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Interim Management & Advisory Services

In recognition of the fact that the human resource requirements of law firms and other professional service organisations often go beyond permanent recruitment, First Counsel provides a range of alternative resourcing solutions. Over the past few years, we have rapidly become a leading provider of interim management and consultancy services to professional service firms, in addition to our well-established permanent recruitment offering.

Interim Management - helping you sustain success

• Sudden departure - senior executive gaps
• Special projects
• Short-term management & leadership challenges
• Implementing a new strategy
• Merger/integration projects
• Maternity or sabbatical cover
• Restructuring
• Business improvement or turn-around
• Change Management

Whether you have an important executive gap to fill, a vital project to complete, a merger to integrate or a change programme to implement, talk to First Counsel. We give you access to the pick of the most experienced interim managers - all of them professional service firm executives whose aim is simple: to bring you results fast. Covering the full range of management disciplines, all of our people are senior business professionals with proven track records of delivery and achievement. Sensibly overqualified, they are high impact managers who help clients achieve their strategic objectives and secure operational improvements.

More than interim managers, they are effective leaders, project managers and technical experts - typically at the forefront of managing major change. With this level of experience it is no coincidence that our interims are often recruited to lead new and strategically important initiatives, and to expedite what the client is seeking to achieve when the skill-set doesn't exist in-house.

Top class talent, bottom line results

Each of our interim managers is totally focused on results and on sustainable, superior performance. They get the job done and they add a lot of value, fast. They give good advice and sometimes difficult, uncompromising advice. But it is always objective, focused on delivering the right outcome for the business. In short, they make things happen.

The duration of the assignments they take on is typically between three and 12 months. Progress, performance and service reviews are a regular feature. And providing an effective mentoring service to our interim managers ensures that there is a reassuring level of support and added value for your project.

Above all, when the assignment comes to an end, we don't just walk away. We facilitate a smooth completion or hand-over and conduct a full project review. We are keen to ensure that your growth and success is sustained.

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Advisory Services - turning strategy into results

Interim management is one solution to the problem of drift inside professional service firms.

Project consultancy is another. Advice anchored in deep strategic insight and operational common sense can also help ensure that visionary intent is translated into action and results.

Project consultancy differs from interim management in a number of ways, but chief among them is the fact that the expertise is provided on a specific, stand-alone initiative. The input of the consultant, both strategic and practical, also tends to be required on a more arms-length basis and not generally from within the organisation.

Outputs are no less important, however, and all of our consultants are single-minded in their pursuit of delivery and results.

Core advisory services

First Counsel Project Consultants are experts in their field and provide advice and practical help on a broad range of strategic challenges.

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So, whether you need interim management or project consultancy support, or high-level advice of a general nature do please get in touch.

Simon Slater 020 7332 6336
simon.slater@firstcounsel.com