I agree that there can be a benefit to internal promotions in the sense that less onboarding is required. On the other hand, sometimes a fresh perspective is helpful, and at least one of the interim Cs has been insistent that they want to return to their previous job.
Also, while people are in interim roles, their departments are down a person unless their previous positions are somehow backfilled, perhaps with contractors. I have already heard from one department that they are feeling the squeeze.
Pine
On Aug 13, 2016 19:39, "James Heilman" jmh649@gmail.com wrote:
Only the CTO position is empty. All of the rest are filled with very competent interims who may simply be transitioned into permanent. I like it that people who prove themselves to be excellent can move up within the WMF and think that this is often better than hiring from outside.
James
On Sat, Aug 13, 2016 at 7:22 PM, Pine W wiki.pine@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
Just a request for an update about C level hiring. My understanding is that WMF is actively recruiting for a new CTO and hopes to fill that position within the next month or two. Previously announced next
priorities
were HR and Community, in that order. I am wondering how Communications
and
Legal fit into the picture, now that those positions need to be filled as well.
I am also wondering about what can be done to keep C levels after we get them. Some of them seem to have much longer tenures than others, and
having
so many vacancies concurrently is a situation that I think we'd all like
to
avoid in the future, particularly the next time that WMF has a new or interim ED who may need to rely on their Cs for advice much more than Katherine needs to do so. (I'm not implying that Katherine doesn't listen or doesn't need advice, just that she's experienced enough that she can
do
well in areas where an ED who is new to WMF or the role might struggle.)
Regards,
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