Interim and Fractional Executives

Fortune 1000 to Start-Ups, DA&R has helped Boards, Founders, and Executives at commercial and nonprofit organizations increase revenue, decrease costs, and move initiatives forward. We have worked with many executives, and some are available! If you are looking for an Interim, Fractional or full-time C-Level, Vice President, or other executive until you do a permanent hire or to help complete a big project, contact us! For confidentiality, we do not list executives available.

3-10 days per month may be all you need for COO/CIO/CTO/CEO/CISO/CFO/CMO or specific experienced executive to jump-start your initiatives, turn your situation around, or drive existing efforts to conclusion. Your needs will likely vary, so our people are flexible! They work as much as you need, within your budget on a retainer basis. Other options are possible on a case-by-case basis, but we do not work on an all-equity basis...

Fractional and Interim Executives need to quickly gain respect, build trust, and engender loyalty from their executive direct reports, their teams, and all staff. Only then can they make the needed changes in process, tools, and staff. One of our associates can quickly stand in for an executive who left suddenly, has taken ill or on disability leave, or who must defer their regular duties for a special case such as leading a merger or opening a new office.

Foundational Work for CxO, E/S/VP Operations, and Turnaround Executive

• Discovering the most efficient ways to run the business, workflows, and communications
• Motivating existing staff and building new teams fast are two areas you need for success
• Processes need to be efficient, in alignment, and flexible to help your people to excel
• Work closely with CEO, Board of Directors and Advisors, Outside Counsel, and executive and staff direct reports
• Culture improvement including transparency, openness, and continuous improvement for teams and individuals
• Review, manage, and improve all use of technology, security, and compliance
• Let us help ensure your staff has a good mindset, at the right compensation, with the right responsibilities and performance measures
• Plan and monitor the day-to-day running of business to ensure smooth progress
• Review financial, compliance, and investment information and adjust operational budgets to increase profitability
• Manage relationships/agreements with external partners/offices/professionals/vendors
• Identify, build, and manage key business metrics
• Drive business plan execution (metrics/comp plans) to the business strategy
• Manage, coach, and mentor staff from different departments and provide constructive feedback
• We provide startups, growing organizations including nonprofits, and turnaround situations a strong, senior operational focus
• We also fill the gap when you are between operations executives -- we can ensure a permanent hire is a great fit. We support an organization as they grow into and who wish to ‘test drive’ a COO, CIO, or other role in your organization.

Objective, Fast, Assessments and Recommendations

Operations, projects, markets, processes, and other types of assessments can quickly get to the core of improvement opportunities. From formal benchmarks to using our experience to fine-tune, we can drive your processes to best in class.

We frequently review processes and people in all departments, across the nation or the globe, or just one team to help them form high-performance habits. Whether you want a comprehensive area by area or only a few key areas, we can jump in and generate actionable improvements or validate your current approaches. A few of the areas we have assessed and improved include Executive Compensation and Performance, Human Resources (HR), marketing and Sales, Partners, Manufacturing, Mergers and Acquisitions especially integration projects, Projects/PMOs/Program management, Learning and Development (usually a prime area for improvement), and more. We can step in and take over or just provide actionable recommendations for your staff to implement -- we can be there to guide implementations or provide a sounding board as your team grows into the new processes.