Fit for International Transformation Projects?

Ricky L. Stewart

DDIM Interim Manager and Partner of the WIL Group

DDIM Congress 2015

The market is getting younger, more female and more colorfulLong live the specialist who´s also a consultant

More legal aspectsStuck in the middle

Worldwide Solutions from one single sourceThe Interim manager becomes a brand

The Interim Manager becomes transparentThe Interim Manager must be found

Silicon Valley is the blueprint for the future working cultureThe digital revolution will boost the market

10 Propositions about the Interim Management Market by Thorsten Becker

www.wilgroup.net

Introducing WIL Group

World Wide Interim Leadership

77 operational partners

$ 73m turnover

Covering 34 countries

400 Interim assignments per year

4,500 core vetted leadership pool

38,500 total talent pool

HQ in London, One Pancras Square

The WIL Group offers a single solution for

clients to find Interim Management and

Transition Management leaders of every

discipline to work anywhere in the world.

WIL Groups vision is to be the number one

company for global interim and transition

managers by offering a unique

„international multi-sourcing model“ that

leverages the assets of each member firm

and ensures the best talent is selected for

assignments globally.

Members

Other Key Findings

Market outlook and daily rates

Overall these executives are buoyant about the

market for projects with 39% envisaging an increase

in international roles over next 12 months.

The majority of interim & transformation leaders

earn up to $ 1,500 per diem; and 20% earn

between $ 1,500 and $ 4,000 per diem

Gender

Only 11.3% of the top level talent pool are female

27% say it is harder for women to land

international assignments

Other Key Findings

Multi-lingual and highly educated pool

85% speak more than one language, 35% speak

three or more languages. A bachelors degree is the

„standard“ with 94% and 64% have a Master´s

degree or equivalent.

Nearly 20% have „Big 3-4“ consulting backgrounds

with firms such as McKinsey, Deloitte, BCG, KPMG

56 is the average age

57% are Interim Managers for more than 3 years

and 19% for more than 10 years

The Good and the Bad

41% believe that the biggest challenge is leaving

friends and families for a prolonged period of time;

and 20% find the cultural differences to be a

challenge

26% enjoy the exposure to different cultures with

only a very small number purely doing it for higher

remuneration (7.8%)

The process….

…and its hurdles

Project Brief

Perfect or rough

Your first intercultural test

2nd Project Brief

In some countries the briefing develops along the process

Interviews

Via Skype

Your language skills

Your CV and project list

English CV – not a translation of your German CV

Tailored for the project

Max 2 pages - Time is Money

Shortlist

International competition

British competition

Quality matters

Contract

Could be in English

START

Hit the ground and run

No honeymoon period

Time is Money

Your Marketing tools

Make yourself visible

Your international sales

actively offering your

international profile to potential

clients

Are you tagged „international“ in

our CRM?

Your international billboard

English and German

Pulse ! - Blog

Your international content

SlideShare presentation sharing

format is a great way to make

your PowerPoint presentations

or other files available for easy

web-based access, and get

statistics on views.

Thank you Düsseldorf, November 5th, 2016