Interim Management Consultancies
Whilst it remains true that interim management service providers' offerings are significantly different from consultancies in a number of important ways, clients recognise that they're simply two related tools to achieve the same change management ends. Some argue that the increasing use of the expression Interim Management Consultancies suggests a blurring of the boundaries between the two approaches.
Interim Management
Interim management is now a very well established means for a client to augment their management team with an individual who brings objectivity, credibility and "sensibly overqualified" line management expertise, to deliver substantial results quickly, often when a role requires getting one's hands dirty. Consequentially, emphasis will typically be less on pushing the envelope of state of the art intellectual property than on enabling a client to be a "fast follower" or fixing processes which "don't work". It's a mistake though to think that interim management assignments are more tactical say for covering maternity leave, than strategic for example, post merger/acquisition integrations, because the converse is usually true. Daily rates are also less expensive than consultancy and interim managers are older, usually at least in their forties, which means their relationship building skills are well developed. Executive Interims - Supply Chain Practice has the largest selection of supply chain executive interim management specialists in the UK . Talk to us if you're looking for an:
Consultancies Big consultancies are very strong when it comes to the acquisition of leading edge intellectual property, then embodying it within a methodology that can be applied by generalist on-the-ground "troops". Because of the quality of the methodology and the part-time support from more senior specialists and project managers, the approach is often successful. However, increasingly it seems clients are frustrated by what they perceive to be the lack of real experience that consultants have beyond being trained in the methodology and also what they perceive as a lack of willingness to take full responsibility for delivering results as evidenced arguably in:
- Consultancy contracts where payment for deliverables is less focused on results, than on easier to achieve process milestones.
- Consultancies ' reticence to lead (and be accountable for) key implementation steps, preferring usually to have a client manager heading up the executable steps - sometimes referred to as "leading from behind".
Executive Interims Consultancy Services
Whilst we do not propose executive interim managers for consultancy assignments, our supply chain consultants have both senior "Big Four" track-records (e.g. at Managing Consultant, Executive Consultant and Director level) and also front-line operational management experience. This means that they retain an in-depth understanding of best intellectual property, bring sophisticated interpersonal skills but also a pragmatic approach to implementation, particularly since they're more than happy to take full ownership for an implementation. On a like-for-like basis they are considerably less expensive than "Big Four" consultants and can successfully deliver either consultancy or interim management projects. Executive Interims provides:
So whilst interim management service providers don't typically refer to themselves as interim management consultancies, we can provide the best selection of executive interim supply chain managers in the UK and some of the most highly experienced supply chain consultants
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