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Well it is in our office anyway. We are going to ban the use of the word and ensure that it is not viewed as an excuse but as an opportunity. I hope my title caught your attention and for a mere split second you were hopeful that it was over and that I might have some pearls of wisdom or indeed some hard facts that might suggest the recession is over. Unfortunately, I have neither. All I can say is that our team is increasingly more positive as they are experiencing greater levels of activity in the market.
I am no different to many small business owners and when bombarded with bad news in the press am left feeling that my glass is half full. However, our hard work and commitment are paying off and we are indentifying opportunities for high quality interim managers. Recent assignments have included opportunities across all the sectors that we operate in and whilst we have a strong presence in the UK we have also got current assignments based in continental Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
Within the past two weeks I have also had the opportunity to pitch to a financial services provider who are about to embark on a major change programme so can confidently predict that the pipeline for assignments is looking good.
I recently attended the Yorkshire Business Conference www.yibc.biz. As always the conference was excellent and this year it focused on speakers who had a “can do” approach to business. I can recommend this conference (or those that are similar) to everyone because you come away with a renewed sense of purpose and positivity. What key points did I come away with? A few messages struck a chord. The first is that there is enough business out there for everyone, even today. The second was switch off from the negativity that is out there, turn off the TV or ignore the papers until at least lunchtime as you will start the day better and achieve more. The third message I took was – ignore what your competition are doing, focus on your own business and don’t fret if you hear that they too are successful as there is still enough out there for all of us.
On one last positive note please wish me some luck! I recently presented our business to a panel of experts for the National Business Awards. Always difficult to judge if you hit the right notes but I hope I gave a reasonable account of the business and the excellent team within. Should find out how we did in the next few weeks. Will report our progress and hopefully have more positive news.
Doug Baird is Managing Director of Interim Partners
June 11th, 2009 at 10:57 am
Well, I for one would like to wish you the best of luck for the National Business Awards - Interim Partners is definitely a Winner for Saint Michael’s Hospice, having committed sustained support over 3 years, through our Guild of Patrons. This commitment is helping us bring more specialist care to local people living with terminal illness. Interim Partners became a founding member last year, at a time of economic uncertainty, and has helped us grow the Guild of Patrons to a membership of 19 organisations who are all making a difference to their local community. We are tremendously grateful and proud to be associated with Interim Partners. Good luck with the award!
August 24th, 2009 at 12:10 am
Refreshing thoughts. Thanks for this article, it is a very interesting overview of recession.