Turnaround of a SMB company close to insolvency

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CONTEXT Turnaround: A SMB company acting in ophtalmic lenses had to face a critical situation: An equity fund having invested in this company asked to the owner-president to hire temporary an Executive Interim Manager as CEO to save quickly the situation. It was urgent to negotiate on one hand a timing payment deferral with suppliers, … Read more

Consulting on Demand

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

Interim Management – Life at the Sharp End (Part 3)

Interim Management – Life at the Sharp End of the Business

Part 1: Interim Management: Life at the Sharp End of the BusinessPart 2: Interim Management: The First Week Interim 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 … Read more

Interim Management – Life at the Sharp End (Part 2)

Interim Management – Life at the Sharp End of the Business

Part 1: Interim Management: Life at the Sharp End of the BusinessPart 3: Interim Management: Turnaround Interim Management – 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 … Read more

Interim Management – Life at the Sharp End of the Business

Interim Management – Life at the Sharp End of the Business

One of our vetted iCEOs shares his experiences as interim manager. This article gives you interesting and helpful tips as to the expectations of the client company and how to prepare an interim management assignment. Interim Management – Not for the fainthearted For the past thirteen years I had been working as a management consultant … 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 vetted executives, Didier Douziech subdivides an interim management assignment into the following seven phases: Phase 1: Select the … Read more

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