Consulting on Demand

Towards a new form of consulting? The future of SMEs goes through their ability to develop innovation and international business. This requires from top managers in these companies to be more aggressive and take more risks than ever: new offers, new products, new subsidiaries or acquisitions in foreign countries, new partners… Taking risks is inherent … Read more

A Polish Success Story

General Management: Objective – Turnaround and Sell The company had achieved remarkable growth in its first 10 years – on the surface it looked good, with a new large factory just opened and well equipped in the capital-intensive industry that Print is. The then institutional owners asked me in to provide them with a consultancy … Read more

Interim Management: Turnaround

Interim Management – Life at the Sharp End (Part 3) Turnaround Management, is there a Recipe? Ideally, what you would like to have is sort of a recipe, telling you what your ingredients are, how to stir them and finally at what temperature the oven should be set. Well, I cannot offer you quite that … Read more

Interim Management: The First Week

Interim Management – Life at the Sharp End (Part 2) The First Week Never is the saying more true to the letter “There is no second chance for a first impression” than when you first enter your new company as an interim general manager. You prepared yourself well, you have your script and you have … Read more

Interim Management: Business

Interim Management – Life at the Sharp End of the Business Today, one of our certified iCEOs, interim manager Peter Wolf shares his experiences as interim manager. This insight view gives you interesting and helpfull tipps as to the expectations of the client company and how to prepare an interim assignment. Not for the fainthearted … Read more

The Different Phases of an Interim Management Assignment

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Take an inside look at the different phases of an interim management assignment. Obviously, each assignment has different requirements and focus points, but still, the course of an Interim Assignment is generally the same. One of our iCEO vetted managers, Didier Douziech subdivides an interim management assignment into the following seven phases: Phase 1: Select … Read more