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Getting the ‘house’ in order: social housing’s people agenda

What is driving the growth of interim management in the social housing sector? Chief Executives regularly ask me this question and my response is quite simple: new...

PPM Reception: John Manzoni delivers keynote speech

At our recent Project and Programme Management Reception, we welcomed keynote speaker John Manzoni, Chief Executive of the Civil Service and Permanent Secretary for the Cabinet...

Interim Chief Financial Officer  

The Issue

Social housing organisation Riverside was founded in Liverpool 90 years ago and North West England remains its predominant area of operation. There are over 50,000 properties in its...

This was our first experience of an interim role at this significant level and it was a great success for us and we would certainly adopt this approach again, especially if the candidates were of the calibre of Paul.

Austerity has put balancing the books at the top of the agenda for some time...

For this case study, we talk to Sian Carter, a senior PR and Communications expert, about her interim career across the healthcare sector.

‘Follow the money’ is an old maxim. I’d suggest that ‘follow the people’ is an equally strong rule in understanding the plans of any business.

To get an insight into the thinking and motivations of management teams in the gaming...

“Ultimately, an interim can come in, do a project and then leave, with no continuation necessarily in the business. It is like having an internal consultant, you can be the bad cop. By that, I don’t mean behave or act in a bad way. It is just that sometimes people who are emotionally attached to an organisation struggle to demonstrate the independence to the process that you may need.”

One of the biggest hurdles preventing women from entering the industry is undoubtedly the lack of female role models

The collapse of Carillion has given the infrastructure sector a much-needed shake-up, fuelling new opportunities in the sector.

Open banking may prove a regulatory headache for firms, but it is also part of a pipeline of developments grabbing the headlines, including blockchain and bitcoin, set to revolutionise the future talent agenda in finance.

For this interim case study, we talked to Deborah Stevenson, an expert in Finance, about her interim management career and finance sector experience.

“We would regard Richard’s time with us as successful on two fronts: both the main job he was employed to do, which was ensure that we didn’t lose pace and momentum, but also having the benefit of that fresh pair of eyes”

For this case study, we talk to Robert Wilkinson, an experienced interim manager, about his career across Transformation & Programme Management.

“John performed impeccably,” says Alice. “He was exactly what you want in an interim: an excellent manager who will solidify the base, keep it going and manage people well. He was always well-prepared, even tempered and never flustered. And he put together different departments that had not previously been together.”

Over the past twelve months, we have hosted a range of events across all sectors. We’ve invited senior management teams and leaders to share their views on the biggest issues affecting industries and the wider news agenda. Below, we wrap up some highlights of our events calendar.

Store closures in the US have reached 6,800 in the first three quarters of this year, climbing to an all-time high. The speed of the sector’s collapse has been labelled ‘apocalyptic’ by some business commentators. As UK retailers reel from economic volatility and fragile consumer confidence, should they brace themselves for a similar fate?

Guest speaker, Philip Brown looks into the value proposition for interims in the procurement industry