Mandate
A written purpose, decision rights, exclusions, priorities, duration, reporting line, and success definition approved by the board.
Interim Leadership
A future interim-leadership proposition for arts institutions that need immediate stability without confusing temporary authority, permanent search, or long-term strategy.
Do not send confidential candidate, committee, relationship, or engagement records through Cadenza's public contact form. A conversation does not create an engagement.
Designed for
The work
If activated, interim work must be scoped as a governed continuity engagement—not an informal placement or a substitute for board accountability.
A written purpose, decision rights, exclusions, priorities, duration, reporting line, and success definition approved by the board.
Explicit signing, staffing, financial, public-communication, and stakeholder limits with a ratification and escalation path.
A time-bounded evidence and action plan covering immediate risk, critical relationships, operating rhythm, and decisions that cannot wait.
A documented close, retained institutional record, successor briefing, unresolved decisions, and separation from permanent-candidate evaluation.
Process
Each stage has a named owner, evidence boundary, approval point, and stopping condition. A polished screen is never a substitute for an approved operating control.
A credible interim partner and independent review path must exist before Cadenza represents delivery capacity.
Counsel, insurance, conflicts, independence, data handling, compensation, and marketplace boundaries require exact approval.
Board material, staff concerns, contracts, and transition records must remain in the approved private workspace or native boundary.
Interim performance, permanent candidacy, retained search, and board decisions need distinct purposes, permissions, and records.
These are implemented as product and operating constraints, not aspirational language.
Related services
Cadenza can discuss future scope and pilot interest. Do not send confidential records, candidate information, committee material, or an active mandate through the public form.