CEE Interim Conference 2024

8.30-9.00   Registration and networking session

8.30-9.00   Opening session

9.15-9.30   What does the interim management project market look like today in Poland and in Europe

• Roman Wendt
  • The Status of Interim Management in Poland and in Other European Countries Presentation of SIM and INIMA IM Market Survey Results 2023/2024
    
    

9.30-9.50  How can interim managers accelerate changes in the public sector

• Jason Atkinson
  • The perspective of the British Interim Management market experience.
    
    

9.50-10.35  Panel discussion: Factors driving the demand for interim management projects in Poland and CEE

• Bohuslav Lipovsky, Marzena Tusza
  • Companies opting for IM support
  • What determines successful IM projects,
  • Qualifications and competencies that are particularly sought after,
  • Reasons for project failures – how to avoid them,
  • Effectively acquiring new projects at attractive rates,
  • Q&A session
    
    

10.35-11.00  Coffee break

11.00-11.45  The role of interim management in scaling and transforming family and owner-operated businesses

• Mirosława Morawska, Krzysztof Urbanowicz, Monika Nachyła
  • professionalization and development of the scale of operation of family businesses and expansion, also abroad
  • challenges related to the change of generations in family businesses and broadly understood succession and the role of Interim Managers in these processes
  • the specificities of family and owner-owned businesses, which should be taken into account in projects in order for them to be successful
    
    

11.45-12.05  How to accelerate integration of companies after ownership changes?

• Marzena Tusza
  • Two domestic ownership companies and a leading European manufacturer in the industry. Different management styles, organizational cultures, team competences and the expectation of quick unification of operations. How and in what ways did interim management help?
    
    

12.05-12.25  Transformation of European multi-site operations by a team of Interim Managers from CE

• Pierluigi Ghione
  • consolidation of global manufacturing footprint in Eastern Europe
  • managing a 10.000+ employees organization in CEE & Balkan
  • cooperating with international interim managers on a project in Eastern Europe
  • unexpected crisis management during a regular crisis management interim mission
  • the crucial importance of cross-cultural awareness and respect in interim missions in CEE & Balkan
  • lessons learned
    
    

12.25-12.55  Anatomy of transformation: The human dimension in effectively conducting company transofrmations

• Sergiusz Żemek, Wojciech Eichelberger
  • what constitutes the greatest obstacles to effective transformation
  • what is absolutely necessary for it to succeed
  • what is the importance of organizational culture
  • what role does the Interim Manager have to play in this aspect?
  • what competences he needs for this