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Interim Management Professional Programme

Interim Management is increasingly used strategically, and interim managers face specific requirements and challenges—often involving driving change initiatives at pace and building competitiveness. The programme meets the interim manager’s unique needs. It is delivered over four and a half days, divided into two days on change management, two days on strategic governance, and a concluding half-day workshop for reflection and deeper learning.

Date: 17–21 May 2027
Lecturer: Senior Lecturer Jonas Fasth and Fredrik Mannheimer
Study time: 5 days
Language: Swedish
Price: SEK 47,000 excl. VAT, incl. lunches and one dinner

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About the program

The Interim Management Professional Programme is a tailored programme for interim managers who want to strengthen their ability to navigate complex and changing situations. The programme combines the latest research, evidence-based methods and practical relevance. A balanced combination of theory and practice gives participants both strategic capability and concrete tools to use in their assignments.

The programme addresses the interim manager’s unique needs and focuses on change management, strategy execution and sustainable leadership practices. Participants will learn how to handle high-pressure situations, drive effective change processes and create long-term competitive advantages for organisations.

The programme provides, among other things:

Tools to quickly analyse and act in complex situations.
Enhanced ability to build competitiveness and drive successful change processes.
Systems and structural support for effective strategy execution.
Insights from real cases and the opportunity to build valuable networks.

Structure

Target group:

Interim consultants, interim managers and other leaders working with strategic change under demanding conditions.

This programme is particularly suitable for you if you:

work as an interim manager and want to strengthen your ability to quickly understand an organisation, set direction and drive change. You want to develop your strategic leadership and gain practical tools to execute strategy, manage complex situations and deliver results in your assignments.

DAY 1 Laying the groundwork for successful change

Understand the biggest challenges in change.
Identify the drivers behind the need for change.
Assemble the right team and secure commitment.
Manage different personalities and create a shared willingness to develop.
Create clear direction and set goals that both challenge and inspire.
The factors that are critical for success.

DAY 2 Governing and leading change

Create links between goals and activities to drive results.
Shared values that guide decision-making.
Balancing detailed planning with flexibility for learning and adjustments.
The importance of dialogue for engagement.
Symbolic leadership and its role in building trust and momentum.

DAY 3 Strategy formulation and effective planning and governance

Strategies that meet specific organisational needs.
Critical KPIs and key metrics, and prioritisation for maximum impact.
Planning that enables smooth implementation.
Balancing structure and adaptation in governance models.
Risks, uncertainty and unforeseen events.

DAY 4 Leadership and tools for strategy execution

Follow-up that optimises strategy execution.
Continuous learning that improves processes.
Inspiring and motivating
Proven methods and processes that simplify.
Coordinated governance so everyone works towards the same goals.

Day 5 Workshop – Interim Management: Tools, strategies and reflection for success

During the workshop, moderated by Joakim Hökegård, we reflect on leadership practice together with Wictor Bonde and Mats Reidler, Growth Officer and Director and recruitment consultant at Interim Search respectively, as well as Peter Haveneth, CEO of Haveneth Management & Advisory, who has extensive experience of procuring interim services. Real cases and experiences from both participants and industry experts are linked to the challenges and topics covered during the programme.

Lecturers and other contributors

Joakim HökegårdAs Academic Programme Director, Joakim Hökegård is responsible for bringing the programme content together into a rewarding whole and ensuring that the programme’s objectives are achieved.

As Academic Programme Director, Joakim Hökegård is responsible for bringing the programme content together into a rewarding whole and ensuring that the programme’s objectives are achieved. Joakim moderates the concluding workshop and attends all modules.

Joakim holds an MSc in Business and Economics from the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg and has extensive, solid experience from the business sector. During his career, he has held several senior roles, including management consultant, Marketing Director in both B2B and consumer companies, and CEO of communications agencies, web agencies and tech companies. Joakim Hökegård is currently Marketing and Sales Director at GU Executive Education.

Joakim is a highly regarded and frequently engaged moderator at events, seminars and think tanks.

Jonas FasthJonas Fasth combines research and academic expertise with more than 25 years’ experience in consulting within strategy, leadership and growth. With his broad competence, he creates a valuable link between theory and practice and offers new perspectives on how companies can develop and respond to change.

Jonas Fasth is a researcher and lecturer in business administration at the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg. His research focuses primarily on how leaders involve employees and external stakeholders in strategic work, how companies manage crisis situations, and the challenges of leadership. Jonas also has experience working with group executive management teams and boards in knowledge organisations. His assignments have mainly involved developing organisations’ ways of working and capabilities in strategy and change. In addition, Jonas is engaged as a consultant with a focus on growth and strategic processes in companies.

Based on both research and more than 25 years’ experience as a consultant, he has written a number of books, including: “Management av tillväxtföretag – vad visar forskningen”, “Företagsledares arbete och tillväxt”, “Praktiskt strategiarbete”, “Lilla boken om marknadsföring”, “Tillväxtföretagens grunder”, “Strategiarbetets grunder” and “Styrelsearbete – dåtid, nutid och framtid”.

Jonas’s expertise is both theoretical and practical, enabling him to create a rewarding link between academia and the business community.

Fredrik Kjellberg MannheimerFredrik Kjellberg Mannheimer has extensive experience as a management consultant, focusing on strategic governance and strategy execution. With experience from both the private and public sectors, he works on how organisations can translate strategies into practice and create the conditions for long-term development.

Fredrik Kjellberg Mannheimer is a PhD candidate at the Department of Business Administration at the School of Business, Economics and Law in Gothenburg, holds a degree in economics from Lund University, and a master’s degree in political science from the University of Gothenburg.

Fredrik works as a management consultant focusing on strategic governance and strategy execution. He has extensive experience supporting both national and international private and public organisations in establishing processes for effective strategy execution. He has also worked with a large number of government agencies.

Wictor BondeWictor Bonde is a founder, partner and Chief Growth Officer at Interim Search AB, with broad experience in recruitment, corporate management and investments. With a diverse background spanning both business and international academic environments, he contributes perspectives on growth, talent supply and leadership.

Wictor Bonde is Partner & Chief Growth Officer and a founder of Interim Search AB.

He has worked in recruitment in several roles, including Head of Business Area for Banking & Finance at Michael Page International, and at Heidrick & Struggles focusing on the Consumer and Industrial sectors. He has also run his own company, served as Investment Manager for a privately owned private equity fund, and been Interim Head of Information for Reac Fuel, a company in Alternative Energy.

Wictor holds a bachelor’s degree from JIBS International Business School, as well as additional academic credentials from Hawaii Pacific University, Yale University, Plekhanov Russian Academy of Economics and Stockholm University.

Peter HavenethPeter Haveneth has extensive experience in corporate management and strategic transformations, with a particular focus on change, restructuring and growth. Drawing on perspectives from both the CEO role and the role of client to interim consultants, he shares his experience of driving large-scale change processes in major companies.

Peter Haveneth, CEO of Haveneth Management & Advisory AB, has worked extensively with corporate change in a number of different CEO roles, focusing on strategic and operational transformations.

He has extensive experience engaging interim consultants to drive large-scale change, including in his role as CEO of Frigoscandia.

Peter’s leadership spans many years and includes work with complex restructurings and creating growth in large companies. Peter has also been a client of Interim Search for a long time.

Mats ReidlerMats Reidler has more than 25 years’ experience in senior roles and broad expertise in industry, business development and project management. With his combination of operational leadership experience and recruitment expertise, he has a strong understanding of how the right leadership and competence contribute to developing effective organisations.

Mats Reidler is a Director and recruitment consultant at Interim Search. With more than 25 years’ experience in senior roles, he has a strong understanding of what it takes to create effective, well-functioning organisations.

Mats has a clear industrial profile and has held senior operational positions in technical consulting firms, as well as roles as a senior consultant and project/programme manager.

In terms of education, Mats has a foundational degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in business administration from Stockholm University. In addition, he has completed training in effective board work through StyrelseAkademien.

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