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Booster Rockets

"One way to think about interim managers is as booster rockets.They provide additional thrust to take the organisation into a new orbit, then once their task is completed they drop away."

The Interim Manager, David Clutterbuck & Des Dearlove (1999)

 

This excellent introduction to Interim Management is no longer in print but copies may be available from Abe Books.

Interim managers - generalists or specialists?

Malcolm Gladwell asserts that “We need more generalists. Generalists outperform specialists in many tasks”. Do interim managers agree?
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Wikipedia

"Interim Management is the temporary provision of management resources and skills. Interim management can be seen as the short-term assignment of a proven heavyweight interim executive manager to manage a period of transition, crisis or change within an organization. In this situation, a permanent role may be unnecessary or impossible to find on short notice. Additionally, there may be nobody internally who is suitable for, or available to take up, the position in question."

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Leadership on Demand

"This book is written for the busy CEO or COO. Using executive interviews and case studies to both illustrate and punctuate their points, authors Charles Besondy and Paul Travis paint a clear and concise picture of the problems caused by gaps in Marketing and Sales, how to recognize the issues, and how to solve the issues with interim managers...."

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