Rise of the Contrepreneur

Good afternoon folks I have a slight dilemma that I need your help with? LinkedIn only allows 5 Newsletters each and I am at Maximum capacity so I need to delete one in order to launch my next one. You know me, if I don't have a Column in the Business Post or The Times I just have to commit my thoughts to paper, albeit in electronic format. If at all possible can you Please do me the big favour of Subscribing to my other Newsletters such as:

Transform Finance with Michael Ryan as I shall have to Delete one Newsletter shortly in order to advance my other Content plans. Alternatively campaign to LinkedIn that a man of my literary genius and expansive prose should be granted an exemption. I shall leave that with you, adopt a Poster campaign if you feel in the current Election climate it would help, I will send you my best shot.

I think at this stage the existing Articles in Interim Times give you plenty of guidance on how to approach the Jobs Market and how best to promote yourself. I shall still pass out Interim Jobs nuggets in my other Newsletters if I think of anything that will help you but for now this Newsletter is likely to be replaced shortly.

I could go all Tom Cruise and tell you it will self destruct within 90 seconds of reading this but I never liked Tom Cruise. I much prefer Bruce Willis and if you don't sort your Subscription I shall storm your building. Oh c'mon have you heard a better Subscriber call to action all year?

I therefore wish to leave you with something which should become your Interim DNA in 2025. You have 2 choices in a Jobs Market. One wait passively or two take the game to the opposition and pin them in their own 18 yard box.

Last night the Republic of Ireland showed great promise in the first half against England and I had genuine hopes for the result. I was well impressed with how the new Boss had approached this and the last few games. Unfortunately with no VAR and a Ref that 'didn't know the Rules of Association Football' Ireland were undone in a whirlwind 6 minutes in the 2nd Half. I don't want a UEFA enquiry so I shall just leave it at that but I have high hopes for the future and we most definitely will rise again.

As I go to Press it looks like snow, if not in Dublin then perhaps on landing in Gatwick. It could be a bumpy flight but as I keep telling the Control freaks, you are not flying the Plane, don't be silly, that would be like leading a Shared Services implementation with a Rookie PM...and I don't mean Sir Keir.

When I started to write this Article, it came to me whilst reading the Sunday Papers, that as we live in the Age of the Entrepreneur that Interim Consultants need to adopt such a mindset. I then with a literary flourish worthy of the Bard himself created the phrase 'Contrepreneur.' Then I and LinkedIn's Dictionary engaged in a 30 minute dispute over its spelling. The Ref was called and eventually I accepted, that I was right...

Now I know that the majority of you are Accountants, I do, I checked the list. I also know that most of you are British and this combo does not naturally scream Entrepreneur. Now I know that one or two ex Apprentice jockeys are just waiting to pounce, that coupled with the odd 'great showing' in Dragons Den means that you will dispute my findings. However, I refer you to the UEFA interpretation of the Rules, see previous paragraphs...and confirm that I am correct.

As you face into 2025 you will laugh at the above, permitting yourself a little chuckle or even dare I say a chortle, if you already have a Contract. For that we salute you and wish you well. But for those of your Brethren who are not suitably engaged I suggest that you adopt this posture as the New Year bells ring in.

Put down your Guinness on January 1st and say to yourself 'I am a Contrepreneur!' then proceed to act like one. Everyday without a Contract is less food on the Table. Invest in yourself, invest in your Business, invest in your ideas. Try them, try them and try them again. Don't stand passively waiting. If you truly love your Profession then think about the skills you deploy for a Client and REDEPLOY them for yourself!

At all times spinning on a 6 pence like Jude Bellingham or John Robertson depending upon your age. If you try one thing and it fails, try something else. Did you see my Article about how to Fix a Broken Finance Shared Services Centre? My 9 Rules? Then apply it to yourself.

That is all the advice I can give you contained in a very easy to follow Step by Step Guide on How to Fix Pretty Much Anything, including you.

I shall leave it there Folks and wish you well in your job hunting.

Happy Hunting,

Best Regards,

Michael Ryan