IHS has provided interim managers to the industry for several years. This service offering gives our clients instant access to senior 'heavy-weight yet hands-on' managers, with proven track records, and matched to meet the clients' needs.

Interim managers are typically hired for three to nine months and help organisations undergoing major change, trying to implement a critical strategy or looking to plug a critical management gap.

An organisation may choose to pursue the interim management route because the role in question is not a permanent position or a permanent executive/manager cannot be found fast enough. Whatever the reason, interim managers offer major benefits:

• Speed ? they are available to start in days ? with the minimum of recruitment or termination formalities
• Experience ? interim managers are typically overqualified for the work
• Results ? they are only as good as their last placement ? so track record and performance really count. They are used to being judged by results so they know how to deliver
• Objectivity ? while sensitive to the company's ethos, they will not be constrained by company politics, personalities or protocols
• Focused ? they can be assigned a critical task and their performance measured against it
• Delivery ? yes they can act as counsel to the Board ? but then they will roll up their sleeves and deliver the strategy as well.
• Interim Managers are typically self-employed and are paid on a daily rate basis.