We offer members practical videos on critical interim skills, unique competency profiling and development reports, and a range of Open University-linked online management modules. We also offer both new and experienced interims an excellent induction and self-marketing workshop.
We have never before had the opportunity to really know how to develop our interim skills, except through on-job experience. API has produced practical videos, competency profiles, and on-line modules with the Open University, which gives me a chance to really work on becoming a more effective interim manager, alongside my functional responsibilities.
We run full-day workshops every month in London, providing Executives and Managers looking at Interim Management for the first time with the vital information they need to succeed in their career. It goes much further than simply presenting facts about the market place (which is where most other workshops stop).
These workshops are as invaluable to practising interims as they are to new starters. They offer excellent techniques and tips on how to successfully sell and market yourself and your services to providers and clients alike and a clear understanding of the best routes to market.
Note: You do not need to be a member of API to attend, although there are subsequent membership discounts available to workshop delegates.
'I attended the API Induction and Marketing Workshop and found it absolutely invaluable at the start of my career as an interim. Not only did it equip me with the essential skill set of an interim, it also gave me the confidence and, subsequently, the support network, to succeed in the interim market.'
Based on real learning from very successful, experienced senior interims these 'training bytes' provide both new and current interims with excellent first-hand insight into proven generic interim skills and techniques essential in those early client meetings and vital first days on assignment.
These short videos are an opportunity for both new and practising interims to benefit from the knowledge and learning of other very experienced interim executives. We contend that the best way to learn is from those who have been there before. The interim executives featured in these videos, who are all members of API , represent over 80 years of collective interim wisdom, gained from over 100 assignments, across private, public and not-for-profit sectors, covering a wide range of functional expertise.
The learning modules, distilled from this proven experience, are short, sharp insights, into key generic skills required of all successful interim executives. There is tremendous value in either accessing a specific module for immediate support and/or the whole learning framework for interims to check, develop, hone, rethink or update their skills. We believe that they offer interims serious about enhancing their professional capabilities, the opportunity to increase their knowledge and to improve on-job performance and key deliverables.
Diagnostic Hot QuestionsThe first meetings; unearthing the real issues and way forward. |
First Vital WeekAbility to maximise impact and demonstrate real value fast. |
Top TipsKey ingredients for successful assignments |
Building Rapport FastRapidly bonding with and influencing client teams & stakeholders |
'What a brilliant idea! There is no better way of learning than directly from those who have done it successfully. Short, sharp and very much to the point! This is really good stuff!'
What are the core competencies of a successful Interim Executive? How do you compare against this benchmark of success? Do you have what it takes to succeed in this career? If you are a seasoned interim, can you improve your ‘saleability’?
Understand your potential AND/OR improve your skill set.
This research, commissioned by API, is unique to the industry.
Use the output of your personal report to develop the skills that set you apart as a career Interim professional and to put you in a position to win more assignments.
Three (3) levels of report are available - Potential; Development; Expert.
I can now demonstrate to clients the value I offer over a permanent employee, not just through proven experience, but by independently-researched interim competencies. It provides academic validation to add to my marketing message.
Consider your on-going development as an interim professional, not just your functional expertise, to keep ahead of the competition. If you want more choice of assignments why not broaden your skill set?
We offer In-depth on-line learning from our respected partner, targeted to support core competencies of an interim professional and for all senior executives looking to enhance their business knowledge and marketability.
View at a glance the educational support available to interim professionals who want to develop one or more of their core competencies.
The API is the professional membership body representing experienced and new career Interim Managers.
Our aim is the promotion and development of interim management as a powerful and leading management resource by the collective action of its members and by promoting their common interests.
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