CEOs / Executive Directors

You carry a lot on your shoulders and changes in the organization, or in your own life, can weight heavy on you. We believe that no one can really understand the multi-faceted world of the Executive Director unless they’ve spent time sitting in that chair.

We’ve been there.

So when you’ve decided that it’s time for you to move on, we know that you want the best for your organization. Maintaining the progress that you’ve made, nurturing the staff that you’ve brought on board, and honoring the community that houses your work are all important to you.

You care about who replaces you.

But boards need time to sort it all out and making sure that they feel empowered to take their time is enhanced by engaging a seasoned interim leader. We welcome inquiries about how we might be able to fill a leadership gap with methodical, intentional leadership. We are pleased to refer opportunities that are beyond our scope or availability to Interim Executives Academy, a national leader in interim executive preparation and referral. We adhere to and promote Interim Executives Academy method of approaching leadership continuity and interim service.

And if you’re experiencing a shift in your Development Department leadership, we’re also highly experienced in filling interim CDO roles, helping Executive Directors assess and refine the work of their development departments, identifying the greatest needs in recruiting the next permanent CDO. We can work with you to encourage, elevate and motivate your development professionals, so that the department gains ground, rather than losing momentum, during a leadership change.

Whatever change you see on the horizon for yourself and your organization, we offer partnership in bridging the gaps.

Learn more about exactly what we offer here.

Board Leaders

It’s a rare board member who agrees to join a board thinking they will need to steer the ship through a leadership transition. So often when we talk with board leaders as they face the departure of the current Executive Director, we hear, “I didn’t sign up for this.” Whether the transition is planned or unplanned, the leader beloved or not, their tenure short or decades long, moving from a current Executive Director to a new hire for that top spot is never simple or easy.

It’s a bold decision for a board to insist that the organization find some space before jumping into a search for the next leader. Bringing in transitional, or interim, leadership gives the board - and the staff - time to catch their breath, evaluate the organization’s position, and be intentional about what kind of leader they will need for their next chapter.

We’d love to talk with you about how Baumgartner Brown Consulting can help bridge the space from where you’ve been to where you want to be, while caretaking staff, contributors, service recipients, and the community.

Learn more about what we have to offer here.

Community Advocates & Funders

Throughout every community we work in, knowledgable donors, funders, and investors are concerned about the lack of stability in the leadership of their community’s essential service, cultural and educational organizations.

You may be a funder who sees clearly how little thought and resources go into managing leaderships transitions well and how often organizations that are vital to our thriving communities lose ground during these transitions.

If you’re interested in investing resources into growing and strengthening the community impact organizations in your community, we’d love to talk with you about what you can do to improve leadership continuity in these critical organizations. Inviting a Succession Planning Bootcamp for Consultants, provided by our service partner, Interim Executives Academy, into your community you can sponsor a deep dive for area consultants into guiding the organizations you fund as they face leadership transitions.

While most community impact organizations know they need to plan for these transitions, they are often lacking in the resources to bring experts in the field in to guide them. By funding such an effort, you have the opportunity to grow an entire community’s strength in times of change.

Learn more about what we have to offer here.