Chris Gill

Update June 2014© J C Gill and Co Limited.

“Being in control of your life and having realistic

expectations about your day-to-day challenges

are the keys to stress management, which is

perhaps the most important ingredient to living a

happy, healthy and rewarding life”.

Marilu Henner

Be clear and honest with yourself

Lots of questions:

◦ ask yourself why?

◦ what’s got you to this point?

◦ are you between permanent jobs?

◦ what are you really offering?

◦ what are you really wanting?

◦ and for how long?

Your skills

Your experience

Your toolkit

Your proposition to market

Working at or within your capability

Not being the boss anymore?!

Write a business plan Set up company and office Business bank account, tax, dividends, VAT Personal development Constantly refresh CV Homeworking – develop sense of place Effective networks and referrals Routes to market – ISP, Direct Sourced Service excellence

Fix a named client

Jointly sign off performance agreement

Risk assess

Work programme/transition plan

Monitor, review and sign off

Bring your own

- quality assurance

- performance management framework

- project management skills

- improvement/transformation

management templates

Excellence – aim to be the best

Under promise over deliver on outcomes

Provide additional services and critical friend

support to staff at all levels

Don’t overstay

Manage a sustained exit

Stay in touch

Good news travels, bad news travels faster

Critical – but rarely taught

Talk to Chief Executive

Work with and support members

Earn your keep prove your worth

Discretion and diplomacy

Act with integrity

Always provide a high standard of service

Act in a way that promotes trust in your

profession and interim management

Treat others with respect

Take responsibility

Clarify personal outcomes

Constantly review

Manage boundaries

Focus on downtime, plan and make the most of

it.

Dealing with drift:

3 days a week for 3 months;

extended for a further 6 months; and

can you do an extra 2 days a week;

and………………………………..!!

Dealing with uncertainty:

awareness of current climate

tempting to over commit or pitch when you are

not qualified for the role

be prepared to wait

all the calls come at the same time!

make a business based choice but always act

with integrity

New work opportunities and lifestyle but maybe

some myths too:

◦ Some great projects?

◦ See some great cities?

◦ Stay in some great and not so great hotels?

◦ Keep your weekends free?

◦ Maintain work/life balance?

Adverse Press Coverage

Driving 36,000 miles in 9 months

Proposed amendment of IR35 legislation to

cover ‘office holders’

Be honest with yourself

No one owes you a living

Absolutely right decision for some but not all

Those who make a long term success of interim management tend to relish the chance to do something interesting between assignments including:◦ Voluntary work◦ Holidays◦ Sports◦ Building another business◦ Gardening

Those who spend the break sat in their study looking at LinkedIn are usually the ones who leave the interim market and join the ranks of the employed.

“When you're in the car, how well you do is down

to you and you alone-no band, no

management……..”

Nick Mason

Chris Gill BSc(Hons) MBA FRICS FCMI MIIM

Director

JC Gill and Co Limited

Chartered Management Consultancy Surveyors

Interim Managers

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