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15-November-2012 –Interim executives wage a covert war against corporate inefficiency and underperformance. Today’s launch of the Association of Interim Executives (interimexecs.com) marks a new day for interim executives and the companies that need them.
Go ahead and think of an interim executive as the James Bond of the executive suite: a nimble operator who brings the precise tools to get the job done. Now, an association has his back.
The association’s select membership includes champion business leaders who’ve already been doing the behind-the-scenes engagements, empowering them with new alliances to help increase their businesses, while promoting their specialty to companies that could benefit, from start-ups to distressed turnarounds.
These executives, who generally enter a business for 6 to 12 month engagements, are the perfect choice in an economy that demands efficiency and results like never before.
“Rapidly changing realities in today’s economy bring the need for decisive leadership, particularly during crisis,” said John Collard, Chairman of the Association and head of Strategic Management Partners, Inc. “Interim executives gain control of a dire situation, establish a viable plan, rebuild an enduring management team to implement that plan, and hire their replacements. The Association of Interim Executives provides a forum to bring together owners, private equity investors, and directors who have pressing need for leadership, with those hired guns,” he said.
While the Harvard Business Review and The Economist have recognized the importance of the specialty in recent articles, the Association aims to aggressively promote the specialty to a global economy that needs them. “There are companies that are stuck and don’t know where to turn. The Association’s exclusive membership brings the best interim execs together in one place and makes them instantly accessible to companies in need of help through a free search engine at interimexecs.com,” according to Olivia Wolak, Association President and Co-Founder.
“Having spent 15 years as an interim exec myself – and knowing the challenges that interims face in marketing their specialty – I’m thrilled to see our five-year-old network expand into a formal, global association. We’re ready to shout from the mountaintops how interim executives benefit companies everywhere. The time has come for top-notch interims to soar,” according to Robert Jordan, Association CEO and Co-Founder.
About the Association of Interim Executives
The Association of Interim Executives (www.interimexecs.com) is the voice of interim executives globally, a professional association with the mandate to educate the business world about the expanding specialty being practiced by many thousands of executives. We provide a forum for increasing knowledge within the profession and bring together interim executives and the companies that need them.