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In the minds of clients who invite us to find an Interim Manager for their organisation is this question “How do I know if Russam GMS can find the right Interim Manager?”

We can take our clients through our processes – and we are ISO 9001:2008 accredited. We can establish our personal credentials, experience and ability – but we are left with the question “Yes, but how do you actually do it? What are the mechanics? Do you look in all the right places ? What makes Russam GMS more effective than the competition?”

Russam GMS is search-driven and not database-driven. We conduct a thorough search far beyond our own extensive database, driven by our advanced technology and supported by our Central Resource Management Team.

The 'Russam Way' Selection Process is detailed here

The Russam GMS Contact Database

We often get asked, “Why do you have a huge Interim Management Database when many of your competitors have much smaller ones – and they interview all who go onto it?” The answer is that these competitors are database-driven – you have to have who they happen to have on their database. The Russam GMS approach is different. We need a large and continually refreshed and growing database as the basis of our search. In fact, many clients are on this contact database – so they can see what is going on in the market. Some of them were Interim managers and like to keep in touch – and, it has to be said, some of them will become Interim Managers at some point! This is the direction of travel of our working world – more so in times of economic stress.

The database can be analysed as follows:



The database can also be analysed against professional function and level of job seniority:

	Local Government	Health	Defence	Central Government	Private Sector
BOARD/EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE LEVEL
Chairman	271	94	96	148	688
Chief Executive	242	112	80	181	561
DIRECTOR BOARD & NON-BOARD LEVEL
Finance Director	129	92	66	94	654
Marketing Director	103	72	62	46	510
Sales Director	59	40	34	31	304
IT Director	42	25	24	34	154
HR Director	166	79	24	88	378
Change Management Director	24	13	17	29	112
Project Director	73	46	45	54	186
Procurement Director	14	19	14	43	93
Logistics Director	28	11	16	13	69
Children’s Services Director	0	0	0	0	2
Other	157	123	111	501	922
FUNCTIONAL SENIOR EXECUTIVES & MANAGERS
Business Development	343	218	178	220	1389
Finance	173	115	72	138	882
Procurement	214	28	36	36	185
Human Resources	212	89	35	135	596
Programme and Project Managers	261	41	262	58	1430
Marketing	189	111	80	116	843
Change Management	396	241	183	298	1113
Sales	87	83	62	58	698
IT	130	82	75	109	642
Logistics & Supply Chain Management	94	59	290	54	1867
Property & Estates Management	57	24	192	36	100
Children’s Services	3	0	0	2	2
Other	186	138	135	610	1742

This analysis is a statistical one. Those analysed, for example, as Finance Executives may also have broader or different skills such as CEO experience and vice-versa. The same applies to sector experience. Science turns into art when searching for combinations of professional discipline and sector experience.

The Russam GMS approach to Search

The Russam GMS approach to searching the contact database starts as a science and goes through the art phase and finishes with the judgement conclusion – judgement based on skill, knowledge and experience. Knowledge of our client’s business, their culture and values and the personality of those to whom the Interim will both report to and work with is obviously an integral part of this process - and its successful outcome.

To those clients who are unsure about the value of using an Interim Management Provider rather than adopting the DIY approach, we would simply say that if you can replicate everything that you can read in this Section, and be certain that you can find the right Interim Manager – and have the time to do it all – CARRY ON!

Leveraging the Russam GMS Database

For many, what makes Russam GMS arguably the most innovative, creative and forward-looking Interim Management Provider in the UK is this sector-leading search capability. A network asset of very considerable value has been created and can be leveraged for other related purposes. In addition to Interim Managers, Russam GMS can find non-Executive Directors for SMEs, the missing bits in entrepreneurial endeavours, Trustees for Charities, etc. We at Russam GMS see ourselves in a unique position – standing at the demand and supply crossroads of senior human resource for Private Sector, Public Sector and Third Sector enterprises.

Specialist Areas

Whilst our origins – still the basis of our business – is broadly based across all professional disciplines and across most business and organisation sectors, our everyday life is focussed on our Specialist Sectors and Initiatives which are set out and fully presented on our website. As a result, we find that from time to time, we need to build up our range of contacts in specific areas. We do this primarily by targeted advertising, leveraging selectively our existing contacts and focussed trade networking.

Diversity

We set out elsewhere in our website our approach to Diversity issues including our equality and diversity policy. At all times, the principles set out here govern our search methodologies. Certainly for us and anecdotally within our sector, it would seem that no more than 25% of all interim assignments throughout the whole Interim Management sector are handled by women – indeed, in common with most of our competitors, our own database contains only about 15% women. Russam GMS is keen to do something about this in practical terms and, about two years ago, we set up our InterimWomen initiative, based on the unique website – www.interimwomen.com. The aim is to promote interim management to women and to promote women in Interim Management – and to supply useful information to support this process backed up by regional and national networking and CPD Events.