Interim CIO: When Your Business Needs One and How It Works

Interim CIO boardroom leadership meeting with executive team discussing technology strategy

An interim CIO is a senior technology executive brought in on a temporary basis to fill a leadership vacuum, stabilize IT operations, or drive a specific initiative. Typical engagements run 3 to 12 months. Companies hire interim CIOs during leadership transitions, M&A integrations, cybersecurity crises, and digital transformation programs where waiting 90+ days for a … Read more

How to Hire a CIO: Complete Executive Search Guide

How to hire a CIO complete executive search guide

Hiring a CIO means running an executive search, not posting a job: define the role for where the business is heading, benchmark pay, interview for judgment over buzzwords, and budget 8-12 weeks with a retained firm or 3-6 months in-house. Most boards spend more time selecting a conference room AV system than they do structuring … Read more

Succession Planning: Build Leadership Continuity

Senior leaders in a boardroom discussing succession planning strategy

What Is Succession Planning and Why Should You Care Succession planning is how you make sure critical leadership roles don’t turn into five-alarm fires when somebody leaves. You identify the people who could step up. You develop them. And ideally you do this before the departure email hits your inbox on a Tuesday morning. $1 trillion.