Interim manager for risk and crisis management, by Tanja Biel, Managing Partner
As interim managers, we often take on the role of sparring partner for management and suddenly bear a great deal of responsibility for sensitive business issues. For example, interim managers (executives) are often called in for crisis or risk management. We regularly encounter risks that could cost companies a lot of money.
As interim managers, we see risk management as a valuable opportunity management tool and point this out to our clients accordingly. This consideration is not only about image damage, financial losses due to fraud or compliance with regulations, but also about a general consideration of possible future risks. After all, risk management is basically nothing other than future-oriented decision management. Risks are set against possible opportunities and can also have a positive influence on corporate goals. Every management decision can trigger opportunities as well as risks.
Risk management illuminates decision-making processes from a specific perspective. In our daily work as HR interim managers, we regularly encounter the following risk areas: qualification risks, performance risks, shortage of skilled employees, departure risks, crime risks, compliance and many more.
Companies are well advised to set and implement appropriate guidelines. Organizational guidelines also promote your employer branding and the positive image of your company. The most important thing is to minimize or, at best, avert dangers and risks for the company that arise from non-compliant actions and breaches of rules by employees.
It is in the interest of every company to keep its risks and susceptibility to damage as low as possible. A loss of image can very quickly affect the economic situation of companies and, in the worst case, jeopardize their existence, as this is often accompanied by a massive loss of trust on the part of stakeholders.
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HR Unlimited GmbH, www.hr-unlimited.com, is an owner-managed company specializing in interim management, based in Glattpark Opfikon, Switzerland, and has been offering corresponding assignments at home and abroad for more than 21 years. HR Unlimited GmbH is Andreas Biel, Tanja Biel, Balz Schlittler, Marcel Brader, Christian Hobi, Martin Hegglin, Christoph Müller, Georg Boos, Daniel R. Brunner, Andreas Gnepf, Monika Wälty, Dr. Thomas Pimpl and a large, qualified pool of Interim Managers we know personally.