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interSector Partners played a critical role in my organization's recent Executive Director search, and I am so grateful we hired them to help us through the process. Rick and Caryn held our hands through every step of the process, provided expert guidance, helped us navigate the applications and interview process, and even assisted with the transition from current to incoming ED.
Inside the Orchestra
Josh Neugebauer
Treasurer
Search Committee Member
Executive director search and
transition planning services
interSector Partners was outstanding in leading our selection committee through the process of selecting and hiring an Executive Director. The initial step of meeting with the Executive Committee to characterize our needs was particularly worthwhile and they used
the information well.
The communication provided helped our organization sustain a positive direction during a difficult time. They skillfully guided us, provided a realistic timeline, and exceeded my expectations.
Mediation Services
Conrad Mutschler
Board Member
Search Committee Member
Executive director search
interSector Partners played a critical role in my organization's recent Executive Director search, and I am so grateful we hired them to help us through the process. The prospect of hiring a new ED was initially very daunting for us; our organization is quite niche, with unique leadership needs, and no one on our current Board had participated in an executive search like this before.
Ultimately though, thanks to Rick and Caryn's help and expertise, the process went smoothly from start to finish, and we now have a wonderful new ED at the helm of our organization. Rick and Caryn held our hands through every step of the process, provided expert guidance, helped us navigate the applications and interview process, and even assisted with the transition from current to incoming ED.
I can't thank interSector Partners enough for their help, and we would use them again in a heartbeat!
Inside the Orchestra
Jean Plotkin
Board Member (Former)
Search Committee Member
Executive director search and
transition planning services
interSector Partners played a critical role in my organization's recent Executive Director search, and I am so grateful we hired them to help us through the process. Rick and Caryn held our hands through every step of the process, provided expert guidance, helped us navigate the applications and interview process, and even assisted with the transition from current to incoming ED.
Inside the Orchestra
Josh Neugebauer
Treasurer
Search Committee Member
Executive director search and
transition planning services
interSector Partners played a critical role in my organization's recent Executive Director search, and I am so grateful we hired them to help us through the process. Rick and Caryn held our hands through every step of the process, provided expert guidance, helped us navigate the applications and interview process, and even assisted with the transition from current to incoming ED.
Inside the Orchestra
Josh Neugebauer
Treasurer
Search Committee Member
Executive director search and
transition planning services
interSector’s work was professional, timely and thorough. We felt that the process was jointly developed and executed. There were times that we needed to change the process midstream and those occurred without trauma or delay.
Without experience with other search consultants, we wondered if the process could be done as quickly as you recommended, but we stayed within the timeline. In fact, most believe we couldn't have met anything close to this timeline without your help.
The value was in keeping us on track, doing most of the leg work, providing timely follow-up, and being professional with both the Search Committee and with the candidates.
interSector provided us with the ability to take a process (selection and transition) filled with potential for disorganization and miscommunication and demonstrate to all our constituents that the process was well handled and produced a good result.
OUR Center
Rob McRae
Board Member at Large
Search Committee Member
Executive Search and Transition Planning
Caryn and Rick guided our coalition from the earliest brainstorming about our strategic future to a well-designed, thoughtful plan that will take us through the next three years. Caryn and Rick are the best type of facilitators who lead by listening to the group.
Both were "present" at all times. They listened carefully and quietly but with great concentration. They brainstormed and changed direction with input. They are excellent facilitators who kept the process (especially the Zoom call on Year 4 grant negotiations) going positively.
The strategic planning process was excellent. I especially appreciate how they took pages of notes on newsprint and turned them into a coherent report. Caryn and Rick made our brainstorming sound thoughtful and organized!
We are thankful for getting a product that we can be proud of.
Generation Wild NEMC
Kathleen Kramer
Manager
Strategic planning consultation and facilitation services
interSector Partners was a phenomenal team to help with our Executive Director search. We were faced with a daunting timeline and task, but Caryn and Rick navigated our team through new territory with efficiency, professionalism, honesty, and thoughtfulness.
I always felt I was working with professionals who knew their sector and if something needed to be discussed, it was quickly and deliberately brought up. I have heard of other ED searches where mistakes were made and derailed an important part of the search. I never felt like that was an issue for this team. I wouldn't hesitate to work with them again.
Groundwork Denver
Jamie Torres
Board Member (Former)
Search Committee Member
Executive Search
interSector provided search and transition consulting services to our non-profit as we looked for a new executive director. They provided a structured and organized process that enabled our busy board to stay connected to one another, the organization and to execute a successful search. We had a high quality set of candidates from which to choose and came out with an excellent result. The approach they took was not only thoughtful but creative such that we had high quality information to use in our down-listing and final selection. Our staff felt included and heard in the process which was of utmost importance to us in this effort.
Groundwork Denver
Julia Richman
Board Chair (Former)
Search Committee Chair
Executive Search
Caryn and Rick guided our coalition from the earliest brainstorming about our strategic future to a well-designed, thoughtful plan that will take us through the next three years. Caryn and Rick are the best type of facilitators who lead by listening to the group.
Both were "present" at all times. They listened carefully and quietly but with great concentration. They brainstormed and changed direction with input. They are excellent facilitators who kept the process (especially the Zoom call on Year 4 grant negotiations) going positively.
The strategic planning process was excellent. I especially appreciate how they took pages of notes on newsprint and turned them into a coherent report. Caryn and Rick made our brainstorming sound thoughtful and organized!
We are thankful for getting a product that we can be proud of.
As a board, we were very satisfied working with interSector. Their styles matched well with our needs. I especially appreciated their approachability, flexibility, and patience. The products they produced were helpful to our processes and we appreciated their willingness to adapt those as we needed. They helped us transition during a difficult time and provided sound guidance to support the Directors involved.
By providing us with sound guidance and useful products, interSector helped to move us through a search process for our new CEO, and was very generous with their time and talents. The impact they made on us as individuals and as an organization was instrumental. We were grateful for the opportunity to work together - and really enjoyed it!
National Alliance
for Grieving Children
Erin Bailey
Director (Former)
Executive Search
Generation Wild NEMC
Kathleen Kramer
Manager
Strategic planning consultation and facilitation services
I engaged interSector Partners to help with a search process for one of my clients. Their processes and approach are clearly designed to deliver a consistently high quality product. It is clear these are time-tested and for that reason, I had high confidence in their contribution.
I like their focus on systems and processes as that is how I think as well. They are business people working to do good and I have found many consultants are more OD people without the full spectrum of business insight to bring to a
client engagement.
Rick Zwetsch led the search project. He is a professional who understands how to meet the needs of the client from a business perspective, as well as from an organizational impact perspective. He is consistently engaged and working to deliver value to the assignment.
Interim Leadership Solutions
Michelle Barnes
Principal (Former)
Executive Search Services
Caryn and Rick made our hiring search for a COO painless. As a growing organization, we had never hired for this position before. We felt they listened very carefully to the needs we outlined and based on what we said, identified a great solution for OPS. Initially we thought we wanted to hire a permanent COO but Caryn and Rick suggested finding an interim person, which would give us the opportunity to decide what our organization truly needed.
They helped us define the role, they immediately had suggestions for candidates, organized the interviews, and gave excellent guidance through our decision making process. We ended up finding a candidate that was a great fit and even exceeded our expectations.
We were able to make an important hiring decision with confidence because of the experience and thoughtfulness that interSector Partners provided.
OPS
Olivia Ahnemann
Producer (Former)
Gina Papabeis
Producer (Former)
Executive Search Services
Caryn and Rick were very professional in helping our organization with the recruitment of a new Executive Director. They helped our search committee not only behind the scenes and communication with the candidates but in facilitating tough discussions about candidates. It was a pleasure to work with them.
CASA
Steve McBride
Board Director (Former)
Executive Search Services
Rick and Caryn are a pleasure to work with. They have engaging, professional and complimentary personalities and skill sets. The executive director search process and the end result exceeded my expectations for quality, creativity and thoroughness. Their work significantly exceeded my expectations.
CASA
Ben Brahinsky
Board Director (Former)
Executive Search Services