{"id":564,"date":"2010-01-06T11:39:38","date_gmt":"2010-01-06T10:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.icebreakerexecutive.com\/?p=268"},"modified":"2010-01-06T11:39:38","modified_gmt":"2010-01-06T10:39:38","slug":"thoughts-on-iim-discussion-accreditation-of-interims-and-fit-for-clients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/winningthinking.co.uk\/?p=564","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts on IIM discussion accreditation of interims and fit for clients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Accrediting interims through QA and QC processes implies a comparing a \u201cstandard product\u201d with common standards<\/p>\n<p>The issue here is that as an interim community we are all very different horses for courses, and rightly so \u2013 one size does not fit all client requirements&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Professionalism also implies a drive to improve rather than fit with a standard<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The industry will never be driven<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The icebreaker team are tested on their natural fit with interim management, many will never survive because of the way they are, and that\u2019s OK, and the underlying capability, how they achieved what they did, rather than the outcome<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Case studies imply the past is an indicator of the future \u2013 not sure it is<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We use case studies for clients to set out what we are like to work with and what we achieved<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We check 3 lead indicators of success with clients; do they want to do something different? 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