An interim manager is one who is employed on a short-term, fixed contract basis to stand in for some vacant managerial position. This is a rapidly growing segment of the job market, this book shows you both how to become and interim manager or how to find an interim manager for your company. It includes case studies; a review of the characteristics appropriate for interim management; where interim managers can make most impact; the legal issues; how to get the best out of agencies and the future of interim management. Author : Des Dearlove, former appointments editor for the The Times. He is now a successful freelance journalist and author. Dr David Clutterbuck is one of the UK's best known management writers with over 30 books to his name. He also lectures and consults internationally.