decision to adopt a more flexible lifestyle.
Tenon’s interim managers are available at very short notice, typically within a couple of days and, depending on the requirement, spend as little or as much time with the client as necessary. This can be on a full-time or part-time basis and the average length of assignment is typically seven months.
What?
Whilst on site interim managers can manage change, accelerate growth or cover mission critical gaps in the management team, as well as helping with numerous other key milestones in an organisation’s development. (In the past interim managers have been described by clients as “booster rockets” for companies).
All are highly experienced business managers, who are hands-on and work alongside management teams to help implement strategies. With no political baggage they provide an independent and objective view to issues and focus entirely on completing the job in hand.
We ensure they are always suitably over-qualified for the job with a proven track record of achievement. This level of experience means they are able to make an immediate impact. We only work with professional interim managers ensuring they are both unthreatening and supportive as they are not looking for permanent employment.
Why?
Some of a number of areas where clients have benefited from using interim managers:
- > Cover for permanent staff
- > Turnaround
- > Accelerating change
- > Increasing market-share
- > Launching new products and services
- > Productivity improvement
- > Post acquisition
- > MBO/MBI
- > Managing transition
- > Project/Programme Management
- > Skills transfer and management development
- > Managing implementation
When?
We are often asked when should an organisation use interim managers?
There is no straight forward answer, every organisation has its own issues which of course are unique. It would be fair to say that interim managers are used extensively for disaster recovery, although more and more organisations are now realising that interim managers can be more than just corporate paramedics and are engaging them for proactive assignments to enhance growth.
This is certainly Tenon’s view. Interim managers are a way of boosting business and revenues through applying certain skills and qualities not held within the existing management team. It is about much more than disaster recovery or gap management.
To learn more about our service please contact Martin Austin directly on +44 (0)20 7258 8935 or send an email to martin.austin