Our proven interim management team, with the expert support of our specialist collaborative partners work with a range of organisations, with a number of diverse business needs. We deliver equally successfully in start-ups to typically £10-100m VC backed SMEs & Plcs to huge corporations in both the public and private sectors.
Access to the best change management, functional and specialist expertise
Successful executive interim management should be seen by businesses, and those who invest in businesses, as a necessary and valuable investment; as a positive, proactive business resource that can offer much more than just crisis management.
We believe very strongly that successful business is about change and we provide the resources to help you make it happen. We help you to develop a business culture that is capable of delivering and supporting change and to build a company with the skills and motivation to drive itself forward.
Our executive interim managers work alongside your team to manage and oversee the implementation of a project, as well as the related risks. Whilst every assignment is unique to the individual client our implementation programmes usually focus on increasing profit and facilitating growth through all stages in the business life cycle.
We deliver equally successfully in start-ups to typically £10-100m VC backed SMEs & PLCs to huge corporations in both the public and private sectors.
Real Return on Investment (ROI)
For typical engagements we target 25% indirect and direct savings with improvements in customer service (our experience is these objectives are not mutually exclusive). In relation to cost of assignment these savings will likely result in an annualised 10-20 ROI following the delivering of our programme.
Retained Clients
We offer a full range of services to VCs, which include areas such as Investment review, Liquidity improvement, Business acquisition, market evaluation, Earnings & growth, Value retention and Intervention & recovery. When there is a large portfolio of ventures under supervision, our collaborative model provides a simplified bespoke outsourced solution. With a dedicated point of contact, we develop support for the core business model strategies to more effectively co-ordinate and resource programs as they emerge and evolve. In general we define common KPIs in line with achieving the clients ROI or cash targets so that we at no time are Icebreaker perceived a cost, just a means of quickly liberating step change in performance.
Ownership of delivering the solution, with a single point of contact
In short, we will take ownership of delivering the solution and guarantee to deliver:
- Accelerated and well-managed change supported by robust risk management
- A management team with the capabilities to support and deliver substantial enduring results
- A leaner more agile business
- A revitalised team capable of making better business decisions
- A 10-20x return (our target is 25% bottom line savings)
What drives us...
Legal counsel Recognising the importance of good contractual support, we have our own internal commercial counsel. Darrell Smith is a qualified solicitor. He focusses on developing, negotiating and getting agreements right first time. With a wealth of executive commercial experience, he brings a refreshing, pragmatic approach, sound commercial experience alongside clarity in complex sensitive scenarios.
Challenge We work to deliver special projects and to overcome business challenges. We provide a global perspective on best practices across a number of functions, as well as offering a breadth and depth of skills and sector experience. Our approach is consistent and focused on delivering results but it is not prescriptive.
Risk and Reward We are also prepared to put our money where our mouth is and partner in an MBI if the circumstances are right, and or share risk and reward on meeting our agreed growth or profit targets..
Diverse expertise with depth and breadth Our experience includes work in Operations, Procurement, Finance, HR sales and marketing, IT, Systems Engineering and General management, routed in senior management positions in a wide variety of leading edge industries.
Icebreaker Executive Interim Management provides clients with:
- Access to an experienced and skilled Interim Management team with backgrounds in both the private & public sector
- An invaluable additional business resource within your core management team who is focused on delivering change with immediate results
- High performing teams and successful implementation processes
- A rich, productive mix of knowledge and experience to work alongside your business with the focus, urgency, energy and drive to help meet the most testing business requirements
- A professional resource reporting to your board in order to agree the deliverables and approach; as well as to work alongside your management team to lead and take responsibility for delivering the programme
- An accelerated change process with less formalised analysis, a more hands on approach and a desire to deliver ahead of schedule
- A non-politically threatening senior management resource - who guarantees complete confidentiality - to develop business strategy and to act as a sounding board
- The opportunity to share risk and reward, as an illustration of our commitment to an assignment we believe in
- Executive interim managers who work to a strong Code of Conduct and are part of an elite network who share best practice and continually strive to improve our level of service by proactively addressing and responding to current events and new issues.
- Access to our unique and exclusive professional development course 'The people side of change management: How the way we think profoundly influences the success of our businesses'. As a senior business person the course is available for you to learn more about leadership in change management or, for the best results, we would recommend you combine it with engaging an interim manager to work on an assignment with you and your company.
- Ongoing information sharing via our monthly newsletter, our online news, our regular networking events and workshops, as well as our quarterly industry publication 'Breaking the Ice'.
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