Interim Campaign_Projects & initiatives

01 | Critical issues

Projects & initiatives:

Interims deliver to your timeline

Next situation Projects & initiatives: 3 | Time-critical troubleshooting

Interims in action:

Picture a global food ingredients company with local recruitment teams working very differently across its worldwide footprint. The newly-appointed Head of People wants to create a consistent, united talent acquisition function that can flex to regional and local job markets – potentially by outsourcing to an RPO provider. No one within the organization has the international experience and perspective to lead on this project and handle the contracts side of outsourcing. An Interim is best suited to delivering this project – with a talent pool potentially available all over the world.

Bringing new perspectives on board

A healthcare organization is undertaking a phased cloud migration using a combination of in-house resources and external IT consultancies. However, the project is running over budget and is at risk from security weaknesses and repeated failures of critical services. The external IT consultancy recommend handing them more money to sort the issues they were partly responsible for. An Interim senior cloud specialist would be a far more effective and cost-efficient use of resources to tackle the project.

Smarter, more impactful spending

Interims in action:

Next situation Projects & initiatives: 1 | Sourcing specialist project leaders

turning failure to success

building stronger project teams

Imagine a fast-growing online retailer planning a much-needed re-brand and front-end website refresh. The company could build a project team solely from current leaders in marketing, data, IT and customer service. However, that would seriously impact their time and other duties. Additionally, they would still have to rely heavily on the services of external agencies and web companies to cover gaps in knowledge and capability. The smart alternative is to engage an Interim specialist with extensive digital branding experience to lead the project.

Sourcing specialist project leaders

Interims in action:

building stronger project teams

Next situation Projects & initiatives: 2 | Bringing new perspectives on board

Situation 1

Situation 2

Having won a major account, a chemicals manufacturer is installing a new automated production line, planned to be ready six months before the first contracted shipment date. After a series of setbacks, accidents and breakdowns, the current go-live date is now projected to be only weeks before the shipment deadline. This is the situation for a tried-and-tested troubleshooter – a highly experienced Interim Director of Engineering to get the project back on track.

Korn Ferry interims are hungry for project roles and the opportunity to make a lasting impact in a set time window. From leaders to subject matter experts, we know the people who will deliver on your timeline.

Time-critical troubleshooting

Interims in action:

turning failure to success

Next situation Projects & initiatives: 4 | Smarter, more impactful spending

Situation 3

Situation 4

Next situation Critical issues: 2 | Progressing business deals and business people

Situation 1/3

A professional services firm, and several of its key competitors, had suffered a potentially major data breach. It needed to react fast to protect customers, retain their loyalty and give shareholders confidence in the future of the business. Having contained the original threat within hours, the company immediately sought out a specialist to help deal with the fallout and prevent future instances. Within days, a high-level cybersecurity interim was on-site, joined the following week by two specialist interims to provide hands-on technical input. The first task was to lead immediate security enhancements while advising on communications strategy. Then, the assignment was to conduct a full security audit and a review of incident response planning. By deploying interims so quickly, the company was able to respond faster and more credibly than most of its similarly affected peers. This minimized reputational damage and led to a slight net increase in customers. The audit and review process identified numerous security, systems and staffing improvements. The interim then extended the assignment by two months to help hire and onboard a new permanent Head of Cybersecurity to take on the implementation.

Turning a threat into an opportunity to improve

Situation 1

Sourcing specialist project leaders

building stronger project teams

Situation 1/4

Sourcing specialist project leaders

Interims in action:

building stronger project teams

Situation 1

Situation 2 / 4

Bringing new perspectives on board

Interims in action:

building stronger project teams

Situation 2

The Korn Ferry interim network gives you access to professionals and executives who have proved themselves in crises and guided companies through volatile times. They understand how to establish stability, mitigate risk, and minimize disruption. More than this, they know how to ensure business strategy and performance stay on track. Korn Ferry moves fast to find the interims to keep you moving.

Situation 2 / 4