Women More Successful at Gaining Interim Management Assignments Than Men Say Impact Executives
By Impact Executives, PRNEMonday, July 18, 2011
LONDON, July 19, 2011 -
Despite media reports of women executives encountering ‘glass
ceilings’ in achieving senior level positions, women
level executives brought in for short term assignments - are
showing a different picture.
A recent study by Impact Executives, a leading provider of
interim managers, revealed that women were one-third (33%) more
likely to be successful at gaining an interim assignment than
men.
Although the vast majority of interim managers are male (80%),
the study suggested that women were bringing new skills and
approaches to the interim manager role which made them particularly
attractive for short term executive assignments.
Christine de Largy, Managing Director of Impact Executives,
commented: “Although interim management is a male dominated
industry, this study shows it is also an industry that is well
suited to women. Impact Executives’ research, conducted in
partnership with
that interim managers require a very different skill set from
permanently employed executives; they need to hit the ground
running, have excellent emotional intelligence to connect quickly
with their client, and deliver results fast. Quite often
we find that women candidates are extremely well qualified to
engage with everyone around the organisation and deliver the
requirements of the assignment.”
To discover more please visit
www.impactexecutives.com.
About Impact Executives Ltd
Impact Executives is a leading interim management provider to
organisations of every size in the UK and globally. Originally
formed as a specialist practice within PA Consulting Group, over
the past 20 years Impact Executives has helped over 2000 companies,
including more than two-thirds of the FTSE 250 - find the very best
executive interim management talent. Clients choose to work in
partnership with Impact Executives because of our proven ability to
offer clients immediate solutions to improve their organisation’s
performance.
With offices covering the UK, continental Europe, Asia Pacific
and Australia, Impact Executives is part of the global services
consultancy Harvey Nash Group plc, giving clients and interim
managers the confidence that we have the resources, expertise and
focus to deliver results - fast.
About Harvey Nash Group plc
Harvey Nash, a global professional recruitment consultancy and
IT outsourcing service provider, is committed to delivering the
very best talent and IT solutions to a broad base of international
clients. The Group is a trusted advisor to some of the world’s
leading business, governments and institutions. Operating from 35
offices covering the USA, Europe and Asia, its talented
professionals pursue the highest levels of integrity and quality in
providing a unique portfolio of services: executive search, interim
management, IT and finance recruitment and IT outsourcing.
For further information on Impact Executives, please contact
Christine de Largy, Impact Executives, 13 Bruton Street, London,
W1J 6QA, United Kingdom.
Telephone: +44 (0)20-7314-2011
Email:
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