Filling leadership gaps fast without losing the human touch

Melissa shares her 25+ years in recruiting and business development. She describes how ZRG Partners (a global talent advisory with a deep interim/fractional bench) steps in when stakes are high, say IPO prep, leadership turnover, audits/compliance, transaction readiness, and rapid scale. She touched upon uncertainty in the market, the cost of a wrong hire, and why speed, precision and culture fit matter. Typical process is to listen, assess, tailor a mix of interim, fractional, embedded recruiting, or exec search and deploy vetted consultants (often within a day). Tech/AI help, but relationships, trust, and ongoing partnership do the real heavy lifting. Melissa’s advice to leaders is to invest in relationships and stay flexible.