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Many executives enjoy the variety of new challenges<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Anne Kerr<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jane Rounthwaite, interim president of Women\u2019s College Hospital Foundation, a non-profit health organization in Toronto, didn\u2019t start her working life intending to not have a permanent job.<\/p>\n

But, at age 48, that\u2019s what she\u2019s finding works best for her.<\/p>\n

Ms. Rounthwaite is also serving as executive director of a new startup foundation, the Foundation for Athletes and Sport Training, a spinoff from the Toronto Olympic bid, to raise money and awareness to support developing athletes.\u00a0\u00a0 Ms. Rounthwaite is one of a small but growing number of seasoned top professionals who are for-hire executives, changing companies and job titles several times a year.\u00a0 Often, they juggle more than one position, one company and even one profession.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been working as an interim executive for four years now and I\u2019ve been offered at least two permanent positions.\u00a0 I was tempted because they were great organizations with great people, but the truth is I get bored if I stay in a job too long and when I\u2019m bored, I don\u2019t do my best work,\u201d says Ms. Rounthwaite, who worked at Crown Life Insurance Co. for 17 years.<\/p>\n

Ms. Rounthwaite perfectly fits the profile of the for-hire honcho who must hit the ground running.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese people are doers, not advisers.\u00a0 They don\u2019t want to be owned by anyone or be a cog in an organization,\u201d says Marty Parker, managing director of Caldwell Interim Executives, a division of Caldwell Partners International Inc.<\/strong> in Toronto, which provides chief executive officers, chief financial officers, vice-presidents and other seasoned senior veterans for short-term stints for some of Canada\u2019s top companies.\u00a0 A typical placement is four to eight months.<\/p>\n

Mr. Parker says that interim placements are the fastest growing part of Caldwell\u2019s executive search\u00a0business.\u00a0 While about 60 per cent of the candidates \u2013 many of whom have been downsized out of corporate jobs \u2013 would prefer a permanent position, a growing number are opting for the freelance life, he says.<\/p>\n

The majority don\u2019t fit the stereotype of the aging executive easing into retirement who wants to combine intense spurts of working with extended vacations.<\/p>\n

Unlike consultants, who come in, make an assessment, write a lengthy report of recommendations and then leave to let the company do the implementing, interim executives actually are part of the management team, actively involved in operations and changes, with staff reporting to them.<\/p>\n

There are some significant financial attractions for companies using interim executives, even though the per diems can be steep.\u00a0 The rate charged by the Osborne Group Toronto Inc.<\/strong>, essentially a Canada-wide \u201cmarketing co-op\u201d for 75 self-employed interim executive members, such as Ms. Rounthwaite, averages $1,000 to $1,200 a day, and slightly less for non-profit groups, says executive director Barbara Burton.<\/p>\n

But the companies don\u2019t have to pay for pensions, benefits, stock options, or severance.<\/p>\n

Some organizations take on high-priced talent when they need a fill-in while they search for a permanent candidate.<\/p>\n

\u201cA big reason this is so popular now for companies is that they have to be so much more flexible themselves, they have no idea where they\u2019ll be in two years time either,\u201d adds Mike Rodgers, vice-president of human resources for Labatt Breweries of Canada<\/strong> in Toronto.<\/p>\n

Expectations for an interim executive are higher than for someone filling a permanent position, Mr. Rodgers says.\u00a0 There isn\u2019t a lot of time for getting acclimatized and from the very first day, they\u2019re expected to perform.<\/p>\n

Interim executives with an entrepreneurial streak and diverse skills fare best, though certain professionals are in hot demand.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy background is in IT and strategic planning, which are fundamental now to how most businesses work.\u00a0 The opportunities are greater, I\u2019d say, than if you were a sales guy specializing in consumer products,\u201d says Ron Sloan, the interim chief information officer at Spar Aerospace Ltd.<\/strong> In Toronto.<\/p>\n

Isn\u2019t it hard, though, to be thrown into an executive role, in\u00a0charge of a group of people who may resent your presence or, worse, not take you seriously because you\u2019re not long-term?<\/p>\n

Mr. Sloan says how well you\u2019re accepted is all in the attitude you present.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you go in all autocratic and heavy-handed, it doesn\u2019t work, for sure.\u00a0 If you\u2019re like a mentor\/teacher, they\u2019ll generally saddle up behind you,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Ms. Rounthwaite\u2019s job at the Women\u2019s College Hospital Foundation is to help it merge with two other organizations.\u00a0 In a few months, her position won\u2019t exist, and she\u2019ll be looking for a new job.<\/p>\n

Even having to keep breaking apart from colleagues and companies you\u2019ve bonded with isn\u2019t the downside some might think.<\/p>\n

\u201cActually, I still know everyone I\u2019ve worked for.\u00a0 We\u2019ll golf or go for lunch and I\u2019ll keep giving them advice, if they ask for it,\u201d Ms. Rounthwaite says.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn fact, we probably keep in touch more than people who worked together years, then went their separate ways, because the experience was so positive.\u201d<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s just the way she likes it.<\/p>\n

\"Jane\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Originally posted Monday, July 15th, 2002 in the Globe & Mail.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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