Founder of FAITHFUL EXECUTIVE, Dorothée BAUDE looks back on her career and presents the challenges associated with the interim management profession, which she has made her specialty.

Dorothée BAUDE holds a Master’s degree in Industrial Management, which has enabled her to combine knowledge of the subject with a managerial vision. She also took a special entrepreneurship course at ESC Grenoble, which gave her all the tools she needed to set up, take over, turn around and evaluate a company. Dorothée BAUDE, on the other hand, learned her Interim Management profession on the job. Operational experience is still the best school!

Dorothée BAUDE knew she was going to set up her own company at the age of 26. After 8 years of working for large groups, she felt out of place. On the other hand, processes and decision-making took so long that she wasted her energy trying to move projects forward. Two years later, the idea of setting up a firm specializing in interim management came to her while Dorothée BAUDE was attached to the interim management division of an American firm. The manager fell in love with the business at first sight. It all fitted together: people who are free to act and speak their minds, and who take on strategic missions at the drop of a hat.

An interim manager is recognized by his posture, his freedom of expression, his operationality, his independence, his autonomy and, above all, his willingness to become one. It takes a real entrepreneurial spirit to take on such a role.

Agile and responsive! Here, freedom, creativity, performance, transparency, pleasure and trust have their place. In France and abroad, FAITHFUL EXECUTIVE offers tailor-made support that adapts to companies’ specific challenges. Companies often lack the in-house skills or the time to bring a project to fruition. In this case, the firm provides managerial solutions by putting together a team of top-flight interim managers for key assignments such as turnarounds, crisis management, strategic projects, change management, cost reduction, performance improvement, executive replacement, mergers & acquisitions, etc.