As a business owner, you face a never-ending series of challenges. Many of these challenges will be of your own making as you drive your business forward. Others will be imposed on you - key staff departures, inexperienced or under-performing staff, competitor activity, market changes & regulatory changes. Successfully overcoming these challenges adds lasting value to your business and sets you apart from your competitors.

These challenges often take you into uncharted territory (a knowledge gap) or they demand skills & experience or resources that you just don’t have right now (a resource gap).

In either case, Adelaide Interim can provide the solution. Our Interim Managers give you instant access to the experience and resources that you need to deal with the challenges facing your business, whether it be to advise you, to support or lead your staff or to manage a task or project to completion.

Why Interim / Permanent Part Time Solutions?

Most business owners would have no hesitation bringing in temporary or part-time staff to undertake administrative work, a short-term project, or provide specialist technical skills. But when there is a need for someone with considerable management experience, most business owners prefer to employ permanent staff or spread the load amongst an already overloaded management team.

Interim Managers provide highly skilled and experienced part-time resources on whom you can rely. We are available now on a part-time, full-time or ad-hoc basis for however long you need us. And unlike the 'lingering consultant', Adelaide Interim's focus is on getting the job done and moving on.

Some of the ways our clients have used our services include:

Interim Management - Filling short-term gaps where a manager is on extended leave or has temporarily been seconded to another project or area of the business. Too often, these gaps are left open or other Managers are overloaded trying to fill them. Either way, it can really slow the momentum of your business.

Recruitment Cover - After the unexpected or sudden departure of an executive or senior manager, the pressure is on to find a replacement. In the rush, organisational problems which might have led to the departure can be overlooked and the risk of a poor recruitment outcome is high. An Interim manager can stabilise the situation, help you to address any organisational problems and give you the time you need to undertake a quality recruitment process. An added bonus is that the Interim Manager is ideally placed to induct and support your new recruit while they get their 'feet under the desk.

Part-time Management - As a business grows, you need to add more skills and resources. But sometimes you just can't justify a full-time resource or you simply can't afford to hire someone with the skills and experience you need. Adelaide Interim provides a highly skilled and experienced manager on a part-time basis - whether it be to just do the job or to actively develop a less-experienced internal candidate.

Consulting - Adelaide Interim staff are often called upon to act in a Consulting capacity. As highly experienced management practitioners, you can rely on our recommendations to be practical and appropriate for your business.

Coaching and Mentoring are key components of Adelaide Interim engagements. We build the capacity of your business - which for the most part means building the capacity and confidence of your staff. We do that as part of our Interim Management assignments, to support our newly recruited replacements or as a 'stand-alone' service.

Locum Management - As a business owner, how often have you wished you could bring someone in to look after your business while you take a well-deserved holiday? We make it happen.

Business Succession - As your business grows or as you want to transition out of day-to-day involvement, you look for people who can replace you in the business. But how the organisational structure should work or how individuals will perform is often unclear. Adelaide Interim can not only advise you on a succession strategy but we can also help you 'test the water'. Often what's needed is a 'circuit-breaker' - allowing you as the business owner to develop the confidence that the business can run without you and allowing your staff to break their reliance upon you. All too often, the circuit-breaker is a major health scare - Adelaide Interim offers a way that's under your control.