Personnel costs make up the biggest chunk in the tertiary sector. Not to mention the steadily rising pressure in an enterprise to deliver. Often, staff cutbacks are the only way to trim costs. At the same time, the tasks for the staff continue to grow. The outcome: rising workload and pressure on each and every employee.

Following a successful career in the corporate world, many excellent executives seek greater self-determination, flexibility, and a better work-life balance. Such individuals prefer this modus operandi at the workplace.

Global megatrends have altered traditional business models. This can be demonstrated by the example of recruitment services, although the trends apply to many other sectors. Typical executive searches or headhunting, for instance, no longer function as in the past. Only enterprises that rapidly adapt their business models in the market will be able to exist successfully. The printing, media, and advertising industries are further examples of those under enormous pressure to adapt, for many years now.

For enterprises, interim managers facilitate

• Maximum, need-driven flexibility in managing human resources;
• Variable staff costs, and
• Support for enterprises to reach their goals.

Interim managers work as licensed self-employed entrepreneurs. They must be national and international heavyweights with a solid track record, to be successful in this market. Both interim managers and their providers boast excellent references and their priority is to execute customer contracts successfully.

The biggest challenge faced by interim managers is that they are still considered as expensive by most enterprises, where they are not yet fully accepted by the senior management.

As the provider, we seek to inform all concerned parties about interim management by contacting enterprises, associations, representatives, and the public sector. We accordingly ensure increasing acceptance and together help drive the modus operandi of interim management at the workplace.

We want to achieve these goals via integrated communications in all the media. Hence, each of our ambassadors has a special communications role to play.