INTERIM management
WELBECK retail can
provide interim management personnel and have experience in providing cover
for a range of businesses in retailing, wholesaling, training and development,
membership organisations and trade associations. Interim management can be the ideal solution for businesses of any size in a number of different circumstances.
BUSINESS BENEFITS
- Interims are with you for a pre-determined period; the costs are known
and controllable
- Interims are part of your team, but they are not part of the office politics;
they take instruction from you, but are not seen as a threat to anyone
else, or to their jobs
- Interims are experienced managers; they can get straight in to your problems
- Interims are not an extra staff cost; they are employed by another company
who will invoice you as a supplier
Short to medium term loss of a key manager
An interim manager will have experience and skills to bring to the task
of stepping in to someone else's role. They will be equipped with the tact
and understanding to ensure that the role is managed to meet the needs of
the business. They are used to quickly learning new processes and ensuring
continuity.
Change management
An interim manager can be of enormous advantage in businesses of any size that are embarking on significant change. People become unsettled, processes and systems are often untried and things need tying together efficiently to make the whole business work as the planners had envisaged.
Interim managers bring the skills and experience to ensure smooth transitions
and they are able to identify potential problems - maybe even solutions,
if that is required!
Change management is, very often these days, regarded as something to do
with IT; WELBECK
retail know that it is often people and non-IT
processes that can fail most readily in periods of significant change. WELBECK
retail interims know how soft skills need to
be brought to bear in these circumstances
Crisis management
Businesses can sometimes meet with crises. Crises by their very definition
are unexpected; the problem is that they are also very inconvenient. An experienced
interim manager can often provide the extra support needed, bringing in expertise
that is not available in-house, and they provide a spare pair of hands that
does not distract from normal activities - something which could otherwise
turn the crisis into a catastrophe.
