Jennifer - sorry for the late response. I've sent this out to members on your behalf. Please let me know if I can be helpful. I'm not an interim director, but have contacts. Julia@ClarityTransitions.net Best, Julia

Thought provoking as always. Thank you for this great perspective!

Sorry to have missed this! Would you be willing to share a blog post here for the article?

Always a call on how much time to give away in the service of the field. In busier times, I do tend to make myself available as well, but also to put some limit on it. If someone suggests I meet someone else for coffee, I usually have an appointment that I need to be at afterwards! Perhaps it's just imposing time limits? Shorter responses? But great for you for being accessible!

Such simple things - good reminder on what to concentrate on.

I reviewed these slides and agree that they're a great resource.

We're wondering how to support & plan for possible unexpected changes.

Some interesting & relevant links in this NPQ post https://nonprofitquarterly.org/when-nonprofit-compensation-is-an-elaborate-game-of-pretend/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NonprofitQuarterly+%28Nonprofit+Quarterly%29&utm_content=FeedBurner

That's super - can you explain more on the tool??

In North Florida, we're in a very interim-averse market, unfortunately. Still we've had some very visible successes where interims have helped with turnaround situations - though in 2 cases, the interim then (successfully) took the full-time ED job. Our boards have a collective suspicion of someone who doesn't want the full-time job and feel like it's more effort for them. But when I moved to the area 20 years ago, there was a similar suspicion of any subcontractor and that's gradually faded so perhaps there's hope? Because you work nationally, Pat, do you see regional differences in markets?