# How to make the most of an interim leadership role Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/modern-mentor-385394/how-to-make-the-most-of-an-interim-leadership-role Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/modern-mentor-385394/how-to-make-the-most-of-an-interim-leadership-role.md Podcast: [Modern Mentor](https://stenobird.com/podcast/modern-mentor-385394) Published: 2026-06-02T09:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/modern-mentor/episodes/899 Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/69c148241a160b44db9c5126/e/6a19d99ff2cdbf5953a1140b/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/modern-mentor-385394/episodes/how-to-make-the-most-of-an-interim-leadership-role Duration seconds: 565 ## Resource 899. Two listeners wrote in this month asking how to make sense of a temporary leadership stint. Rachel shares five practices for turning a short employment stretch into a meaningful career chapter, both for the team you're leading and the version of you who walks out the other side. Modern Mentor is a Quick and Dirty Tips Podcast , hosted by Rachel Cooke! Find more from Rachel at LeadAboveNoise.com . Have a question for Modern Mentor? Email: modernmentor@quickanddirtytips.com   Discover more from Modern Mentor! Facebook LinkedIn Newsletter Transcripts available on your podcast app or QuickandDirtyTips.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/modern-mentor-385394/episodes/how-to-make-the-most-of-an-interim-leadership-role/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/modern-mentor-385394/how-to-make-the-most-of-an-interim-leadership-role.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.