What Is A Fractional CMO? And Why More Businesses Are Hiring One
June 20, 2025
Rise of the fractional CMO – you don’t always need more headcount to get more horsepower
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Why Scale-Ups Are Turning to Interim Managers in 2025
May 18, 2025
Here’s why if you’re scaling in 2025, your smartest hire might not be a hire at all.
21 Years. 21 Kilometres. One Powerful Cause.
May 15, 2025
We decided to mark our 21st anniversary a little differently…
PMO Roundtable: From PPM Tools to Real Value
February 3, 2025
Unlock the real value of PPM tools with insights from industry experts. Learn how to optimize and sustain PPM processes for consistent, visible, and valuable results.
Practicus candidate diversity 2024
January 24, 2025
Practicus publishes candidate diversity report on the last 12 months of placements.
IHPN Commercial Associates Showcase 2025
January 16, 2025
Practicus publishes candidate diversity report on the last 12 months of placements.
Why Retained Search Is Being Ditched by Businesses
October 9, 2024
Companies are shifting from retained search to newer contingent search and hybrid models in a changing leadership market. Here’s why…
How AI will change the role of the CFO
September 18, 2024
AI is set to change the role of all Chief Officers but perhaps less discussed is the particular impact on Chief Financial Officers (CFOs).
Data Culture Change: the importance of ‘Why?’
July 8, 2024
Data culture: As the AI juggernaut gains speed and the pressure to automate builds, how curious that something so advanced could be jeopardized by something so foundational. Good to know that some of our best data leaders are tackling this intractable problem with a more sophisticated and multi-dimensional approach.
PMO Roundtable: Mixing Methodologies
May 21, 2024
Practicus recently hosted a PMO roundtable that brought together project management leaders from diverse industries to discuss the evolving landscape of project management methodologies and their alignment with strategic business objectives.
Letting go of the IIM Survey
March 18, 2024
It’s been a good run and we bow out on a high but we no longer feel comfortable asking the interims we know to complete the IIM survey.
Setting up a PMO
February 22, 2024
Discover how to set up a Project Management Office (PMO) to streamline project management, enhance efficiency, and drive business value. This guide covers the essentials from initiation to continuous improvement, providing a roadmap for establishing a PMO that aligns with organisational goals and ensures project success.
PMO Podcast episode 2 released
January 19, 2024
In the latest episode of Practicus’ PMO podcast, we delve into the crucial role of portfolio prioritisation within the PMO. This episode promises to enhance your understanding of how effective prioritisation can maximise returns from investments in projects and business change.
Multigenerational workforce HR Strategy
September 20, 2023
How to lead a multigenerational workforce in today’s economy. The competing demands of different generations is not a background problem. It is the opportunity that needs to be seized
Reaching a new level: Disability Confident Employer
September 13, 2023
We are pleased to announce that we have reached level 2 of Disability Confident. This means we are now more than “disability confident committed”, we are officially a Disability Confident Employer!
Best Workplaces in Consulting and Professional Services
September 7, 2023
Practicus has been recognised as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services.
Better delivering business strategy through Project Portfolio Management
August 24, 2023
Project portfolio management smooths the path to successful delivery of business strategy and planning
Community Diagnostic Centre Rollout
August 24, 2023
Roundtable report on the solutions to the current challenges with creating and rolling out Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs).
NHS Vaccine
August 14, 2023
A Behind-The-Scenes Look at UK’s NHS Vaccine Rollout and the critical role played by Practicus
The NHS at 75
July 5, 2023
Celebrating the NHS at 75 with a summary of some key innovations that have saved lives and put NHS at the forefront of innovation.
Swapping the Office for the Veg Patch
June 30, 2023
Practicus team volunteers to help Launchpad produce seasonal food for local food banks as part of drive to help homelessness – Taking our CSR ambitions seriously.
How good is your sponsor? Quiz
June 8, 2023
We all know the importance of good sponsors for projects and programmes to succeed. But we’ve all come across sponsors who do as much to hinder as they do to help change and transformation.
Navigating PMO Challenges
May 29, 2023
PMOs are vital in ensuring that projects stay on track efficiently, and effectively. Trust our PMO expertise & tools to keep everything in one place & maximise productivity, productivity and ensuring alignment with your organisation’s goals.
Permanent Recruitment Solutions treble
May 23, 2023
Over the last few years, Practicus has been witnessing a remarkable and sustained increase in its permanent recruitment services. Focussing on senior and specialist positions, the team have delivered growth of more than threefold over the last four years.
Institute of Interim Management Rankings
May 22, 2023
We are thrilled to announce that Practicus has made the Top 5 of the Institute of Interim Management (IIM) Survey 2023. Making it not just for the first, second or third time, but for the seventh consecutive year!
The Importance of Interim Managers for Startups in Navigating Growth Challenges
May 8, 2023
Discover the benefits of hiring an interim manager for your startup. Get flexible and affordable expertise in sales, marketing, finance, HR, and more, exactly when you need it.
Innovations That Shaped Modern Britain: A Reflection Ahead of King Charles’ Coronation
May 5, 2023
A quick run through some of the tech innovations shaping our lives since King Charles was born.
Practicus Celebrates Exceptional Progress in Best Workplace Rankings
April 27, 2023
Practicus celebrates leap in 2023’s Best Workplace rankings, highlighting our dedication to employee wellbeing and exceptional work culture
The New CQC Inspection Framework
April 19, 2023
Getting ready for CQC inspection framework changes with interim professional support to avoid all the pitfalls that can impact your ratings.
How to tackle inflation
April 5, 2023
How to tackle inflation for businesses. Key themes and takeaways from our webinar Webinar in March 2023.
Key Account Management Advantages
April 4, 2023
When supporting clients through business change, the role of account management cannot be overstated.
Women into leadership
March 2, 2023
For interim management, 2023 is shaping up to be a great year for women in leadership.
Practicus candidate diversity
February 22, 2023
Practicus publishes candidate diversity report on the last 12 months of placements.
Executive Interim Management
September 30, 2022
What is executive interim management? How does it differ from vanilla interim management, and how does it compare with Executive Search?
Interim Manager Meaning
September 21, 2022
Interim manager meaning? As with so many things, the meaning is heavily dependent on the context. But in all cases, ‘interim manager’ means a person charged with conducting…
ROI of an interim manager
September 14, 2022
How do you measure the ROI? If you want to bring it down to ‘brass tacks’, the ROI of an interim manager is easier to calculate than it is for many permanent positions.
Introducing our Health and Social Care Team
August 26, 2022
By Practicus – 30th August 2022 Our Health and Social Care team has grown so we can help more of our clients get access to our exceptional network of talented interims
What benefits: interim manager?
August 24, 2022
Interim managers provide a unique set of benefits and advantages due to their individual experience and expertise and the nature of the contracting method.
Why your marketing needs a reset for 2023 and beyond
August 18, 2022
Why a marketing reset is needed and how potential barriers can be overcome. Here we outline the path and the benefits of using an Interim expert with tried and tested experience of delivering results.
What is an interim manager role?
August 17, 2022
What is an interim manager role? With so much variety in the work of interim’s and their uses by clients, we look at defining the role they play in the modern workplace.
Retiring? Freedom to change gears to Interim
August 16, 2022
Experienced Managers retiring from the NHS are increasingly seeking interim roles offering the flexibility in work engagement they couldn’t enjoy before.
What is an interim manager?
August 9, 2022
What is an interim manager? It seems to be one of the most misunderstood terms in the hiring world. It involves some of the most senior, trusted and capable talent available. Yet many HR and Procurement functions have a habit of treating it like they do unskilled temporary recruitment.
Independent healthcare provider risks implementing PSIRF
August 3, 2022
The need for workforce action could not be more acute. This includes the need to transform the way the NHS delivers patient care, empowers its people and cares for their wellbeing.
Investing in the NHS Workforce?
July 25, 2022
The need for workforce action could not be more acute. This includes the need to transform the way the NHS delivers patient care, empowers its people and cares for their wellbeing.
Account Management – Living and breathing your culture
May 19, 2022
By Practicus 19th May 2022. Our account managers are there to provide a deeper level of collaboration – to live and breath your values, convey your purpose and give additional support
Practicus 57th – Best Workplaces Awards 2022
May 17, 2022
Practicus is pleased to announce that we have been recognised at the Best Workplaces Awards 2022. Officially Practicus is now the 57th best small workplace in the UK.1 This follows
Integrated Care Systems (ICS) SOS DIY?
May 2, 2022
Considerations from the past to help make integrating social care and healthcare in the new NHS ICS structures eaiser
‘Stupid’ PMO questions and their answers
April 13, 2022
We’ve attempted to climb the endless mountain of Google’s PMO questions to bring you the very peak of stupid when it comes to PMO queries. And then, rather foolishly, we’ve attempted to answer them.
Why get expertise to plan equipment + service replacements
April 6, 2022
This story charts the experience of how an Interim helped an independent healthcare provider adopt a digital transformation programme to propel its long-term growth strategy.
Why PMO as a Service?
March 31, 2022
The most common reason why PMO as a Service is chosen is because the existing PMO has lost its way or does not yet exist. But there are plenty of other reasons too.
ROI IN DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
March 17, 2022
This story charts the experience of how an Interim helped an independent healthcare provider adopt a digital transformation programme to propel its long-term growth strategy.
Celebrating International Women’s Day
March 8, 2022
Each year, Practicus, like many other organisations and people around the world celebrates March 8th as International Women’s Day (IWD), but how did this commemoration come about and why on this particular day?
Making Data Count to Tackle Health Inequalities
March 2, 2022
Addressing health inequalities is again becoming a high-priority challenge at national level – and as a society, the growing divergence in rich-poor life expectancy should arguably concern us all.
Why interim management is much less costly than you think
March 2, 2022
As someone who places senior interim executives into companies, I often find that many still have a mythological fear about choosing interims for their big change programmes. It is partly
Practicus awarded for wellbeing at work
February 18, 2022
We are more than a little bit excited – to make the inaugural list of best workplaces for wellbeing in the UK
Patient Safety Incident Response
February 1, 2022
PSIRF is a new system for investigating or reviewing patient safety incidents, to improve patient safety and develop a. culture of learning
HSJ Partnership Awards 2022 – Highly Commended
January 13, 2022
Practicus is delighted to announce that its “Covid-19 Vaccine Programme – Estates, Equipment, Consumables & Logistics (EECL) Workstream” has been shortlisted for Best Estates Optimisation Project at the HSJ Partnership Awards 2022.
Agile Transformation
November 30, 2021
You have heard of agile project management and software development. But have you heard of agile transformation? An executive overview of agile transformation with real-world examples by Practicus community member, Tim Lake.
Interim Management – Client
November 20, 2021
Finding the right interim manager for your business needs is critical. To ensure you can effectively identify and qualify the right calibre of individual, you should build a business case with clear objectives and deliverables.
Interim Management – Candidate
November 19, 2021
There are lots of benefits to working as an Interim, but despite all of the positives, by their nature short-term roles can also be very challenging. Below are some of the comments reported from our own interims.
