Interim or Consultant
It very much depends on your needs and resources. A management consultant will typically review the business or issues and then make recommendations leaving the client to implement them. They are often more theoretical than practical, manage a number of assignments at the same time and, whilst they are often more expensive, they would not normally work within a business full-time.
An Interim Manager will recommend an approach, gain agreement and then be responsible for implementing the changes or solutions. Typically, an Interim Manager will work one one assignment at a time, on a full-time basis, albeit for a short duration, perhaps 3 to 9 months. Interims take a hand-on approach be it running a business, a department, launching a new product or service or turing a business around.
