The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Jacob Kupietzky Interim ...

In the fast-paced and rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, interim leaders can be important assets for not only filling leadership gaps but also bringing in fresh perspectives and unique skill sets ...

The announcement came suddenly on Thursday. A Fortune 500 technology client needed an interim CFO immediately. Its previous executive had departed unexpectedly, leaving a $2.3 billion merger and ...

Interim leadership is on the rise in the U.S. Nearly a quarter of new CEOs named in the first two months of 2025 were hired on an interim basis, versus 8 percent in the same period last year, ...

In early 2025, CEO departures reached record highs. Interim appointments surged—but behind the numbers is a more troubling signal: boards are increasingly unprepared. (I highlighted this alarming ...

D uring the 10 months in which the University of Illinois at Chicago’s faculty union was negotiating its current contract, the administration sustained a cascade of departures and appointments, ...

Interim leadership is often misunderstood. Many leaders assume it’s just a stopgap—something you only reach for when a senior executive exits unexpectedly—or that it requires a long ramp time or ...

Less than a week after former Cincinnati Public Schools Superintendent Iranetta Wright agreed to resign, the district has named its new interim leaders. Monday evening, the CPS Board of Education ...