We Place Human Resources Officers

The placement of Interim Chief Human Resource Officers (CHROs) is central to the mission of The Registry.  The Registry is the nation’s best source for senior interim leadership. We place Interim Presidents and Chancellors at public colleges and universities; community colleges and state systems offices; and private colleges and universities including faith-based and minority-serving institutions. Highly experienced Registry Interim Vice Presidents of Human Resources (VPHR) have a significant and positive impact on personnel recruitment, retention, professional development, and workforce engagement. Registry Interim CHROs are prepared to introduce and support best practices related to personnel recruitment, retention, professional development, and workforce engagement. Registry Interim VPHRs enhance the performance and productivity of an entire academic community. 

A Proven Process

The Registry’s success in delivering the right interim leaders to the right institutions is built upon a proven, four-step process:

Getting to know you

We work closely with you to gain the knowledge and insight to find candidates who fit your goals. They will review materials and consult directly with your board chair, president and other key decision makers.

Drawing on experienced candidates

We offer a pool deep with talent. Our members are already vetted by and contracted to The Registry and can be ready on short notice to assume interim positions.

Managing the selection process

We help you make the right choice. A Registry principal will travel to campus with your chosen finalists to participate in a customized and collegial selection process.

Tracking results

We help you manage expectations. A Registry principal will develop an expectations document that identities your challenges and priorities and establishes accountability for your new interim administrator.

Getting to know you

We work closely with you to gain the knowledge and insight to find candidates who fit your goals. They will review materials and consult directly with your board chair, president and other key decision makers.

Managing the selection process

We help you make the right choice. A Registry principal will travel to campus with your chosen finalists to participate in a customized and collegial selection process.

Drawing on experienced candidates

We offer a pool deep with talent. Our members are already vetted by and contracted to The Registry and can be ready on short notice to assume interim positions.

Tracking results

We help you manage expectations. A Registry principal will develop an expectations document that identities your challenges and priorities and establishes accountability for your new interim administrator.

Testimonials

“Several SUNY campuses have used The Registry to fill immediate leadership needs with success. I applaud The Registry for their careful selection of experienced leaders to its ranks and providing this valuable service to campuses that need it.”

Nancy L. Zimpher

Former Chancellor of the State University of New York

"I have found the Registry an invaluable resource at critical junctures.  Professional, responsive and discrete.  They have my unqualified endorsement"

 

Steve Titus, President

Iowa Wesleyan College

"I have invested over four decades of my career in the Academy in an effort to improve the fiscal health of each college and university I have served. Being a member of The Registry provides me with the opportunity to continue to serve in an interim now that I have “retired”. These interim assignments allow me to contribute to a wonderfully diverse array of institutions, leveraging my fiscal and leadership experience to make a positive difference."

Mr. Bill McGarry

Current Member of The Registry

"As many staff members said during the formal search process, 'we wish we could keep [the Interim]!'  I concur...I have been very pleased with the responsiveness and quality of my interactions with The Registry, and, if needed, will utilize their services in the future. "

Dr. Jo Alice Blondin, President

Clark State Community College

Gold Standard Best Practices

The Registry achieves positive results because it is built upon a foundation of Gold Standard Best Practices for engaging external interim leaders:

  • We pre-identify and pre-qualify capable, suitable and effective executives who have a definite interest and commitment to serving as outside interim executives well before you need them.
  • We provide an established poolof leadership talent, eliminating the need to conduct expensive, time consuming and potentially disruptive open-market executive searches.
  • We establish a structure and a format prior to the offcial appointment of your external interim that defines the purpose, the direction and the desired outcomes for the engagement.
  • We establish an understanding or a written agreement that your outside interim cannot become a candidate for the permanent appointment.
  • We effectively empower your external interim executive to achieve the desired results defined by your institution.
Value

The Registry offers the best pricing model—our fees are incurred on a monthly-only basis. They will be roughly equivalent to your institution’s established budget for salary and fringe benefits for the duration of our interim service.

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