Organizations navigating transformation, rapid growth, leadership transitions, or unexpected vacancies are increasingly faced with an important decision: should they bring in an interim executive or launch a permanent executive search?

The answer is rarely straightforward.

Join Hunt Scanlon Media and Ezekia for a peer-level discussion examining how organizations can determine the right leadership solution for the situation at hand. Our panel of experienced search and interim leadership professionals will explore what is driving demand for interim executives, where interim leadership can create the greatest impact, and when a permanent appointment remains the better long-term solution.

The conversation will also examine the tradeoffs between speed, continuity, long-term fit, and organizational risk, as well as how interim and permanent executive search are increasingly being used as complementary rather than competing strategies.

Topics to be discussed include:

• When interim leadership is most effective and when a permanent search is the better option

• What is driving increased demand for interim executives

• How organizations should balance speed with long-term leadership fit

• The role of interim leaders during transformation, growth, succession, and unexpected vacancies

• How interim appointments can support or inform a subsequent permanent search

• Whether interim and executive search should be viewed as competing or complementary solutions

• What companies should evaluate before deciding which path to pursue