Life on your own: Independent Management Consultant or Interim Manager
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Pathfinder Magazine December 2011
Pathfinder is the UK's longest running publication dedicated to Armed Forces resettlement and Veterans issues.
There is an article by Barry Tuckwood on Interim Management and Independent Consultancy on page 12.
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Association of MBAs Presentation
It seemed to me when I went independent in 1993 that there was little that really recognised the differences between being an independent consultant or interim manager, and starting any other business. There is a difference between starting a professional services company and a new manufacturing company although they should both recognise two things: they need customers and they need profit. Having started independent consultants’ meetings with the Association of MBAs’ support, for which I received the Chairman’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Association in 2002, I used to receive enquiries at the rate of at least one every week on how to go independent.
In 2002 the Association of MBAs held an evening meeting at which Alan Horne of Albemarle, an Interim Management organisation, and I provided a presentation and discussion on the distinction between the two, and the very significant areas which they share. Even though the presentation was in 2002 it remains relevant today and can be obtained here.
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Consultancy as a Career
The Institute of Management Consultancy (IMC), now the Institute of Business Consulting (IBC), published an annual guide for senior school leavers. I contributed articles to it on careers in Consultancy, from the perspective of someone whose experience covers a range of organisations both as employee and consultant, before embarking on my own.
Those interested in consultancy as a career can find information here.
Aimed primarily at those students who are contemplating a career in consultancy, it may be useful to those considering moving into the industry. For other information on life as an independent consultant please refer to the books listed below.
Books on Consultancy and Interim Management
This is a selection, in no particular order, of books that you might find useful.
- The Top Consultant by Calvert Markham
- How to Be Your Own Management Consultant: by Calvert Markham
- Million Dollar Consulting by Alan Weiss
- High Income Consulting by Tom Lambert
- The Concise Guide to Becoming an Independent Consultant by Herman Holtz
- Managerial Consulting Skills, by Charles Margerison
- Creating and Developing a Consultancy Practice, Martin Wilson
- Profitable Consulting Business by Douglas Gray
- Interim Management by Dennis Russell
- The Freelance Alternative, Marianne Gray
- Going It Alone by Sally Garrett
- Go It Alone by Geoff Burch
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