Resources
Working in Interim Management
• For managers in their 30s and 40s this can be a career choice that offers more excitement and greater variety
• Interims give access to senior, experienced management, free from political baggage
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Content
‘Interim managers work fast – there are bound to be mistakes’
Charles Batchelor finds that an ability to make things happen is an essential quality
Turning businesses around
Interim management, sometimes called “executive leasing” in the US, has travelled far in 20 years.
‘They can tell you what they really think’
Tom Flannery was frustrated to find few US corporations were interested in interim management when he started talking to them about it a few years ago.
Profile: Paula Felstead
Paula Felstead made the switch from contractor to interim manager while working on projects for BT Cellnet – now O2 – in the early 1990s. She stayed with the company for four years, working on a new set of problems every year.
Case study: Helping Archimedes Pharma to grow
Interim managers played a key role in Archimedes Pharma’s evolution from “three guys and an idea” to a successful drugs company.
Case study: Local government
Helping to drive Northamptonshire county council’s budget cuts is Damon Lawrenson, an interim manager who two years ago became assistant chief executive responsible for finances and commercial management.
