Why real transformation doesn’t fit in a quarter
Almost every client conversation about a transformation arrives at the same question, sooner or later: how long will this take? Most of the time, the person asking is hoping the answer is short, and 90 days is usually the number on the table. It sounds reasonable. It fits inside a budget cycle, a board update, […]
The first ten days decide the next eight months
The risk in a senior executive assignment is easy to place in the wrong spot. It’s tempting to look at the problem itself, how complex it is, how political, how large, and assume that’s where things will go wrong. In my experience, the real risk usually sits somewhere much earlier and much less visible. It […]
The business case for interim leadership in Asia is ready. The culture isn’t
In Asia, the biggest hesitation around interim mandates rarely has anything to do with money. It has to do with what people will think. Telling family and friends you work for a known company gives you a sense of prestige : social standing that a string of short-term mandates doesn’t offer in the same way. […]
Before you hire a permanent executive, ask these four questions
A client comes to us saying a factory needs restructuring, an integration is going badly, or a transformation has stalled and the costs are mounting. The instinct, on both sides, is to treat this as a hiring question: who do we bring in, permanently, to fix it. I don’t start there. I start with four […]
Top 10 Challenges for an Interim Manager
As an interim manager, you get the opportunity to put your mark on a company, but it does not come without challenges. As you probably know, our business consists of mediating Interim Managers. We always employ freelancers, a success formula that we have been using for decades. These people are experienced, motivated, independent professionals who […]
The Interim Executive First Client Meeting Agenda: Create Relationships, Not Clients
The first client meeting for an interim executive is the best place to take the first steps in creating a fruitful working relationship. Listen to their needs. Hear their concerns. Begin building trust from the start. With this in mind, IMW Partners eases you into the process. A First Client Meeting Sells the Interim Executive’s Skill Set Many people find […]
High expectations for Interim Managers are entirely justified
It seemed a logical step to Eric Hengst: to start off in manufacturing after his technology studies. Yet almost immediately, he noticed that he was interested in more than technology alone. “I am curious about all aspects of business management and therefore I subsequently also studied business administration.” Combining the knowledge of these two degrees, […]
Omera Partners is IMW’s new partner in Australia and Singapore for interim executive and executive search
Omera Partners is one of Australia’s leading firms in executive search and executive interim. Omera have relocated some of the world’s most talented Non-Executive Directors and C Suite Executives right into their clients’ boardrooms and started Omera Interim Management in 2017. Connecting the best with the best is still the purpose today. Omera Partners currently […]
IMW Expands Its Interim Executive Network Into India by Partnering With Confiar Global
Confiar Global is IMW’s new international partner in India for interim executive and Executive search. Confiar Global is one of India’s leading and most dynamic search firms with unparalleled standards of client service, quality and excellence. Confiar has a pan-Indian presence with offices in New Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore and Mumbai with plans of expansion into […]
Financial Savings Only an Interim Executive Can Deliver
Research estimates that a company can lose over $1,000,000 in lost opportunity costs by a missing senior executive. That can severely impact the organization and set them back several months or even years. However, there is a remedy and that is an interim executive. A company that suddenly finds itself without an executive in charge […]