applying to join
The process of how to join typically depends on how soon a meeting can be arranged but the steps involved are:
- Send us a copy of your CV outlining how Icebreaker supports your interim management career aspirations
- We arrange a 30 minute telephone conversation to establish your aspirations, capability, focus and fit
- To clearly set out how the business works; we will send you a copy of our member agreement standard terms, and code of conduct, for your review
- You will be asked to take a personality test to evaluate your natural fit with interim management and Your natural fit with our approach
- We will meet for an 90m interview, with 2 icebreaker team members
- We will confirm our decision about inviting you to join Icebreaker
if you are invited to join
If we ask you to join Icebreaker then the following procedures will take place:
- You will be asked to sign a non-exclusive membership agreement, code of conduct to enable you to become a member of the team.
- You will start by posting your network data to our internal business support system (which is fully confidential, secure and password-protected). Only you and company directors will have access to this information
- you will prepare 2 or 3 case studies in the icebreaker 1 page format to outline the way you work and results delivered
- You will review all relevant marketing material, set up email address, and networking activities
- there may be a nominal fee for supporting marketing collateral pack, letterheads, bus cards compliments slips, brochures etc (this is pre agreed by members and supplied at cost typically max £150)
- you will then have the opportunity to contribute to business development and play a part of a leading edge network of interim managers, attend networking and business development meetings approx. every 6 weeks, (Curry in the City) and our 6 month strategy review
- It is outlined up front that regardless of joining the team, you will be expected to take your CPD very seriously, attend the core 2 day Icebreaker CPD program, and see the importance of playing our part in leading Continuous Professional Development to keep us ahead of our profession.
- Contribute what you can when you are available. Its understood that when on assignment your time is limited, and clients on assignment are clearly our main focus.
- you will pay all your own expenses associated with business development attending meetings etc
- you will be expected to add your case studies to the Library. These case studies the means of identifying the best resource for the client requirements.
Once you have joined Icebreaker you will be expected to do the following to achieve your own personal aspirations and to meet the network's business objectives. We estimate that your involvement should be fun well spend, and productive:
- Share data and collaborate with the rest of the team
- Attend client networking seminars normally every 6 weeks
- Input into pitches, share best practice
- Take a lead in heading up client engagements
- Attend Icebreaker core CPD programs and contribute to its promotion and development
- Update client reports when on assignment and post to site
- Escalate exceptions to Icebreaker Director and post to site
- Post bi-weekly client sign off reviews to our secure, password-protected online resource
make no mistake - the icebreaker business is very proactive and there are no vacancies for passengers...
Client relationship
As a very experienced interim the client relationship will typically be managed directly between you as the interim manager and your client, with support from the Icebreaker network and functional resources when needed. However, we will not micro-manage the relationship but will respect your position and capabilities to oversee things without our direct involvement. You will be expected to escalate any problems, and ask for help as required, and ensure all key QA stages PO, Plan, proposals, outcomes are signed off by and Icebreaker Director.
In addition, you may be familiar with the scenario where you have agreed to meet a potential client on a particular day and then you are offered and accept an assignment which starts before this meeting date and means you will now be busy on assignment. We at Icebreaker believe strongly that once an interim has agreed to meet a client they should honour that commitment and when they accept an assignment they should confirm they will have to be out of the office in order to attend this pre-arranged meeting.
Non-exclusivity
Whilst our business model sets the target that we generate more work than we can fulfil we welcome our team of executive interims gaining experience outside of our network so you are always free to take work through another interim provider.
Please note, all interims freely enter into a contract with Icebreaker Executive; there is an offer, an acceptance, a consideration and then a commercial contract is agreed on a voluntary and non-exclusive basis, and save nominal fees at cost for marketing collateral and attending the CPD events (which we hope our team see the value in attending), expenses incurred in pitching for business there is no other fees to join.
