Establishing a ‘Big Company Manager‘ as a Self-employed Freelancer in Interim Management & Management Consulting

This document is concerned with a singular and very specialised subject: the key to successful transition for an experienced manager whose career to date has been with-in various small, medium and large firms, into becoming an Interim Manager and Consultant, working independently.

The title of this research project gives an indication of the subject. It explores four issues for a start-up in business in the DACH region, in order to find strategic key suc-cess factors for establishing me as a self-employed freelancer in Interim Management and Management Consulting.

There are further four research questions with objectives addressed in my investigation which have been focused on.

Part of the research involved interviewing sixteen people with knowledge/experience of Interim Management and/or Management Consulting. During the interviews, eight questions have been asked regarding an Interim Management working model/market and Management Consulting Marketing/Image. The developed interview questions have been semi-structured with a small guiding introduction. The interview questions helped to develop a more cogent understanding of the issues and findings, and the interrelationships related to the issues.

Conclusions have been, that the research questions have been answered, and recommendations made as follows hereafter.