Leadership Doesn’t Wait for a Search to Finish
Not every leadership gap calls for a permanent hire, and not every one can wait for a search to finish.
We connect you with Executive Entrepreneurs™, seasoned leaders who work on a project basis, to hold the seat or lead a specific initiative.
Fractional and Interim HR Leadership,
and Coverage While You Search
What you actually need isn’t always obvious, and it can look different in the short term than it does long term.
When You’re Not Sure What You Need
Sometimes the right first step is having an experienced leader assess the actual need. What looks needed in the short term often looks different once someone is actually in the role.
While You Search
Your search is underway, but the seat can’t sit empty. An experienced interim leader steps in immediately, keeps the function running, and hands off cleanly once your permanent hire starts.
For the Work Itself
Some initiatives don’t need a full-time hire, they need the right expertise for a defined period. HR strategy, organizational transformation, M&A integration, culture and change work, executive speakers and trainers, these are engagements built around outcomes, not headcount.
Vetted for Capability,
Not Just Availability
These aren’t names from a freelance marketplace. Each is a certified consultant, evaluated through a dedicated assessment process.
Most are former CHROs and VPs of HR who’ve run the exact function they’re now brought in to lead.
Cover the Gap
While We Find the Leader
If you’re already running a retained search with us, interim leadership isn’t a separate decision, it’s the piece that covers the gap now and can stay on to help your new leader get up to speed.
We handle it end to end: interim coverage while we search, a transition that runs as long as it’s genuinely helpful rather than stopping at an arbitrary date, and 90 days of coaching through our AMPLIFY offering once your new leader is in the seat, pairing them with a certified executive coach on decision-making, stakeholder trust, and cultural integration so they’re delivering results early instead of still finding their footing.
The Interim Leader Who Helped Hire Her Own Successor
One engagement shows how this can play out. A company needed an interim CHRO to bridge a leadership gap, layered with cultural friction nobody could yet describe in specific terms. Rather than treating the search as someone else’s project, the interim leader, an Executive Entrepreneur™ from Gig Talent’s network, spent real time with the CEO defining what the permanent role actually required. That clarity shaped the search itself, and when the new CHRO was hired, the interim leader stayed engaged through onboarding rather than stepping away on day one.
Four years later, that hire runs both HR and Operations. The engagement could have ended the day the new leader started. Instead, the groundwork built at the front end and the support carried through the back end turned a leadership gap into one of the company’s best long-term talent decisions.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is this different from a search?
A search places a permanent leader. This connects you with an experienced leader for a defined period, whether that’s bridging a gap or leading a specific initiative.
Can this run alongside a search you’re already doing?
Yes. It’s a common pairing: interim coverage while we run your search, so the function keeps moving until your permanent leader starts.
Need Leadership Sooner Than a Search Allows?
Whether it’s coverage while we search or the right expertise for a defined initiative, let’s talk about what the work actually requires.
