Veredus Interim Managers come from all backgrounds and with different motives e.g. greater flexibility, the need of a new challenge, or simply wishing to apply their expertise in a different environment,
We asked some of our interim managers why they made the move into interim management and what they gained from it:
"After a successful career in local government I took early retirement from my role as corporate director of development of a northern metropolitan council. I wished to use my experience both of urban regeneration and of performance management in an alternative career path. I wished to work for myself and interim management offered opportunities similar to consultancy work without the pressures of joining a large practice."
Interim operations director, Bradford Urban Regeneration Company
"I wanted a better work/life balance, by working fewer hours than had previously been the case. I also wanted the stimulation of different working environments, new challenges and new learning."
Interim executive director, Strategic Health Authority
"I was interested in getting greater control over the work I did and to reflect my interests by developing a range of part-time public appointments. IM gave me the flexibility to do this and the opportunity to work in different environments."
Borough Solicitor, London Borough Council
"My own reaction has been that it has given me confidence in my own knowledge base. It is difficult to know how much you know until you come to apply it in another setting. Short interim assignments are the ideal place to apply accumulated knowledge."
Interim Operations Director, Urban Regeneration Company
"The roles are diverse and challenging, you meet a variety of people and hopefully you learn from the role whilst using your own experience to good effect. The roles are rewarding financially and, in the challenging work climate of today, you should be able to extend your value to employing organisations."
Interim finance director, Commercial organisation
Are you thinking of becoming an interim manager?
We’ll talk to you about what you want to achieve, where and why; it’s a different way of life and it may not be for you after all.