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If you have experience at a senior level and enjoy the challenge of working on new tasks in new locations, interim management could be what you're looking for. Just be prepared to hit the ground running, says RACHEL YOUNGMAN, an interim manager and chair of InterimWomen.com What is interim management? It's where an organisation uses people who have senior experience, often at board level, for a particular need it has and for a specific period of time, often between three months and a year. This could be where there is a gap in skills, where expertise is needed for a particular project, or where there is a crisis and something unexpected has happened.
How did you become an interim manager? I had been employed for 20 years, earning a great deal of project management experience and decided to go self-employed. I wanted to work in the charity sector, so I built up my contacts by volunteering. I then began the process to find out what options I had and came across interim management. I began doing a mix of consultancy and interim work.See the full content of this document
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Career Spotlight: Interim Management
Is interim management quite similar to consultancy work, then? The difference is that consultancy is more of a...
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